Use your sharp eye and attention to detail to help bring justice.
Join the East Midlands Special Operations Unit Forensic Services team as Tier 1 Fingerprint Identification Officer. Working collaboratively, you’ll ensure a high-quality service is delivered surrounding an extensive range of specialist technical and administrative functions. You’ll also provide expert advice and attend crime scenes to effectively recover and examine fingerprints.
What you’ll be doing
- Examining and processing fingerprints and scene of crime marks in line policy and procedure.
- Ensuring custody fingerprint applications are efficient, effective and compliant.
- Maximising performance by challenging existing processes and using innovation to establish best practice.
The must haves
- ISO/IEC 17025:2017 quality standard knowledge relating to Forensic Services and Forensic Science Regulators Codes of Practice and Conduct.
- Be able to solve problems and make decisions using excellent attention to detail.
- Have excellent communication skills at all levels.
What’s in it for you?
By joining us, you will be part of a team of highly skilled, professional, and dedicated colleagues and partners, who are committed to policing with integrity. We offer a range of exciting career pathways, formal training, secondments, mentoring and development opportunities to improve your skills and help you progress your career. We offer continued professional development, through events, guest speakers, and training for everyone. Your skills will help keep people safe.
What’s next
Please click apply to complete your application, telling us how you meet the criteria as listed within the job description.
To support you with your application we have provided some application useful guidance and our recruitment process.
Who we are
We are a collaborative unit of officers and staff tackling the most serious, organised, and violent crime, counter terrorism and extremism and providing forensic services on behalf of the region.
To find out more about EMSOU visit our website.
EMSOU has a commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equality, we celebrate difference and encourage diversity of thought.
EMSOU are Disability Confident Committed.


