Technical Officers
| Posting date: | 30 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,300 to £39,911 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Plus allowance of 19.39%. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 May 2025 |
| Location: | Sheffield |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 402881/2 |
Summary
Immigration Enforcement is responsible for enforcing the government’s immigration laws, tackling illegal migration, removing foreign national offenders and immigration offenders from the UK. It also aims to disrupt the organised criminal groups that exploit the vulnerable for their personal gain. Learn more on our careers pages.
As part of Criminal and Financial Investigation (CFI), Cyber & Digital Capabilities (CDC) provides comprehensive digital forensics services to support Immigration Enforcement operations and criminal investigations. This includes the acquisition of data from digital devices as well as the subsequent processing and analysis of resultant data to provide actionable evidence.
The Technical Officer role will be involved in design, and implementation of all technical methods employed to deliver the forensic services that support CFI cases. This will include overseeing the validation and competency requirements for technical methods, as well as quality assuring these as standard operating procedures which can be reliably applied by our team of Forensic Practitioners, both within and outside of laboratory environments, as well as on-site during search and seizure deployments.
The Forensic Science Regulator (“FSR”) has provided clear instruction that all forensic service providers within the criminal justice system become compliant with the FSR Codes and Practice of Conduct (“FSR Codes”) as well as relevant ISO standards (17020 & 17025) for the conduct of digital forensics activities.
The Technical Officer will therefore be responsible for ensuring all technical activities are aligned to enable UKAS accreditation to the required standard(s) and FSR Code Compliance.
Key responsibilities
Reporting to the Technical Manager, and working with Digital Forensic practitioners and the Quality Team the role shall include, but not be limited to:
- Implementation of technical procedures across all Forensic Science disciplines conducted by Cyber and Digital Capabilities to deliver and maintain ISO17020 and 17025 accreditation and compliance with the FSR Codes.
- Develop and maintain validation and verification processes to ensure that all hardware, software and methods used to conduct a Forensic Science Activity are fit for purpose.
- Develop, maintain and ensure compliance with Quality Management System (QMS) including adherence to Quality Procedures (QP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instructions (WIs).
- Work with Digital Forensic Practitioners, and the Quality Team to deliver continuous process improvement across all Forensic Science Activities conducted by CDC and CFI.
- Coordinate the participation in Inter-Lab Comparisons (ILC) and Proficiency Testing (PT), prepare ILC material as required and review, report and investigate the results of the CDC’s submissions as appropriate.
- Assist with the competence testing of all Digital Forensic Practitioners and CFI staff conducting Forensic Science Activities.
- Manage and advance your own continual professional development and that of the organisation, within the digital forensic environment including changes to technology and legislation.
Working pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.
Successful candidates will need to be able to attend for all shifts including early starts, late night finishes, and overnight shifts. These shifts may be outside of public transport operating hours.
Travel
Travel will be required between offices – sometimes carrying equipment.
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