Xypher
Digital Forensic Laboratory Technician
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Role Purpose
The purpose of the Digital Forensic Laboratory Technician is to assist in ensuring an efficient and effective running of the digital forensics laboratory by receipting and dispatching exhibits, completing case management records, maintaining equipment and assets and adhering to lab procedures.
Key Responsibilities & Personal Development
Key Responsibilities
- Exhibit receipt and dispatch
- Archiving of completed case investigation data
- Stock control, tracking, and resourcing
- Provide cover for logistics and courier services
- Assist with the quality assurance procedure for operational casework
- Sustaining an effective and efficient working environment
- Weekly preparation/maintenance of the laboratory environment
- Maintenance, testing, and calibration of a wide range of digital forensic equipment
- Participate in external audits from certification and accreditation bodies
- Contribute to achieving and maintaining quality standards whilst ensuring that the company’s quality procedures ISO 17025 and 9001 are robustly adhered to.
- Ensuring that the company’s IT security procedures ISO 27001 are robustly adhered to
- Undertake ad hoc tasks as requested
Knowledge/Experience/Technical Skills/Behaviours
a) Knowledge/Experience/Technical Skills
Essential:
- Excellent attention to detail, organisation, and time management skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work as a team as well as autonomously
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Desirable:
- Forensics degree/qualification
- Previous experience working in an accredited forensic laboratory
- Familiarity with forensic environments and forensic quality management systems
- Knowledge of relevant legal powers/procedures/acts (CPIA, PACE, and Human Rights Act etc.)
b) Behaviours
- Hold yourself accountable for making decisions
- Excellent time management skills regarding case load, with the ability to work to deadlines
- Must be customer focused
- Work well in a team
- Build and maintain effective relationships, with your team and colleagues
- Great communicator
- Can ask for help when unsure
- Honest, encourage openness and transparency; demonstrate highest levels of integrity
- Flexible with working hours when needed
- Confident with public speaking
- Develop self and others
- Proactive and display a ‘can do’ attitude
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
- Value diversity
General Health & Safety Responsibilities
- Take reasonable care of your own health and safety
- Take reasonable care not to put other people – fellow employees and members of the public – at risk by what you do or don’t do in the course of your work
- Cooperate with the Company, making sure you get proper training and understand and follow the Company’s health and safety policies
- Not to interfere with, or misuse anything that has been provided for your health, safety, or welfare
- Report any injuries, strains, or illnesses you suffer as a result of doing your job
- Tell your employer if something happens that might affect your ability to work (e.g., becoming pregnant or suffering an injury)
- If you drive or operate machinery, to tell your employer if you take medication that makes you drowsy.
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This job description should be regarded only as a guidance to the duties required and is not definitive or restrictive in any way. It may be reviewed in the light of changing circumstances following consultation with the job holder.
General Responsibilities
- Ensure that you comply with all reasonable management requests and instructions
- Comply with all Company policies and procedures including, without limitation, those detailed in our quality management system, the Company employee handbook, and anything else released of an official nature.
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