XC-7430 Digital Forensic Technician **External**

THE FOLLOWING VACANCY HAS BEEN ADVERTISED EXTERNALLY

Digital Forensic Technician
Digital Forensics Unit
Protective Services, Crime
One full-time permanent posts.
Location: Bradford

The Digital Forensic Unit has a number of offices across the district, these are Calder Park (Wakefield), Normanton Police Station, Huddersfield Police Station, Elland Road Police Station (Leeds), Halifax Police Station and Trafalgar House Police Station (Bradford).

The role is Monday to Friday, flexi scheme working pattern.

To support the investigation of serious crime, West Yorkshire Police is looking to appoint 1 Digital Forensic Technician for its Digital Forensics Unit. This is an ideal role as a first position for someone who has no previous experience of working in digital forensics but would like to start a career in this area.

Providing administrative and technical support to the team, you will be responsible for acquiring data from many types of digital devices, including mobile phones and computers. You will form part of the digital examination process and be a vital part to ongoing and non-recent serious criminal investigations. Reporting to a Senior Digital Forensic Investigator, you will handle a case load that requires managing multiple cases and exhibits at once. This will include involvement in urgent, time sensitive, sometimes high profile cases.

The ideal candidate will come with intermediate knowledge and expertise of common operating systems and applications. Candidates must also have an aptitude for problem solving in a methodical and orderly manner.

No previous Digital Forensic experience is required. You will be required to hold a relevant professional qualification in a computer-based subject or be able to demonstrate significant experience and expertise in a technical environment. A working understanding of the forensic examination of digital devices is desirable.

You must have the willingness and ability to travel for business purposes and be prepared to work flexibly to suit the requirements of the department.

Within this role, physical and emotional resilience is required to deal with abusive and offensive imagery depicting extreme violence, obscenity and depravity; including graphic images of child abuse. The jobholder must therefore be willing to undergo regular psychological assessment.

The 2024 version of the Competency Values Framework applies to this process. Please disregard the old link to the 2016 version which is contained in the role profile.

This post will close at 23:55 hours on 25th March 2026.

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