Designated Decision Maker

Designated Decision Maker

Stuart Ross House

Permanent Contract

Full Time

Salary (£32,247.00 - £37,692.00)

Those currently eligible on the redeployment register will be given prior consideration.

The main purpose of the role is to review high risk crime and incident recording ensuring compliance with standardised crime policies and procedures, and approve finalisation of all detected crime.

Main Responsibilities:

To review crime and incident reports during the initial Athena QA process which are assessed as high risk using the THRIVE model ensuring quality and compliance with Home Office Counting Rules (HOCR) and National Crime Recording Standards (NCRS), and related information in line with current Annual Data Requirements (ADR).

To provide support to the Investigation Management Unit (IMU) team with crimes/incidents during the initial QA process.

To review detected crimes to ensure all appropriate investigations have been completed and the correct outcome applied and compliant with HOCRs and NCRS related information in line with current ADRs.

To act as single point of contact (SPOC) for day to day HOCR / NCRS advice, enquiries and compliance.

To act as the Designated Decision Maker for all activities within the HOCRs which can only be authorised by a DDM.

To undertake other duties commensurate with the nature, level of responsibility and grading of this post.

Knowledge:

5 A-C grade GCSE’s (or equivalent) including English Language

Knowledge of National Standards of Incident Recording, National Crime Recording Standards and Home Office Counting Rules

An understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Data Protection Act, Criminal and Common Law) and its application

Experience:

Proven experience working in a busy crime management environment to include managing criminal investigations

Proven ability to work to strict deadlines managing a high and diverse workload

Key Skills:

Excellent communication skills both orally and in written form with a wide range of people

Ability to evaluate information, making informed decisions based on knowledge

Competent in the use of IT including Microsoft packages or equivalent

Special Conditions:

Weekend working and unsocial hours as necessary.

The duties of this post involve occasional exposure to material containing explicit information concerning sexual offences and child abuse.

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

You will be required as part of Warwickshire Police recruitment process to successfully complete vetting and credit checks.

We support the “Happy to talk flexible working” campaign, which aims to encourage uptake of flexible working for individuals, the flexible working options that may be considered for this role include;

Compressed Hours, Fixed Shifts.