What's involved with this role: Temporary Evidence Officer Job Ref: Thames Valley BL TCL 364745 Pay Rate: £13.65 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 37 Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 16:00 Role Length: This opening assignment is for 6 months City: READING NPPV Level 2 Vetting NB: Police Vacancy - only for candidates with a minimum of 5 years continuous UK address history. Please note that this vacancy is subject to a strict security vetting procedure. Ensure all evidential property coming into police possession is efficiently processed in accordance with current police and procedures by managing the security, storage and disposal of evidential property and providing a high quality service to both external and internal customers. Key Responsibilities: Take accountability for the management, continuity and safety of all physical evidence held by TVP within the Evidence Management Unit (EMU). Attend court when required to account for evidential property in support of a range of prosecutions and civil proceedings. Assess, prepare and dispose of property in accordance with legislation, policy and procedure in line with the Evidence Portal. Bank cash and create manifests for disposal of dangerous and/or illegal items of property. Ensure compliance for randomised audits from the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), the Professional Standards Department (PSD) and the Criminal Justice Senior Management Team. Act as subject matter expert in respect of evidence management, provide advice / support to Officers and staff engaged in the management of evidence and support training events held with a range of staff. This includes advice on packaging, maintaining continuity and integrity of evidence. Identify and resolve issues in relation to the management of evidence e.g. managing the ongoing retention process frozen material(s). Undertake regular quality control/assurance checks to ensure evidence is kept in optimal conditions to maximise evidence recovery. Report critical issues in a timely manner and escalate issues when required. Maintain an efficient storage system to ensure appropriate action is taken to manage space effectively, support specific operations to ‘purge’ legacy evidence/property held by TVP to enable the swift retrieval of evidence and compliance with relevant Health and Safety regulations. Conduct necessary daily checks. Maintain the security of the Evidence Management Unit/Store(s) to prevent unauthorised access and provide an ‘out of hours’ service when assessed as necessary. Manage the storage and transportation of hazardous, high risk or high value items of property to ensure appropriate risk management is completed in line with statutory obligations. Qualifications: Good standard of education with GCSEs (Grade 9-4/A-C) or Key Skills level 2 or equivalent in Literacy and Numeracy. Willingness to undertake Manual Handling / COSHH training. As this is a physically active role, the role holder will be expected to lift / move heavy objects and satisfactorily complete a manual handling course (training provided). Knowledge: Understanding or willingness to learn the Force Policy Release / Retention, Hazardous Waste Act, CPIA and relevant legislation (e.g. Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 and The Police (Property) Regulations 1997). Skills & Abilities: Proven customer service skills with a particular focus on engaging effectively with customers at all levels to resolve issues. Proven ability to work quickly and accurately when under pressure to specific deadlines. Proven ability to work independently and proactively to resolve and investigate problems to a conclusion. Must have excellent problem solving skills with an ability to plan and adapt to future requirements. Proven ability to work effectively as part of a team. IT Literate including the use of Microsoft Office applications (including Word and basic Excel) as well as the ability to learn new systems. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application (and help us to help you) – please give full details within your CV document. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please