Job Description

Crime and Incident Auditor, JRN 20344






Vacancy Type
Police Staff
Area Command / Department
Corporate Development
Location
Newcastle
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Reduced Hours
Salary Range
\xc2\xa326,280 - \xc2\xa327,351
Closing Date
17/12/2023





Role: Salary: Band 5, \xc2\xa315,625 \xe2\x80\x93 \xc2\xa316,262 pro rata
Location: Agile, Middle Engine Police Station and homeworking
Hours/Contract: 22 hours per week (Monday \xe2\x80\x93 Wednesday)
Working for #TeamNP
Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job \xe2\x80\x93 and that\xe2\x80\x99s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.
As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we\xe2\x80\x99ll give you the support, training and time to carve out the career you always wanted.
As one of the top 50 UK inclusive employers and a disability confident employer, we promote a culture of respect in the workplace so everyone can feel seen, heard and valued.
Whether you\xe2\x80\x99re a member of staff or a volunteer, you can also expect first-rate support to manage your health and wellbeing. With year-round events, a 24/7 welfare support hotline and a leading approach to neurodiversity, our initiatives enable you to be at your best.
Above all else, here at Team NP, we can offer you a career that is so much more than just a job, it\xe2\x80\x99s a chance to be part of something that really matters.
Learn about our full benefits package
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 Corporate Development Department as a Crime and Incident Auditor.
As a Crime and Incident Auditor you will carry out risk based audits, review and update computer records and provide advice and guidance to officers to ensure crimes and incidents are recorded consistently and accurately.
What you\xe2\x80\x99ll do

• Audit, create and amend crime records to ensure that the force is compliant with the statutory responsibility to accurately record crimes and outcomes.
• Audit and amend incident records to ensure that the force is compliant with the statutory responsibility to record crime, making decisions to record crimes where required.
• Liaise with officers to obtain necessary additional information to ensure the accuracy of crime and incident records.
• Provide clear and accurate advice and instruction to officers and staff for crime recording and crime classification decisions to ensure that the force is compliant with the statutory responsibility to record crime.
• Undertake the role of Designated Decision Maker to cancel crime records appropriately and in accordance with the statutory responsibility.

Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description
What you\xe2\x80\x99ll bring

• Be willing to undertake training and continuous learning in relation to the Home Office Counting Rules.
• Excellent organisational skills and an ability to balance and prioritise competing demands to meet deadlines.
• Ability to adapt and deliver new ways of working. Be able to resolve queries by
• ing knowledge of rules and procedures.
• Be able to work independently to complete own work allocation and work effectively as a team member to share knowledge/assist colleagues.

We know it\xe2\x80\x99s important for you to feel that you\xe2\x80\x99re 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 Lee Rowland, Assistant Crime and Incident Registrar by email at lee.rowland@northumbria.police.uk
What we offer

• 26 days\xe2\x80\x99 leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays
• Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave
• Flexi time \xe2\x80\x93 allowing you to fit your working hours around your individual needs
• Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
• Agile working \xe2\x80\x93 option to work from home, your team zone, and spaces across the force
• Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution
• Corporate travel schemes \xe2\x80\x93 local rail, bus services and metro discounts
• Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers
• Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets
• We\xe2\x80\x99ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support Access to gyms in some stations
• Sports & Social Club \xe2\x80\x93 join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel
• Cycle to work scheme

Just so you know
Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Crime and Incident Auditor with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you\xe2\x80\x99re ing for and the values and behaviours that contribute.
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by an 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, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.
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. If your application is successful, we\xe2\x80\x99ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance and medical information.
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 6month probation period with us where you will be unable to 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.