Senior Digital Forensic Examiner

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 325013**Salary**:

- £38,642 - £46,812- Roles based in London will receive an additional London Weighting of £3,595. Recruitment and Retention Allowance: This is currently set at £3000 for this post. The RRA is an enhancement to the role and is reviewed annually.- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- NCA Grade 4 / Police Sergeant**Contract type**:

- Permanent
- Loan
- Secondment**Length of employment**:

- Loan / Secondment - 2 years**Business area**:

- Investigations Directorate**Type of role**:

- Digital
- Investigation
- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share**Number of jobs available**:

- 4Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Bristol, Kingston-upon-ThamesAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are seeking experienced digital forensics practitioners, who can demonstrate their ability to examine an array of digital devices to an evidential standard, and supervise a team of fellow specialists. You will have knowledge and understanding of co-ordinating and managing digital forensic capabilities including the supervision of a digital forensic team.

Working in a digital forensic laboratory, you’ll be integral as a decision maker providing digital forensic advice to support NCA and partner investigations. You will be able to demonstrate a robust attitude to digital forensic laboratory activity, balancing quality of service, value for money and timeliness against bespoke digital forensic strategy and capability delivery.

**Job description**:
Working closely with digital forensic operations officers and investigation teams, you will develop digital forensic strategies, identifying appropriate techniques and capabilities to deliver specialist digital forensic support. You will frequently engage with key stakeholders to provide advice and guidance on digital forensic opportunities, ensuring requirements are captured and delivered to our quality standards.

This role requires individuals to maintain and develop their technical skillset, as well as those of their team, with knowledge and awareness of the rapidly advancing technology and digital forensic landscape. At the NCA, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment. We welcome neurodivergent thinkers and offer reasonable adjustments to those who need them.

Although this post is laboratory-based, there will be some requirement to travel throughout the UK and internationally, sometimes at short-notice, involving some anti-social/long hours.

**Person specification**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Support and deputise for the Digital Forensics lab manager;
- Supervise, mentor and develop a team of digital forensic officers, ensuring compliance to Agency and forensic quality standards;
- Implement and develop quality standards for the continuous improvement of ISO 17025:2017 accreditation scope;
- Maintain a portfolio of technical competencies;
- Contribute to tasked Agency activity; gathering evidence and intelligence in accordance with legislation, risk management and policy, to disrupt and degrade criminal capability;
- Provide digital forensic advice to NCA teams, and develop digital forensic strategies to support their investigations;
- Assess, triage, prioritise and co-ordinate digital forensic submissions to ensure delivery standards and service are attained;
- Conduct laboratory based digital forensic examinations of digital media to obtain optimum intelligence/evidence, in line with accreditation standards and legislation;
- Maintain accurate records and reporting for evidential production, including testimony at court as required;
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders in order to foster collaborative working.

**Qualifications**:

- The following qualifications/skills are essential to the role and proof will be required at interview:

- Intermediate to advanced level certification in Digital Forensics, or equivalent experience.
- Please ensure the dates of any accreditations you are relying on, are entered on to the CV.
- Should you progress to the assessment stage of the process, you will be required to provide a copy of the original certificate.-
**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Making Effective Decisions
- Developing Self and Others

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Experience of working in a digital forensics environment, examining digital media to an evidential standard
- Experience of leading and managing a team of technical specialists to deliver against strict deadlines
- Knowledge of the Forensic Science Regulator’s Code of Practice, and associated quality standards
- Commitment to the improvement of culture in a team, and how you wo