HOLMES Indexer - Homicide Team Hendon - Band E
Job Title: HOLMES Indexer - Homicide Team Hendon
Salary: The starting salary is £34,808, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £31,880 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £34,108. Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Hendon
London is home to nearly nine million people. It’s an evolving and dynamic city, which means we face complex policing challenges every day. And by joining one of our Homicide Investigation Teams, you’ll play a crucial part in the policing London, which generates a large amount of work behind the scenes.
As a HOLMES Indexer, you’ll help us manage the intricate process of investigating serious crimes. You will be working as one of two indexers with in a busy Homicide team within Specialist Crime. You will be part of team within a busy working environment, supporting the unit in the investigation and detection of the most serious of crimes, getting documents processed to allow
With your excellent attention to detail, you’ll maintain designated indices on the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System (HOLMES), cross-reference information, raise any actions for investigation, and identify intelligence development opportunities. It’s about handling large volumes of material in an organised, methodical way, as well as working to agreed timelines. By doing so, we can be even more efficient solving or detecting crimes both swiftly and successfully. Some work may contain unpleasant details of offences, and information of a highly confidential nature.
This is a chance to be right at the heart of Homicide investigations. With staff and officers depending on you, high standards are crucial. It takes great communication and IT skills, balancing competing priorities, using your initiative, and supporting your colleagues. What’s more, experience of working in a police Major Incident Room is an advantage. But in return, you’ll have a role with real personal impact.
Application requirement is a CV and a personal statement of why you feel you would be suitable for a role as an Indexer on a Homicide Team.
Applicants are required to pass the HOLMES competency test prior to selection.
How to apply
Click the apply now button below and start your career at the Met. Applications will be via a detailed CV, Personal Statement, and online application form. Your personal statement should outline why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience demonstrate your suitability for the role. (NB. Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV).
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on Sunday 2nd March 2025.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence Monday 10th March.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence Monday 17th March.