Jobs in Culham, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, united kingdom

Job Description

Salary : Competitive

Location : Warrington, Culham, Tamworth, Wakefield

Contract : Permanent

Hours : 37.5 per week

Closing date : 31st July 2024

The Role

This is a truly exciting time to continue your career with our first-class business, as a Forensic Examiner you will be responsible for the examination and processing of exhibits and biological samples seized in a variety of criminal cases.

The successful candidate will also be expected to carry out a range of tasks, primarily the recovery of trace evidence, screening for body fluids using chemical testing and sampling for DNA profiling according to instructions produced by a Reporting Officer. You will also be responsible for the integrity and continuity of evidence and expected to produce a set of clear and concise handwritten notes and photographs for every examination carried out. The candidate will be expected to follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) as well as defined strategies from the Reporting Officer’s. Shift work, On-call working and Bank Holiday cover will be a requirement of the Examiner role upon completing the required training.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Examinations of variety of exhibits to standard operating procedure requirements and required turnaround times
• Laboratory and exhibit management
• Complete training, self-study and maintain set KPIs and competences
• Reporting in accordance with set turnaround times.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Experience and Technical Skills

Essential

Preferred

Additional Information

Company Benefits

In return for your hard work and loyal service, we will offer you genuine career and salary progression through our Career Pathways programme, a competitive salary, and a selection of employee benefits via our flexible benefits menu which includes cycle to work scheme, give as you earn, volunteering days, purchase & sell holiday. In addition, we also offer the following :

Due to the highly sensitive nature of the work, applicants should note that security clearance is required for this role. To gain security clearance you must have five years continuous residency in the UK. Security clearance is undertaken by a third party to police personnel vetting standards (NPPV / 3 and SC), as such any criminal convictions may prevent you from gaining security clearance. Further information on the security clearance process and requirement can be found at . In addition, all successful applicants will be required to undertake drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment.

Due to the nature of the work we undertake on our Tamworth (EFS Midlands site), for employees based at EFS Midlands or likely to attend EFS Midlands as part of their role you must inform us if you come into contact with any firearms or ammunition through work or any other reason as there will be precautions you will need to take in order to enter the premises. This also applies to persons involved in clay pigeon shooting, and those who regularly use any cartridge based tools such as nail / stud guns. Please provide details on your application form.

The organisation treats personal data collected during the recruitment process in accordance with its data protection policy. Information about how your data is used and the basis for processing your data is provided in the organisations applicant privacy notice.