Forensic Collision Investigation Unit Supervisor

Co-ordinate and lead the force provision of Forensic Collision Investigation and Vehicle Examination in response to serious and fatal collisions.

• Retain overall ownership of all technical processes and outputs of the Forensic Collision Investigation Bureau (FCIB).
• Comply with all aspects of the Forensic Collision Investigation Network (FCIN) Quality Management System (QMS) and report any non-compliance utilising the FCIN’s processes.
• Adhere to FCIN SOPs.
• Engage with, implement and abide by departmental procedures in line with the requirements of the Forensic Science Regulator’s Codes of Practice and Conduct and the International Standards Organisation (ISO/IEC 17020:2012) standards to provide a quality service.
• Coordinate FCIB staffing levels appropriate to the level of demand and support the welfare, health and safety of staff to ensure an ongoing response capability.
• Advise on how to interpret and assign conclusions to forensic findings, distinguishing between factual and expert reporting.
• Set training and development plans for staff.
• Maintain appropriate records of reconstruction investigations to ensure accurate audit trails and to support the criminal justice process.
• Ensure the FCIB equipment and vehicles are maintained, calibrated and serviced in line with manufacturers requirements; and maintain monitoring of current and future technological developments and scientific developments.
• Supervise all investigations carried out by the FCIB ensuring production of reports within agreed timescales.

Prior education and experience:

• City & Guilds or University Certificate of Professional Development (UCPD) (level 4) in Forensic Collision Investigation, or equivalent.
• An FCIN approved Level 4 Statistics Course.
• Passed FCIN competence assessment.
• Experience in managing staff within a supervisory role

Skills:

• Able to set out logical arguments clearly, adapting language, form and message to meet the needs of different people / audiences.
• Skilled in using specialised software related to own area of work to extract, analyse and report on data.
• Able to use standard or user specific organisational financial systems appropriately and manage budgets.
• Able to manage the introduction of new business processes or ways of working at team level.
• Able to identify cause and effect and develop a course of action designed to target root causes and mitigate risks.
• Able to develop, manage 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 plan ahead; to allocate work appropriately within the team and to identify and mitigate risks to delivery.
• Able to identify key stakeholders, understand potential roles and to take appropriate steps to understand their needs and concerns.

• Maintain competence by completing annual competency assessment provided by the FCIN.
• Maintain authorised practitioner status on FCIN list of authorised Forensic Collision Investigators.
• Keep up to date with new approaches to evidence based policing and technological approaches within the forensic collision field.
• Complete all annual and mandatory training as stipulated by any national and force guidelines.
• Keep up to date with national guidance to your core duties.
• Maintain currency of College of Policing guidance, good practice and any local policy applicable to the operational police context and leading and managing teams.

• Membership of Chartered Society of Forensic Science or Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators (Associate level as a minimum).

• Forensic Collision Investigator
• Forensic Vehicle Examiner