Advertised
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL APPLICANTS
Branch/Division
Public Protection and Serious Crime Division
Leadership Level
Peer Leader
Hours
Part time (including job share)
Advertised Salary
£31,434 - £33,348 pro rata
Shift Allowances/Enhancements/ Additional Info
DNA Elimination Required
Advert
GMP is recruiting experienced investigators for the role of Police Coroner’s Officers. Successful candidates will have responsibility for the investigation of unexpected and unnatural deaths reported to HM Coroner.
You will be required to attend the scenes of unexpected and unnatural deaths with Senior Police Colleagues, gathering information and evidence for HM Coroner. You will be responsible for obtaining detailed and accurate witness statements from bereaved relatives, eye witnesses, professionals and expert witnesses. You will ensure that all exhibits including CCTV, Body Worn Video and other digital data relevant to the Coronial investigation is obtained and available for HM Coroner to assess admissibility. You will be responsible for compiling and submitting the file of evidence to HM Coroner for Inquest proceedings.
As part of the investigation process, you will be required to use digital cameras to record and process evidence in accordance with GMP Policy. You will be required to attend Coroners Court and as a representative of GMP you will give oral evidence under oath at Inquest proceedings.
You will be required to attend the public mortuary, to deal with queries raised by pathologists and mortuary technicians regarding for example concerns around the identification of the deceased or the discovery of injuries not previously recorded.
Police Coroner’s Officers are responsible for the reporting of all unexpected deaths, where the Police have attended to HM Coroner and you will have responsibility for ensuring that the Identification of the deceased is to HM Coroners requirements in all cases. You will also have to manage a work stream generated by HM Coroners in relation to unnatural deaths that occur in hospital / health care settings.
The role is very dynamic and candidates will need to possess excellent organisational skills with an ability to identify and prioritise a challenging workload. In addition to the above, you will be managing a number of other issues that surround a coronial death, such as identifying and tracing next of kin, providing support and guidance to a range of people including bereaved relatives, carers and friends.
You will be collaborative and have the skills to work in partnership with internal and external Police colleagues and agencies such as social services, care homes and funeral directors.
Further responsibilities include administering the GMP system for reporting deaths, dealing with correspondence and queries, preparing and submitting reports and statistics.
Candidates must provide evidence that they are confident communicators with strong interpersonal skills and with experience of dealing with members of the public and other stakeholders in a customer service or similar role. Interviewing skills and the ability to use a variety of styles and approaches to suit people from different backgrounds would be an advantage. You must have the empathy to deal with highly stressful situations in a sensitive and confident way.
Candidates must provide evidence that they can use a range of computer applications and possess good word processing skills, accurately inputting, recording and retrieving data and must have experience in managing the use of spreadsheets.
The role will require you to have knowledge of relevant Coronial legislation and the policy and procedures relating to the reporting and investigation of coronial deaths.
This role isn’t for everyone, it is important that you have strong emotional resilience, you will be dealing with death on a daily basis and you will be physically exposed to a number of unpleasant situations involving death when attending scenes. Your empathy, manner and approach to the role is important as this will leave a lasting impact on the families and friends of the deceased.
This role requires you to be a team player working in the dynamics of a small team but there will be occasions when you will be expected to work alone with minimum supervision.
You’ll need to have the flexibility to work across different GMP locations, so it’s essential that you have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle for business purposes.
On occasion, you may also be required to work outside of normal working hours.
As a condition of being appointed you will be required to provide a DNA.
Recruitment Team Contact
gmprecruitment@gmp.police.uk
Other Information
Please note this position will be based at Rochdale Coroners Court, Newgate House, Newgate. Rochdale. OL16 1AT and it will be working 2 days a week Thursday and Friday please see the attached shift pattern
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details regarding the skills required to do this role. The Job Description has been signposted to indicate at which stage of the process each criteria will be tested.
Due to the Equality Act (2010) the criteria surrounding sickness absence will not be checked until the conditional offer stage of the recruitment process, this is after the interview stage of the full recruitment process. With this in mind all candidates need to ensure that they have a good attendance record for the last 2 years for Staff and officers and for 12 months for apprentices.
The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against a disabled person in all areas of employment, including recruitment. The Police Service welcomes people with disabilities and will do its best to make reasonable adjustments to the working arrangements and/ or the working environment providing it is possible to do so.
If you have a disability and you require support with your application, please let us know so we can consider and support you with any reasonable adjustments you may require. If you need any support completing this application please contact gmprecruitment@gmp.police.uk and the recruitment team will be happy to assist.
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Minimum Age for Applications
18