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Police Staff Investigator
Serious and Complex Crime
Bradford/Dewsbury/Halifax/Leeds
Several full-time (37 hr) permanent roles

West Yorkshire Police is looking to appoint PIP2 Accredited Police Staff Investigators. Working alongside detectives and other accredited police staff, as part of an investigative team, you would be expected to utilise a range of evidence sources and appropriate investigative approaches to safely and effectively investigate serious and complex crimes, relating to Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

Key Responsibilities

The role holder will carry out the following functions and responsibilities:

• Lead by example and behave in line with the Police Code of Ethics ensuring that the force values and behavioural expectations are clearly understood and considered by managers, officers and staff in their decision making and actions; reinforcing and influencing them through all interactions and processes.

• Liaise and work with other investigators, specialists and managers to establish and use appropriate methods for gathering material and to develop procedures to turn material into intelligence or evidence as part of the investigation into serious and complex cases.

• Collect and gather material, intelligence and evidence from a range of sources that are appropriate to the serious and complex nature of the investigation and record and retain evidence in a format that is evidentially admissible to support the investigative process.

• Identify and plan own investigative actions, taking into account resources, priorities and proportionality in order to achieve investigatory objectives.

• Assess threat, harm and risk in order to develop and implement plans and strategies to investigate serious and complex crime.

• Interview witnesses and suspects and gather all required information, intelligence and evidence in relation to serious and complex investigations in accordance with PIP 2 investigative standards and also generate further lines of enquiry where required to bring offenders to justice.

• Undertake associated search and custody procedures to protect and safeguard the public in accordance with legislation and policy.

• Provide appropriate support for victims during an investigation, completing risk assessments and formulating a victim strategy where required and working with the Victim Care Unit to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the victim.

• Undertake analysis, assess evidence and evaluate material generated by the investigation of serious and complex crimes to identify offenders and ensure all material including exhibits are seized, examined and retained in accordance with legislation and policy.

• Prepare reports on the outcome of investigations and build and manage case files and conduct disclosure within best practice procedures to ensure that there is an accurate audit trail.

• To ensure that all relevant intelligence is communicated to the appropriate Intelligence Unit to provide an up to date and effective bank of knowledge within the department and the Force.

• Liaise with external and internal partners: Victims, Crown Prosecution Service, Magistrates and Crown Court Staff, Barristers, Members of the General Public, Police and Police staff of other Forces, NCA and partners and other professionals including social care, Hospital Staff, Prison and Forensic Providers, local authority legal services, health care professionals, Youth Offending team, 3rd sector agencies, Statutory and Non Statutory Partners.

This is a challenging role, so we are looking for Police Staff Investigators who are prepared to work flexibly which may include working from different locations across the Force area. The immediate vacancies are based at Bradford, Calderdale, Leeds and Kirklees Districts.

The application process will close at 23:55 hours on the 28th February 2023. Please note applications will be processed on an on-going basis and will not necessarily wait till the closing date is reached, but the vacancy will be "live" until the 28th February 2023.