DVI Scene Evidence Recovery Manager (SERM)

Scene Evidence Recovery Managers (SERM) manage and coordinate the scene of a mass fatality incident.

• Manage the scene of a mass fatality incident to implement the investigation strategy agreed by the Senior Investigative Officer (SIO) and the identification strategy agreed by the Senior Identification Manager (SIM).
• Manage and coordinate the activity of specialists, including external contractors, in order to ensure the preservation and security of the scene.
• Manage the implementation of pre-determined identification and investigation strategies relating to obtaining evidence/seizure and retention of personal property.
• Lead the Scene Evidence Recovery Group, fully documenting all decisions and rationales, and enable clear briefings and liaison between partner agencies and stakeholders.
• Act in adherence to all legal frameworks, key working principles, policies and guidance relevant to the role.

Prior education and experience:

• Serving Police Officer or Police Staff member – Inspector or Police Staff Equivalent
• Desirable but not essential – Police Search Advisor, Crime Scene Manager, Experience of managing major incident scenes.
• Completed the College of Policing DVIF course
• Completed College of Policing SERM Course

Skills:

• Able to plan to short and medium-term cycles, to coordinate a range of activities appropriately within the function, to match these to available resources, and to identify and mitigate known risks to delivery.
• Able to develop and motivate a team and create strong engagement of individuals with their personal and team objectives and with Force values, behaviours and strategic priorities.
• Able to develop and implement an effective stakeholder relationship plan which develops trusts and enables contributions.
• Able to engage a variety of audiences through a range of media to inform and/or persuade.
• Skilled in setting, monitoring and enabling high performance against team and individual performance objectives.
• Able to identify potential applications of new or improved practices related to own area of work to improve ways of working.
• Able to contribute to resource planning, to manage financial budgets and utilise commercial acumen to make risk-based decisions that deliver effective outcomes within the resources allocated.
• Able to seek out and identify a range of information to identify patterns, trends and options, to solve multifaceted and complex problems.
• Skilled in coaching and mentoring to enable appropriate career and professional development.
• Able to manage the delivery of change initiatives within own team.
• Able to maintain personal resilience and wellbeing in complex and challenging situations and enable others to develop their own personal resilience and wellbeing.

• Complete the mandated College of Policing Disaster Victim identification managers CPD package once every two years.
• Attend other CPD events as identified.
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of Police Regulations and College of Policing Guidance, best practice and any local policy applicable to the operational police context and leading and managing teams.
• Maintain and update key knowledge, understanding and skills relating to legislation policy and practice across all functional policing areas of operational responsibility.
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of new approaches identified by evidence based policing research, problem solving and team working and synthesise these into working practice.
• Maintain a working knowledge and understanding of new and evolving crime threats and priorities; and current best practice to tackle these in order to enable a pro-active and preventative approach.
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of performance management and assessment process and ensure they are implemented effectively when leading and managing teams.
• Keep up to date with guidance and best practice on health, safety and welfare.

Not applicable.

• NPoCC Mercury Profile – DVI Scene Evidence Recovery Manager 443 v2