Our Digital Forensic Unit supports all the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) capabilities with the routine recovery of digital evidence from a range of devices. We offer a highly specialised forensic service to the South East Region and Forces.  

This is an exciting role where you will provide full administrative support within the SEROCU Cyber/ Forensic capabilities.  

The successful candidate will handle and record forensic exhibits, re-distributing these where necessary to internal and external departments. This role involves undertaking quality assurance checks of submissions or exhibits and ensuring requests are proportionate and within the SEROCU submissions policies.  

We are seeking to appoint a candidate with good team working and excellent communication/interpersonal skills. Due to the nature of the role, good working knowledge around social media and up-to-date knowledge of online communication is advantageous to the role. The successful candidate will have a good standard of education to GCSE or equivalent with proven skills in numeracy and literacy.  

Please note that although this role is currently based at Whitchurch, we will be eventually vacating our premises to a site Near M4 Junction 12, anticipated to be at the end of 2022.  

Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate will have a full UK driving licence and will be able to drive Force cars.   

Due to the nature of our work, security is of paramount importance to us and therefore it will be necessary to pass and maintain vetting level SC.  In order to achieve this, you must have resided in the UK for the past five years. Exemptions apply for overseas or other diplomatic service (with HM Government), and studying abroad.   

You can find more information about security vetting here. 

How to Apply 

To apply, click on the “Apply” button below and submit your application before the closing date of Sunday 26th March 2023 at 23:55hrs.  

At CTPSE and SEROCU we are committed to reflecting the communities we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We welcome applications from those interested in part time and flexible working, and encourage applications from our under represented communities. 

Our people say that benefits include a good work/life balance, a supportive and welcoming place to work and excellent terms including a generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement. 

If you have any questions about the role, please contact RecruitmentSE@thamesvalley.police.uk quoting the Job Reference number 20109. 

IMPORTANT: If you are already a Thames Valley Police (TVP) member of staff, shift allowance, on-call or other job related allowances from the previous role will not be protected unless they are attached to the new role. 

Please note candidates employed with another Force will need to apply as a secondment. Please ensure your application is supported by your line manager, Department Head and Local or Force HR.  For police staff who are employed with Hampshire Police are requested to please submit an AD277b alongside their application. This form is not available on the force’s standard forms library. It can be found on the HR Portal. Please contact wfplanning@hants.gov.uk if you have any queries relating to this. 

If you are a permanent Thames Valley Police (TVP) member of staff applying for this role, please note it will be offered on a secondment basis. Important: All secondments are assumed supported and that your line manager and Head of Department/Commander or Deputy are aware of your intention to apply. If the secondment is not supported then a strong business rationale must be sent to recruitmentpolicestaff@thamesvalley.police.uk quoting the reference number for the role.  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if we receive a high volume of applications. Should you wish to apply for this post, we advise you to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible. 

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