Vacancy Information
Division / Department - Specialist Crime
Grade - Grade F
Status - Full Time
Contract Type - Permanent
Salary Grade Range - £28,062 - £32,227
Working Hours - 36.0 Hours per Week
Shift Allowance -
Politically Restricted -
The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.
The Role
The Forensic Digital Media Unit has been established to meet the demand of modern policing. Would you like to work in a fast-paced forensic multimedia environment? Are you confident, self-motivated, and methodical? Can you work to tight deadlines with minimal supervision? As a Forensic Digital Media Examiner you will provide a high-quality service to stakeholders, investigators and the Major Crime Team, providing forensically sound products. You will engage with investigating officers and advise on the most appropriate formats for production and presentation. This role encompasses and wide variety of work dealing with multimedia evidential material for presentation in court and to support on-going investigations. An eye for detail and experience in editing and enhancement of video/audio/photographic file formats is essential in this role. The role will involve handling images and footage which will be of a sensitive and / or disturbing nature. Job progression from E to F grade once the Examiner is deemed competent in the role. Competency progression will range from examiner to examiner, but the expectation is that this may be gained between 12-18 months.
Key Responsibilities
You will examine, analyse, convert, edit and enhance a wide range of multimedia formats using editing and enhancement tools in support of investigative and criminal justice requirements. You are responsible for handling exhibits, ensuring that all actions taken are recorded and retained for audit, allowing others to not only review your actions but to reproduce your output. This is to fulfil criminal justice requirements according to policy, procedures, relevant to Quality Standards and legislation. Through customer engagement you will use technical knowledge and specialist software applications to provide solutions to customer requirements and you will act as a point of reference in respect of digital media.
Skills & Experience
To be successful as a Forensic Digital Media Examiner you will be self-motivated with proven experience of working methodically, often to tight deadlines with minimal supervision. Candidates must be able to demonstrate substantial experience working in a Audio/Video environment and have attained recognized and relevant academic qualifications. You must be able to demonstrate proven competency in the application of multimedia processing software (e.g. Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, Avid, FFMPEG and Microsoft Office base products such as Word and Excel). It is desirable that the candidate has proven competencies in video and audio analysis and conversion (FFMPEG), CCTV export and enhancement (Impress or Amped FIVE Professional).
Further Information
Job progression from E to F grade once the Examiner is deemed competent in the role.
This role is within a unit where Surrey Police and Sussex Police work in collaboration, whilst continuing to be two separate legal entities/employers with different terms and conditions.
Successful candidates will be appointed on the terms and conditions of employment of Surrey Police and successful applicants from Sussex Police will be transferred to a Surrey contract.
This vacancy will be based at Headquarters, Guildford. Please note that in 2024 Surrey Police Headquarters is due to move to Leatherhead.
For further information about this vacancy candidates can contact the Team Leader for the Forensic Digital Media Unit, James Slade.
Email: james.slade@surrey.pnn.police.uk
Additional Information
Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@surreysussexpolice.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.
This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process.
Please note that not all jobs are available for internal candidates across both Forces, the current agreed recruitment principles are;
- vacancies in collaborated units are available to all officers and staff across both Forces
- vacancies in non-collaborated units are only available to officers and staff within the Force with the vacancy unless it is advertised externally.
If the vacancy is advertised externally and an officer or member of staff from the other Force is success it will result in a transfer of employment
Surrey Police and Sussex Police Special Constables, Volunteers and Agency Staff (excluding self-employed workers) covered under the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) are eligible to apply for internal advertised posts.
Diversity Statement
We are only as good as our people. It's really important that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we know that as an organisation we'll grow from the variety of thinking, approach and skills that diversity brings; all of which help us deliver a better policing service. We strive to ensure how we deliver our services, provide information and how we recruit is open and accessible to all.
We have multiple staff support groups who help to improve our understanding of minority issues and ensure they are reflected in our work. We are proud members of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index and Disability Confident, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement.
We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities. Regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status or religious beliefs, we would love to hear from you.
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