Job Title: Police Staff Investigator PIP Level 2 (CAIT) - HC623949
Work Location: Portsmouth (free parking)
Salary: Scale SO1 (£37,020 - £39,276) - plus a shift allowance and weekend enhancement
Hours: Full Time - 37 hours per week on a rotating shift pattern - core hours are 08:00-22:00
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 10th May 2026 @23:59 hours
Interview Date: TBC
About the role
As part of The Child Abuse Investigation Team you will work effectively with partners in Health and Social care to ensure that children are safeguarded from harm, complete accreditation as a Specialist Child Abuse Investigation Development Programme (SCAIDP) investigator, provide support and guidance to the force as an expert in Child Protection and Achieving Best Evidence from children.
This will include:
* Liaising and working with other investigators, specialists and managers to establish and use appropriate methods for gathering material and to develop procedures to turn material into intelligence or evidence as part of the investigation into serious and complex investigations.
* Collecting and gathering material, intelligence and evidence from a range of sources that are appropriate to the serious and complex nature of the investigation, record and retain evidence in a format that is evidentially admissible to support the investigative process.
* Identifying and planning own investigative actions, taking into account resources at force, regional or national levels including other agencies, priorities, and proportionality to achieve investigatory objectives.
* Assessing threat, harm and risk in order to develop and implement plans and strategies to investigate serious and complex crime.
* Interviewing witnesses and suspects and gather all required information, intelligence and evidence in relation to serious and complex investigations in accordance with PIP2 investigative standards also generating further lines of enquiry where required to bring offenders to justice.
* Using relevant powers to arrest and apprehend where necessary and issue special warnings.
Benefits
As members of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary police staff you will have access to a wide benefits package*:
* Fantastic Local Government Pension scheme
* 24 days annual leave rising to 29 days after 5 years service - (pro-rata for part-time workers) PLUS the 8 public bank holidays
* Blue Light Card - Retail, holiday and leisure discounts
* Family friendly policies supporting those with caring responsibilities
* Excellent wellbeing support including onsite wellbeing rooms and access to Employee Assistance Programme
* Staff representation groups and inclusion networks.
* Gym facilities at a number of our buildings
Qualifications and Requirements
* Professionalising Investigations Programme (PIP) level 2 accreditation
* Full UK driving licence (manual or automatic)
* Demonstrable experience of complex information gathering and problem solving
* Detailed understanding of the criminal justice system
* Awareness of the values (courage, respect, empathy, public service)
* Knowledge of the Competency and Values Framework (CVF)
Equal Opportunities & Diversity
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is an inclusive employer and strives to have a workforce representative of the communities we police and serve. We recognise that we are not fully representative and are working to address this imbalance through a variety of initiatives.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is an equal opportunities employer that positively promotes flexible working, enabling officers and staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance whilst meeting operational requirements of the constabulary. We actively encourage applications to be made on a full time, part time or flexible working basis.
The Equality Act 2010 allows us to promote equality within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary by adopting Positive Action to support people from under-represented groups. Our aim is to recruit talented people with a diverse range of skills and experience and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our Positive Action team are available to provide support through the application and assessment process by contacting: positive.action@hampshire.pnn.police.uk
The Disability Confident campaign aims to remove barriers, increase understanding and ensure that people have opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. We will accommodate requests for reasonable adjustments where possible throughout our recruitment and promotions processes and encourage anyone requiring reasonable adjustments to disclose this at the earliest opportunity.
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