Digital Forensic Team Leader

West Midlands Police; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional police force in Birmingham is seeking a Digital Forensics Supervisor to oversee the Digital Forensic Staff, ensuring task prioritization, compliance with service agreements, and quality management. Candidates should have a strong background in digital forensic examination, excellent leadership, and communication skills. The role demands a practical understanding of staff management and IT skills, along with a full UK driving license.

Benefits

Disability Confident Interview Scheme

Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

Qualifications

• Must be able to demonstrate a practical understanding of staff and performance management.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to be persuasive.
• Proven report writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily supervision for Digital Forensic Staff.
• Conduct Performance Development Reviews of digital forensic staff.
• Ensure compliance with service level agreements.

Skills

Staff management

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Digital forensic examination

IT skills

Education

Good level of education

Tools

Windows operating systems

Extraction tools such as XRY and Cellebrite

Job description

Overview

Prospective officers and staff must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members of the public, and that therefore their right to privacy can be fettered in certain circumstances. This is to ensure that members of the police are fully aware and accountable for the unique powers entrusted to them and the standards of professional behaviour they swear to uphold.

Position

Digital Forensics Supervisor

You will be responsible for daily supervision of staff, including prioritisation, tasking and co-ordination of work ensuring compliance with service level agreements. To be responsible for Quality Management and to act as an advisory point of contact for the force and external partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide daily supervision for all Digital Forensic Staff with a key emphasis on demonstrating positive leadership;
• Driving efficiency by promoting new ways of working;
• Conduct Forensic Strategy Meetings with investigators;
• To manage the gate keeping procedure for all Digital Forensic submissions in line with submission and response criteria;
• To task and co-ordinate all digital forensic staff at a local level;
• Conduct Performance Development Reviews of all digital forensic staff;
• Maintain and provide sufficient levels of training and competence of staff;
• Monitor individual and team performance by submitting regular update reports to SMT. Peer Review and Dip Sample quality of work;
• Conduct Health and Safety audits in line with force policy and accreditation requirements;
• To be responsible for all Quality Management audits and on-going accreditation of all digital forensic functions and working environments;
• To provide advice and guidance regarding all aspects of computer forensic examination, audio enhancement and video recovery and enhancement to specialist departments and investigators;
• Ensure the maintenance of appropriate records on our case management system to ensure integrity and continuity of evidence;
• To be responsible for awareness, planning and execution of solutions to developing challenges caused by pace of technology and case law;
• Collaborative work required within diff teams within FSD and also other departments within WMP; and
• To undertake any other duties commensurate with the post.

Knowledge and experience

Essentials

• Must be able to demonstrate a practical understanding of the principles of staff management and performance management;
• Be conversant with the ISO 17025, FSR standard, FSR Code of Practice and ACPO Principles of Digital Evidence;
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to be persuasive and use intelligent reasoning;
• The ability to demonstrate excellent IT skills, particularly in relation to windows-based packages;
• The ability to maintain confidentiality and apply discretion at all times;
• Demonstrate a practical approach to problem solving and a willingness to accept responsibility;
• Proven Report writing skills;
• Must demonstrate an ability to proactively develop initiatives within the scope of the role to enhance service delivery;
• Must be able to demonstrate a good level of education;
• Experience and knowledge in digital forensic examination and the impact on investigation;
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Other essential requirements dependant on function

• Computer Examination (to include laptops, workstations, memory cards, CD's, DVD's, camera's, play stations etc.)
• Understanding of the developing legislative landscape;
• Experience of working within business area at a practical, hands-on level;
• Ability to dismantle computers, whilst maintaining accurate contemporaneous records. Identification, removal and safe handling of key computer components;
• Be conversant with the Windows operating systems and have a keen interest in and understanding of computer systems;
• Understanding of other common operating systems such as OS X and Linux.
• Mobile Device/phone examination (to include sim cards etc)
• Understanding of the developing legislative landscape;
• Experience of working within business area at a practical, hands-on level;
• Be conversant with extraction tools such as XRY and Cellebrite.

Desirable

• Awareness of financial budgetary constraints and familiar with the financial processes of West midlands Police.

Hours

The post holder will be required to work a shift pattern that incorporates working weekends, bank holidays and from time to time outside of core shift hours. Core hours 7am to 10pm.

Vetting

Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting and Security Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Medical

Appointment to this role may be dependent upon successfully completing medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a 'Disability Confident Interview Scheme' - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

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