Our client, A Large public sector organisation, is looking for either Full Time or Part Time Investigating Officers to join their team.
Duration: 3-6 months
Rate of pay: £17.94 per hour
Start Date: ASAP
Hours: Monday-Friday ( hours will vary depending on FT or PT )
Location: Belfast
Main Duties:
The role of the Investigation Officer is to investigate allocated cases, ensuring all reasonable lines of enquiry are pursued, including visiting incident scenes, taking statements, and the provision of high quality reports including making appropriate recommendations based on evidence gathered.
Key Responsibilities
1. Upon allocation of cases, develop and implement investigative strategies to include all reasonable lines of enquiry
2. Gather evidence, conduct investigative interviews, visit incident scenes and make relevant records using the case work management system
3. Interpret legislation, policies and guidance to support investigative decisions and recommendations
4. Make evidence based recommendations for criminal and disciplinary action
5. Prepare quality reports for submission to internal and external stakeholders as required.
6. Provide On Call support (currently every 1 in 7 weeks) to critical incidents, including times when not normally scheduled to work, e.g. night, weekends, and public holidays.
7. To handle all information and records with integrity, maintaining confidentiality and in accordance with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
8. To have due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity between:
? Persons of different religious belief, political opinion, racial group, age, marital status or sexual orientation;
? Men and women in general;
? Persons with a disability and persons without;
? Persons with dependants and persons without.
9. Uphold the principles of the Ombudsman’s Office and discharge their duties in
line with the Ombudsman’s Code of Ethics.
10. Any other relevant duties appropriate to the grade as may be required including
the participation in the interchange of duties within the Ombudsman’s Office.
Essential Criteria:
* 5 GCSE’s A-C including Maths & English (We will require proof at time of application) A Degree and 12 months experience - Can take strong experience over qualifications
**Please note that successful applicants will be required to complete an AccessNI check**