Vetting and Professional Standards Department Researcher

Do you have a professional curiosity and a passion for making a difference?

Current and future opportunities to appoint a Vetting and Professional Standard Department Researcher into a vital, dynamic, and growing team within North Yorkshire Police are available.

The vetting unit are the gatekeepers of organisational integrity and as Vetting and Professional Standards Department Researcher you will play a key part in keeping the community safe and upholding ethical policing standards, at a time when reassuring the public about the suitability of police personnel has never been more important.

Key responsibilities:

As Vetting and Professional Standard Department Researcher you will build rapport with applicants and have an innate sense for the truth, you’ll know when to dig a little deeper and can spot inaccuracies or inconsistencies.

No matter what you hear or see, you will remain professional, fair, and discreet. You will be expected to write reports which must be balanced, succinct and clear and make decisions in line with the police national decision model, summarising your analysis and recommending or deciding whether someone should hold a particular Police Security or National Security Vetting clearance. Your interactions and vetting decisions must be without conscious or unconscious bias and will be open to scrutiny.