What's involved with this role:
Temporary Civilian Investigator x 2 – Protecting Vulnerable Persons
Job Ref: Lincolnshire BL TCL 364521
Pay Rate: £17.24 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Sunday 8am to 10pm as part of a shift pattern, including evenings and weekend working.
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 12 months
City: Lincoln
Office based
Candidates must be able to work weekends and evenings.
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.
The purpose of the role is to work as part of a team in PVP to undertake the investigation of serious and complex crimes that fall under the PVP remit, involving interview of suspects, and gathering of evidence from victims and witnesses, digital media, and other sources.
Key Responsibilities:
Respond effectively to all reports of serious and complex crime), including coronial investigations and support to other departments such as PVP, MCU and Local Policing in accordance with the CID Terms of Reference, Force policy, and NPCC and College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice.
Take ownership of serious and complex criminal investigations. To develop and record proportionate investigation plans and strategies. To prioritise lines of enquiry, maximising the gathering of material by securing and preserving evidence under minimum supervision. To conduct or co-ordinate all aspects of the investigation process, ensuring the highest quality of service to all stakeholders.
Interview victims of crime and other witnesses, ensuring compliance with the Victims Charter, identifying when victims are significant or vulnerable and taking relevant measures.
Effectively apply investigation procedures to ensure timely response to and conclusion of all enquiries.
Gather, develop and use intelligence effectively utilising force IT systems to enhance investigations and inform other departments/line management of identified risks and safeguarding concerns.
Prepare case files within the designated timescales ensuring legislative compliance in line with the CPIA, disclosure rules and the Manual of Guidance for presentation to the Magistrates and Crown Courts.
Attend court and give evidence in relation to those aspects of any investigation which are within the post holders personal knowledge, or in which the post holder has had any involvement during the investigative process.
Represent the organisation by attending multi-agency meetings / case-conferences, or other such meetings as required or deemed appropriate by line management understand, and apply relevant risk assessment processes to support the determination of response and effective resource prioritisation.
Cultivate and maintain good relations between internal departments, external stakeholders, and the community.
Qualifications:
PIP1 qualification.
Successfully trained in Video Witness Interviewing desirable.
Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Demonstrate experience of conducting serious and complex investigations.
Previous experience of gathering information and / or data from third parties (e.g. researching, interviewing techniques).
Previous experience of problem solving and decision making with an ability to critically analyse material.
Previous experience of working in a customer focused environment
Previous experience of working with confidential/sensitive material.
Demonstrates lateral vision and a logical process for solving problems.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
Must have the capability to travel within Lincolnshire or wider on occasion to undertake assignments; due to this requirement and the potential unsocial hours a full UK driving licence is required.
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.
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.
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Job Ref: Lincolnshire BL TCL 364521
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