Professional Standards Investigator
| Posting date: | 27 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,711.00 to £47,754.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 July 2025 |
| Location: | Essex, Eastern England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Essex County Fire & Rescue Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | req314 |
Summary
The Role
Are you passionate about upholding integrity, fairness, and accountability in public service? Do you have a keen eye for detail? If so, we want you to join our Fire and Rescue Service as a Professional Standards Investigator.
As a Professional Standards Investigator, you will play a vital role in maintaining the trust and confidence of our workforce and the communities we serve. You will lead and support investigations into complaints, conduct issues, and breaches of professional standards, ensuring that all matters are handled with impartiality, discretion, and professionalism.
The role will involve some travel around the county and may require occasional evening working.
What You Will Be Working On
Conduct thorough, fair, and timely investigations into allegations of misconduct or breaches of policy.
Gather and assess evidence, interview witnesses, and produce clear, concise investigation reports.
Work closely with HR and senior leadership to ensure that organisational learning is implemented.
Actively promote a culture of ethical behaviour, transparency, and integrity.
Support training and awareness initiatives related to professional standards and conduct.
What Are We Looking For?
You will have proven experience of conducting investigations and able to handle the sensitive information which comes from these with discretion and integrity.
Strong analytical, communication and report-writing skills are required along with a commitment to fairness, equality and public service.
Eligibility
Level 2 Professionalising Investigations Programme (or equivalent) or demonstratable equivalent experience.
Significant experience of conducting investigations, including best practice interview techniques and the production of investigation reports.
Significant experience of presenting reports and findings and meetings/hearings.
If you are an internal candidate, you must have discussed your application with your line manager and confirmed with them there are no outstanding issues of conduct or performance. This will be verified prior to shortlisting.
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