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Lancashire Constabulary's Digital Forensics Operational Support Team is seeking a Victim Identification Officer to be based at Hutton Headquarters. The site is accessible by public transport and there is also free car parking on site. This post is temporary until 31/03/2025.
If you want to play a crucial part in the global protection of children, this role is for you.
As Lancashire's Victim Identification Officer, your work will enable police officers in Lancashire's new Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Teams and beyond to identify and protect real victims of abuse, and bring perpetrators to justice. With cutting-edge digital forensic techniques and traditional investigation, you will uncover clues which will be used to identify key information present in child sexual abuse material.
Supported by Media Classifier/CAID Support officers, you will play a leading role in Lancashire's use of the national Child Abuse Image Database (CAID) which holds unique hash values for every known indecent image. To ensure your continued professional development, you will be supported with a bespoke training pathway from Lancashire, the National Crime Agency and industry leaders.
Eligible applicants must align to the following:
- PIP Level 1 or be working towards PIP Level 1 Accreditation
- Level 1 of the Public Protection Learning Programme (PPLP) or be prepared to work towards and complete within 12 months from commencement in role
- CAID User Training or be prepared to work towards and complete within 3 months from commencement in role
- College of Policing National Categorising IIOC - Grading/CAID Awareness or be prepared to work towards and complete within 3 months from commencement in role
- CAID National Adjudicators Course or be prepared to work towards and complete within 3 months from commencement in role
- College of Policing / NCA-CEOP Victim ID course or be prepared to work towards and complete within 6 months from commencement in role
Candidates applying for Lancashire Constabulary should be aware that the use of online 'Artificial Intelligence' (AI) systems such as ChatGPT to generate application answers is NOT permitted, any candidate found to have submitted an application form using online 'AI' software to generate answers will be removed from the recruitment process with immediate effect. This may result in future applications with the Constabulary also being rejected, based on integrity.
Further details of the requirements and duties of the post can be found on the attached Role Profile.
Upon successful appointment as per the job specification, you will be required to provide your DNA for elimination purposes, this will be held against the Contamination Elimination Database (CED).
Please note, as a condition of your appointment you must undergo and pass MV Vetting.
Please be aware there is a minimum 5 year UK residency required for Management Vetting.
Please note, candidates successful at shortlisting will be required to undertake an assessment as part of the interview process. This will consist of a Psychological Screening Test.
Before you complete the online application, we would advise you to read the attached Information and Guidance documents.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR THIS VACANCY IS FRIDAY 12TH JULY 2024 AT 23:55PM.
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Lancashire Police serves and protects the communities of Lancashire against crime and anti-social behaviour, keeping the county's streets safe and feeling secure.