Seized Property Clerk

This is an outstanding opportunity to join the Finance and Resources team at North Wales Police as the Seized Property Clerk you’ll be joining on a permanent contract within an organisation that will truly support your success in the workplace.

You will administer the property and exhibits stores in accordance with policy and operating protocol. You will help maintain a high level of safety and security within the team. You will liaise with many different services in connection with the role including Forensic Services, Crown Prosecution and members of the public.

What does the Seized Property Clerk role entail?

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To process and handle general, high value and sensitive (including drugs, firearms and CSI) items of evidential property. Ensuring that continuity, integrity, safety and security are maintained.
Write statements of evidence and the integrity of an item showing its exact movements (e.g. completing MG11s for cash counts; writing continuity statements for Court; assisting the Seized Property Manager writing statements of evidence for Legal and PSD investigations where appropriate).
To count under controlled conditions, package and bank seized and Proceeds of Crime Act cash in accordance with policy and procedures. Administer working practices with Lost and Found property.
To visit transit stores within your area of responsibility to collect and deliver exhibits in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedure. This will include escalating examples of poor standards and management of the transit stores to the Property Manager.
To input property details from the Seized Property Template onto Record Management System (RMS). Completing relevant documentation regarding the movement of items to different locations. This to include review of the standards of completion of the template, accurate inputting, master file and linking of the information.
To deal with and action RMS tasks allocated to the property team in a timely manner. This to include using workflow tasks to supervisors where necessary. Reviewing tasks on a daily basis, and ensuring overdue tasks are dealt with or drawn to the attention of the Property Manager.
Where possible to support the Property Manager hold coaching and engagement sessions with officers and staff with regard to protocol, best practice and to raise standards of property and exhibit standards.
To ensure items highlighted for disposal are dealt with in accordance with Health and Safety guidelines and other relevant policies and procedures are applied. Ensure that any ‘written-off’ items are disposed of according to Waste Management Procedures.
To liaise with officers, Crown Prosecution Services, courts, solicitors and general public regarding escalated queries.
To regularly review exhibits in storage at the main store with regard to potential for return, disposal and/or destruction, maintaining security and confidentiality of all material handled and applying procedures. To conduct reviews and audits of seized property, and make associated decisions around disposal/return of property (this will involve chasing up details from Officers, reviewing RMS, etc).

Please familiarise yourself with the Post Profile and the Police Staff Recruitment Information before you apply as this has information to help you with your application.