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Each year, on average, the Resolution Centre Investigation Team receives 196,000 101 & Police officer telephone calls, 22,000 Online Reports and create 188,000 Investigation reports.
As a Resolution Centre Investigator, you will deal with non-emergency crime received via 101 telephone calls, online reporting and from internal & external agencies. Conducting initial investigations into a wide range of offence types which can include, but not limited to: criminal damage offences, public order offences, anti-social behaviour, theft and burglary. You will decide how Essex Police respond to these incidents by assessing the level of threat, harm, risk and solvability ensuring all investigations are proportionate and appropriate.
You will ensure that each incident dealt with complies with legislation, including National Standard for Incident Recording, National Crime Recording Standards and Home Office Counting Rules.
You will be the first point of contact for Essex Police, so if you are able to communicate effectively, demonstrate empathy and patience whilst simultaneously gathering as much information as possible and making decisions based on the facts presented, then we look forward to hearing from you.
You will be provided with all the training, support and encouragement you need to become the best Resolution Centre Investigator you can be. Staff development is important to us and once you are trained, we can support future aspirations, becoming a Resolution Centre Senior Investigator or Resolution Centre Supervisor should this be where you wish to progress your career.
We are looking for the following skills to meet the role requirements:
Our Resolution Centre Investigator will need to:
Desirable skills required:
24/7 pattern
Starting salary is £29,609 - £32,754 which includes a 20% shift allowance and additional weekend working enhancement.
Peak Shift pattern
Starting salary is £28,299 - £31,305 which includes a 14% shift allowance and additional weekend working enhancement.
These are calculations based off the enhancements received if working 30 weekends per year and 10 hour shifts per day. Changes to this will impact your overall earnings.
To work for Essex Police you must:
Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks of the year. This will mean working bank holidays, Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
The Resolution Centre is based at Essex Police Headquarters in Chelmsford.
Training consists of an initial 7-week induction package covering topics including Law, Athena, Storm and a pass/fail PNC (Police National computer) Course. Followed by 6 weeks sitting with a tutor and taking part in call taking under supervision, during which time the staff member will be continually assessed and will be expected to achieve competent level in all the areas of the job role.
You will be fully supported and encouraged by our experienced trainers and tutors throughout your training.
You will be expected to work a rotating shift pattern which will cover 24/7 hours, 365 days a year, working early, late and night shifts (dependant on shift pattern). This may mean being rostered to work on Bank holidays and Christmas, New Year and Easter. We are offering full time hours (average of 37 hours per week).
Example shift patterns can be requested.
The application process consists of the stages below:
The application process will begin with submitting your online application via our website. The answers you provide will be shortlisted against our criteria, and if you are successful at this stage your eligibility to apply for the role will be assessed. If you pass both of these stages, you will be invited to an online written assessment.
The online written assessment will be held virtually, and consist of three parts – A literacy test, an audio recall test, and a report writing exercise. This should last no longer than an hour and a half.
If you are successful at the online assessment you will then be invited to a virtual interview with current Team Leaders in the Force Control Room. This will be a competency based interview based on the job description for the role.
After this, pre-employment checks will commence. This includes vetting (including security checks on yourself, your family and any declared associates), references and a medical questionnaire.
To submit your application please ensure that you have read the above information and then complete our quick apply form which will take you approximately two minutes to submit.