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INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL APPLICANTS

Branch/Division

Forensic Services Branch

Location

Vestigo House

Grade

Grade B

Rank

Not applicable

Leadership Level

Peer Leader

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours

36.25 Hrs

Advertised Salary

£20,604 - £21,018 Per Annum

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Forensic Services sits within the Serious Crime Division as part of Specialist Protective Services and provides dedicated scientific and technical forensic support to the investigation and reduction of crime across Greater Manchester.

The Forensic Services Section supports investigations and operations across the force dealing with the recording, recovery and examination of evidence from the crime/incident scene through to the court process.

In this role, you will be responsible for arranging and taking fingerprint and DNA samples from police officers, staff and contractors, and ensuring that they’re loaded to the appropriate elimination databases. You will ensure that records are maintained effectively, and that samples are destroyed when no longer required.

You will arrange and take fingerprints from members of the public who require them for DBS or immigration identification checks.

You will also contribute to an efficient reception service for Forensic Services; including being responsible for the receipt, accurate recording and safe storage of exhibits and evidence, including items of property, fingerprint dockets and lifts, and photographic evidence, from crime scenes.

You will ensure that all records, either computerised or on paper, are accurate and meet the requirements relating to ISO procedures, continuity, disclosure, and Data Protection.

The security of the reception area and stores must be ensured at all times as well as ensuring that the working environment complies with all Health and Safety policies and procedures, including lifting, handling and transportation of equipment/ materials.

Closing Date

16 Jul 2023

Recruitment Team Contact

[email protected]

Other Information

Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details regarding the skills required to do this role. The Job Description has been signposted to indicate at which stage of the process each criteria will be tested. This Job Description is currently under review.

Due to the Equality Act (2010) the criteria surrounding sickness absence will not be checked until the conditional offer stage of the recruitment process, this is after the interview stage of the full recruitment process. With this in mind all candidates need to ensure that they have a good attendance record for the last 2 years for Staff and officers and for 12 months for apprentices.

The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against a disabled person in all areas of employment, including recruitment. The Police Service welcomes people with disabilities and will do its best to make reasonable adjustments to the working arrangements and/ or the working environment providing it is possible to do so.

If you have a disability and you require support with your application, please let us know so we can consider and support you with any reasonable adjustments you may require. If you need any support completing this application please contact [email protected] and the recruitment team will be happy to assist.

Should you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know during the selection process.

Please note, all of our communication will be sent to you via the e-mail address you provide on your application form, therefore please ensure [email protected] is in your mail safe senders / safe recipients list to prevent our e-mails going into your junk mail.

Policing values are enshrined in the Code of Ethics (a copy of which can be found at https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/Ethics/Ethics-home/Documents/Code_of_Ethics.pdf Every person serving with the police service needs to adhere to these standards of professional behaviour. As an applicant to Greater Manchester Police, we expect that you will hold views and attitudes in line with the Code; that if you are successful in your application you will uphold the Code of Ethics by displaying the behaviours that the Code sets out; and that you will report any conduct of others that falls short of those standards. Any failure or apparent failure to uphold the Code of Ethics will be taken seriously. It will be looked into and in cases involving serious and/or repeated failings, criminal and/or misconduct proceedings may follow. With that in mind, you are reminded that you must not share any information relating to the recruitment and assessment process. Sharing of such information could result in criminal and/or misconduct proceedings.
To be eligible for appointment as a member of police staff, you must be a British citizen or a citizen of a country that is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland. Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals are also eligible but only if they are resident in the UK free of restrictions.

After 30 June 2021, nationals of the EEA or Switzerland will also need to provide evidence that their stay is free from restrictions.

In the context of EEA nationals, we are content that pre-settled status counts as free from restrictions.


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Minimum Age for Applications

16