Job Responsibilities
- Maintain reagent and stock levels and carry out general laboratory upkeep, cleaning and environmental monitoring.
- Undertake the examination of exhibits relating to suspected drugs following an agreed strategy set by a Forensic Scientist.
- Provide simple forensic reports based on testing to assist the courts.
Skills and Experience
- Background in chemistry and previous laboratory experience.
- Preferably transferable working forensic skills and understanding.
Working Hours
Work is Monday to Friday 8-4, with a degree of flexibility required for additional hours.
Disability Confident employer: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. In certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
Benefits
- Generous annual leave entitlement of 29 or 30 days plus 8 bank holidays.
- Employee Assistance programme and a range of wellbeing support programmes.
- Free access to on-site gyms.
- Discounts from various retailers via the Blue Light Scheme and Vectis Card.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Hybrid/Agile working (role dependent).
- Flexible working opportunities.
- Local government pension scheme.
- Range of support networks.
- Generous maternity/paternity and adoption leave entitlements.
- Generous sick pay provisions.
- Option to become a member of UNISON, the public service union.
Diversity and Inclusion
To enable us to deliver outstanding policing for everyone, we need people from all backgrounds, with a range of professional and life experiences, so that we are truly representative of our communities.
