Are you a pro-active and self-motivated individual looking for a new opportunity where you can utilise and develop your customer service and administrative skills?
We are looking for a skilled administrator to join our Forensic Identification Unit as a Forensic Support Officer on a part time basis.
This is a busy and varied role where you will be required to multi task and work as part of a small team, providing administrative and customer service support to a range of stakeholders both internal and external to our organisation.
In this role your main responsibilities will include:
Acting as a point of contact for all queries that come into the department, ensuring professional customer service standards are maintained.
Undertaking a range of administrative duties including the booking of transport and accommodation, filing, scanning, and responding to queries using email, phone and face to face communication methods.
Managing the receipt, distribution and dispatch of forensic exhibits, checking courier datasheets against information on evidential packages.
Maintaining departmental records and document collections, undertaking weeding and archiving of custody samples.
Checking stock levels, processing and issuing equipment orders
Ensuring all duties undertaken are completed in compliance with department policies and procedures.
Skills and experience required:
Experience of working in an administrative role and following office procedures.
Skilled computer user familiar with using Microsoft packages etc.
Experience of creating and maintaining both electronic and manual records.
Ability to retrieve and interpreting information.
Excellent verbal and written communication and customer service skills.
Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
Additional Information:
This is a part time role and will be 29.6 hours per week which is 4 days. Working days can be agreed with the successful candidate.
Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 31st August 2026 after the bank holiday.
If you are successful but not the highest scoring applicant you will be placed on a 6 month bank for any future vacancies that could arise.
To be eligible to apply for this role you must have a 5 year ‘checkable history’ in the UK – ideally this means that you would have been resident in the UK for the last 3 years.
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About us
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Diversity is a strength and individuality is an asset.
We recognise the benefit different life experience and perspectives can bring.
We are on a journey to become the most inclusive police force in the country.
Find out more about our benefits and culture
Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible to ensure their application is considered.
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Important information before you commence an application (for external applicants)
You will require the following detail to complete this application form:
National Insurance Number
Identification Detail e.g. passport
Address information including proof
Referee information
Full employment history including dates and any qualifications you may have attained
Tattoos - you will also be requested to provide photos and describe of any visible tattoos you have
If the role requires you to drive you will also be required to upload details from your full driving licence including photos.
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Important information before you commence an application- for ALL applicants
The application system only remains active on a single page for a period of 60 minutes.
Please ensure you allow time to complete your application fully as part complete pages do not save.
If the role has evidence questions you may wish to save these remotely and paste your answers into the boxes at time of submission.
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