HOLMES Indexer

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.

West Midlands Police Major Crime Unit

HOLMES Indexer

Applications are invited for the position of HOLMES Indexer to be based at Aston Police Station. The post holder may also occasionally be required to travel to support investigations at other Force CID locations when necessary.

The successful candidate will work in an interesting and varied environment supporting the Homicide Team and will be involved with the investigation of Murder / Major Crime & C.S.E. within the West Midlands area.

Duties will include the registration of documentation creating and maintaining of designated indices within the database. You will also be required to interrogate and research the database undertaking the indexing of documentation as indicated by supervision. This includes summarising information creating index to index cross referencing and raising actions to the appropriate subject.

In all areas there is an obligation to ensure confidentiality security and safety of all equipment and information.

You must have a good standard of education experience of typing and a good working knowledge of Windows based interpersonal skills are essential and the ability to work on your own initiative as well as a member of a Team is intrinsic to the role. You will possess the utmost integrity and professionalism as you will be handling sensitive and confidential information.

Experience of a Major Investigation Room environment is desirable but not essential. You will be required to attend formal training (HOLMES Indexer) and following this a formal assessment will need to be undertaken.

Probationary Policy:

Under the Probation Policy if you are currently in your probation periodduring your probationary period you will not be permitted to apply for alternative police staff roles within the Force unless there are exceptional circumstances. In such cases you would require the support of your line manager prior to applying for alternative roles and if successful your probationary period will start over.-Policies - Probation Period (Police Staff) ()

For further details and information please contact:

HOLMES Index Supervisor Diane Tully

Vetting-

Successful applicants will be required to pass Recruitment Vetting and Counter Terrorism Clearancescrutiny 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.

Hours-

• Contracted to Flexi Hours working between 0700- and 1800-hours observing core hours.

• Post holder may be required to work outside these hours from time to time including Bank holidays weekends and be required to work at short notice again considering individual circumstances

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 notethat 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 these circumstances the employer could select the candidates whobestmeet the essential criteria for the job as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

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