Crime Recording and Resolution Officer - FCCO

Policing is not simply a job for police officers. It actually requires a large multi-disciplined team, working together and making best use of the skills and resources available.

As a part of the Crime Recording & Resolution Unit in the Force Contact Crime and Operations Branch the aim of this role is to provide a 24-hour service to members of the public, operational officers and partners dealing with incident and crime reports.

You will need to seek all opportunities to appropriately, ethically and professionally assist the informant as near as possible to the first point of contact and provide them with a clear understanding of how their contact will be progressed.

You will also apply a victim-orientated approach to crime recording and problem solving, focusing on protecting members of the public and keeping them safe., 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 .

Should you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know during the selection process.

Please note that you will be required to provide an educational psychologist report in support of any adjustments.

Please note, all of our communication will be sent to you via the e-mail address you provide on your application form, therefore please ensure noreply@gmp-recruitment.co.uk is in your mail safe senders / safe recipients list to prevent our e-mails going into your junk mail.

The portal to upload Tattoos should not be used to upload CVs or Expressions of Interest, if you do this your application will not be included in the recruitment process.

If your tattoos are found to be acceptable at our eligibility stage and you are progressed to the next steps in our recruitment and selection process we recommend that you refrain from having any more tattoos during this process.

Tattoos which we find to be acceptable will need to be covered at all times when on duty.

This is in line with GMP's Uniform & Dress Standards and National Eligibility Criteria and it is your responsibility to inform the Recruitment Unit of any further tattoos as soon as possible to avoid any delays with your application.

Policing values are enshrined in the Code of Ethics (a copy of which can be found at https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/Ethics/Ethics-home/Documents/Code_of_Ethics.pdf
Every person serving with the police service needs to adhere to these standards of professional behaviour. As an applicant to Greater Manchester Police, we expect that you will hold views and attitudes in line with the Code; that if you are successful in your application you will uphold the Code of Ethics by displaying the behaviours that the Code sets out; and that you will report any conduct of others that falls short of those standards. Any failure or apparent failure to uphold the Code of Ethics will be taken seriously. It will be looked into and in cases involving serious and/or repeated failings, criminal and/or misconduct proceedings may follow. With that in mind, you are reminded that you must not share any information relating to the recruitment and assessment process. Sharing of such information could result in criminal and/or misconduct proceedings.

To apply for this role you must have a good record of attendance, at least during the last two years.

We are looking for flexible people who can work shifts. This will be rewarded with market beating enhancements to pay and generous annual leave entitlement., We are looking to fill 24/7 posts for seven days a week, that include weekends and night shifts. Please see the attached shift pattern for further details.

These posts are based at Clayton brook, Louisa Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PP

These posts attract 20% shift allowance and 15.07% weekend enhancement.