Police Staff Investigator

About this role

Professional Standards Department

Career Graded Band 7 – 8, £32,874 – £41,028

Hours/Contract: 37 Hours, Permanent

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Professional Standards Department as a Police Staff Investigator (PIP2)

Are you ready to make a significant impact in maintaining the integrity of our police service? As a Professional Standards Investigator (PIP2), you’ll provide a professional and effective investigative service for serious and complex complaints, misconduct, and criminal investigations. You’ll ensure that all evidence is meticulously recorded, secured, and preserved, maintaining public and police confidence. Your role will involve developing high-quality evidential files that stand up to scrutiny and contribute to misconduct proceedings and criminal justice trials. Join us and be a key player in upholding the highest standards of our police service.

What you’ll do

• Collect and gather material and assess intelligence and evidence from a range of sources that are appropriate to the serious and complex nature of the investigation and retain and maintain records in a format that is evidentially admissible to support both the professional standards and criminal investigative process.
• Develop and manage investigative plans and identify own investigative actions required and consider resources, priorities, and proportionality to achieve investigatory objectives, working with the minimum of supervision and taking key roles in more complex investigations.
• Complete risk assessments, assess harm and provide appropriate updates and support for victims and subjects during an investigation, such as through formulation of a victim strategy where required, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the victim. Identify vulnerability to ensure appropriate measures are put in place to mitigate/manage the risks, support individuals as needed, collaborating with both internal and external partners to ensure the safety and wellbeing of victim.
• Prepare and serve complaint and misconduct notices in compliance with the misconduct regulations so that involved parties are informed in a timely manner.
• Interview witnesses and suspects, gather all required evidence and intelligence in relation to serious and complex professional standards investigations, to generate further lines of enquiry where required, to build a balanced and proportional proportionate case to bring offenders to justice.

What you’ll bring

• Professional Investigation Programme (PIP) level 2 qualified
• Experience in conducting serious and complex investigations.
• Experienced in PACE interviewing.
• A detailed understanding of the criminal justice system. Post holders undertaking this role will be required to undertake designated functions and will have associated powers conferred by the Chief Constable under the Police Reform Act 2002 (as amended by the Policing and Crime Act 2017).
• Able to plan own work and multitask, as well as identify and mitigate risks to delivery.
• Able to review own performance objectively and to take steps to maintain and enhance competence and professional standards appropriate to the role.
• Demonstrable experience of complex information gathering and problem solving. Able to break down a complex problem into component parts and determine appropriate action in investigations.
• Able to identify cause and effect when problem solving and develop a course of action designed to target root causes and mitigate risks.

We know it’s important for you to feel that you’re not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact Detective Inspector Jonathon Pallace by email at professional.standards@northumbria.police.uk

Just so you know

Candidates with priority status will be given precedence for this role over other applicants.

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Police Staff Investigator with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, working together to improve the lives of disabled employees. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. In cases of very high application volumes, we may prioritise those who most closely meet the criteria, applying the same fair approach for all candidates.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.

Use of AI in Applications: At Northumbria Police, we embrace innovative technologies to enhance our recruitment process. We understand that candidates may use AI tools to assist with their applications. While AI can be a valuable resource, we encourage applicants to ensure their submissions accurately reflect their personal qualifications, experiences, and skills. Our selection process includes thorough evaluations to verify the authenticity and suitability of all applications. We value genuine and thoughtful responses that showcase your unique strengths and perspectives.

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Management Vetting (MV) form and Biometrics Testing, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 5 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.

Terms of appointment

This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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