Role: POLIT – Criminal Justice Disclosure Officer (Police Online Investigation Team)
Department: SPEC – Specialist
Scale: SC5
Salary: £30,333 - £32,613
Location: Melton 2 (The post holder must have access to a vehicle and able to travel the force area)
Hours: 37 Hours Per Week (Full-time) Monday to Friday
Flexibility Requirement: Candidates must be open to flexible daily working hours to meet the operational needs of the department. This may include adjusting start and finish times, providing cover during peak periods, or supporting colleagues during absences. Flexibility is essential to ensure consistent service delivery and effective team collaboration.
Contract: Permanent
Overall Purpose of the role: To review/prepare pre and post charge files for both content and quality by preparing the files to National File Standards, ensuring evidential quality and relevant documentation is correct
Key Responsibilities:
- Inspect and review content of all prosecution files in relation to Magistrates and Crown Court cases by checking the content and quality, ensuring that the files contain all the relevant material whilst identifying any which is missing, and taking the required steps to obtain it.
- Manage workloads in relation to legislative deadlines, inputting and updating relevant systems. Monitor timeliness of the submission and progression of case files within nationally and locally agreed timescales.
- Undertake disclosure tests (including re-assessment where appropriate) to ensure that all material is prepared for disclosure, ensuring correct reporting processes are followed, and that they are edited where needed, for disclosure to the defence to support the full and effective disclosure of evidence for an investigation.
- Prepare and maintain accurate and comprehensive disclosure schedules relating to all relevant unused material gathered during an investigation to ensure that they comply with applicable disclosure legislation and national guidance.
- Undertake a range of processes as defined by legislation and local force policy, ensuring adherence to set timescales whilst providing an effective service on behalf of the force.
- Liaise effectively with internal and external departments including Divisional and Force Intelligence Bureau (DIB/FIB), CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) and representatives from the HMCTS (His Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service).
- Review remand files in relation to urgent and overnight charges in line with PACE custody time limits.
For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position please refer to the attached role requirement.
What the role requires:
- Excellent organisational skills
- Educated to a minimum of Level 4 or equivalent, or significant experience in a similar role.
- Must have an awareness of the CPIA (Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act) and PACE (Police and Criminal Evidence Act).
- Has access to a vehicle and able to travel the force area
- Able to prepare well balanced reports in a concise, logical and timely manner.
- Experience of working in a confidential environment.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision when required.
- Carries out tasks in an accurate and methodical manner with an eye for detail.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Have access to a vehicle and able to travel the force area.
- Ability to prioritise workload.
For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position please refer to the attached role requirement.
Perks of working for Humberside Police:
From great perks, agile working and professional development, we want you to have the best possible journey throughout your Humberside Police Career.
Our Police Staff work extremely hard, which is why we are proud to offer a host of reward and recognition schemes. Whether it’s Cycle to Work scheme, Gym and health schemes, we have the perks ready for you to benefit from.
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Further Perks:
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Training and development opportunities
- Coaching & Mentoring Scheme
- Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
- Flexible/Hybrid working where applicable.
- Generous pension scheme
- Blue Light Discount
- Access to the force’s onsite gyms
- Free on-site car parking
- Humber bridge tag (If travelling from the Southbank)
Pre – Employment Checks and Eligibility:
- Internal applicants MUST have completed a successful probationary period and tenure (if applicable) before applying for another role within the force.
- Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria of at least 3 years continuous residency in the UK to apply for roles with Humberside Police.
- Successful candidates will undergo a vetting procedure pre-requisite of employment. (Please note, with holding any information asked by the vetting department, may delay the vetting procedure, or result in your vetting been refused and the offer of employment been withdrawn)
- Tattoo’s will be reviewed as a part of the recruitment process to ensure we maintain a level of professional standards and to make sure the images do not cause offence or are unacceptable.
Contact point for applicants:
If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact us at recruiting@humberside.pnn.police.uk
How to apply for the role:
To apply for the role, please click the ‘Apply’ button below.
Please note, you must wait 3 months before submitting another application if you have applied for THIS role within the last 3 months.
For Information & Advice on completing an online application, please follow the link below.
Closing Date: Tuesday 5th May 2026 at 23:55
Interview date: TBC
It is not likely that closing dates will be extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and would need to be with the permission of the Recruitment Manager and Line Manager of the role.
The Recruitment Manager can authorise to close any vacancy before the closing date stated on the advert.
Attachments:
- Role Requirement
- Guidance for completing your application.
- Bank of Adjustments
- Preferred candidate roadmap
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