Army - Major Incident Room Holmes Reader

As part of the role, you will read and identify initial lines of enquiry in line with the Senior Investigating Officer's (SIO) policy. You will assess all material entering the MIR identifying urgent action and making decisions on fast-track material. With proven investigative background/experience of major crime investigations, you will have completed or be willing to complete a HOLMES course and have relevant knowledge of evidence handling and disclosure processes. A confident and proficient user of IT, you will be able to analyse large amounts of information and prioritise amongst contending demands.

You will be required to travel in support of the operational output of the unit, undertaking training and attending meetings, outside your usual place of work.

Other responsibilities include:

Receive actions and documents from enquiry officers to ensure all documentation entering the MIR is processed in line with relevant policy and legislation.
Work closely with the Office Manager and Action Manager, where vital prioritising the way documentation is handled, and provide them with the most up to date information about the state of the enquiry.
Assess documents for security levels, priorities and Government Security Classifications (GSC) in order to decide whether fast-track actions should be raised and to ensure the appropriate GSC marking.
Receive and assess actions, including those requiring urgent attention and those as defined by the policy of the Senior Investigative Officer (SIO), and ensure all relevant processes and procedures are adhered to.
Read and assess documents in order to mark-up content for indexing and to indicate appropriate index records or documentary associations.
Forward all marked up documents to the index section, ensuring that their status has been up-dated, to maintain accurate records.
Provide explicit instructions to raise and assess the priority of an appropriate action in order to support lines of enquiry.
Record a summary of the document to support list management, file preparation and disclosure.