Cyber Crime Investigator - Nexus House - Grade H/I

Number of Posts

1

Advertised

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL APPLICANTS

Branch/Division

Public Protection and Serious Crime Division

Location

Nexus House

Grade

Grade H/I

Rank

Not applicable

Leadership Level

Peer Leader

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours

36.25 per week

Hours

Full time

Advertised Salary

£34,287 - £38,856

Shift Allowances/Enhancements/ Additional Info

Enhanced Vetting Required
Assessment / Test Required

Advert

The successful candidate will work as part of a team to Investigate the most serious cyber dependant crimes and threats within GMP, whilst also having the ability to work independently on their own investigations. The types of crime include different variants of Ransomware, DDoS attacks, Hacking and Crimes in Action. The successful candidate will have the ability to contribute to the development and delivery of pro-active cyber capabilities and bring their own expertise and ideas to this arena. They will be able to react dynamically to a situation and attend digital crime scenes to collect evidence in a relevant and lawful way. It will require attendance at warrants with colleagues, supporting the interview of suspects alongside other officers and providing advice to colleagues on digital investigative opportunities. Reviewing evidence in a robust and lawful way (including potentially upsetting material) to build case files for submission to CPS and ultimately attendance at Court to achieve successful prosecutions against cyber offenders. A typical day could involve any one or many of these things, so the ability to easily switch between tasks is highly beneficial.

Closing Date

28 May 2023

Recruitment Team Contact

gmprecruitment@gmp.police.uk

Other Information

Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details regarding the skills required to do this role. The Job Description has been signposted to indicate at which stage of the process each criteria will be tested.

Due to the Equality Act (2010) the criteria surrounding sickness absence will not be checked until the conditional offer stage of the recruitment process, this is after the interview stage of the full recruitment process. With this in mind all candidates need to ensure that they have a good attendance record for the last 2 years for Staff and officers and for 12 months for apprentices.

The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against a disabled person in all areas of employment, including recruitment. The Police Service welcomes people with disabilities and will do its best to make reasonable adjustments to the working arrangements and/ or the working environment providing it is possible to do so.

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This is a designated post under the Force Vetting Strategy and the post will therefore attract an enhanced level of vetting.

Please note for applications which carry enhanced vetting you should have resided in the UK for the last 5 years.

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Minimum Age for Applications

18