Digital Forensics Analyst

Digital Forensics Analyst – National Trading Standards eCrime Team

Location: Northallerton – Hybrid working
Grade – I

Salary: £30,451, with opportunity to progress to £35,548 on meeting appropriate criteria. Relocation expenses payable.

Contract: Full time – Fixed Term until 31st March 2025

Do you work in the field of digital forensics?

Are you looking for an opportunity to join a specialist national team who combat online fraud and offer a challenging but extremely rewarding career?

If you answered ‘Yes’, we would be pleased to offer you a real opportunity to be involved in digital forensics and online criminal investigations. The successful candidate will play a vital role, working alongside likeminded colleagues in support of regional and national trading standards investigations in such areas as fraud, money laundering and other crimes causing serious harm to consumers on a national level. The role has an established career development pathway where we will equip you to assist us in our mission.

Our Team
We are a joint host authority, alongside City of York Council, for the National Trading Standards eCrime Team (NTSeCT). Our specialist Digital Forensics Unit (DFU) supports investigations led by local, regional and national trading standards teams and other law enforcement agencies. We also accompany front-line officers during the execution of entry warrants where complex IT systems may be present, assisting with the recovery of data from both physical and cloud-based storage.

The role
We are looking for a Digital Forensics Analyst to join our team working alongside colleagues to provide a high-quality service in support of local, regional and national Trading Standards teams and other law enforcement agencies. You will carry out digital forensic/internet investigations and submit detailed reports where appropriate, and provide advice to officers in the seizure, handling and submission of digital evidence. You will attend and assist in the execution of entry warrants where complex systems are likely to be present, acquiring evidence from stand-alone computers, servers and network devices. You will also give expert evidence, as necessary, in criminal or civil proceedings.

For more details, please see our Job Description. Please note that this role is the middle-level Band I grade – therefore previous experience of working within Digital Forensics would be extremely advantageous (whether vocationally, work-experience or voluntary).

NPPV3 and SC Vetting is required for this role.

What you will bring
Although you will have experience in digital forensics, we would also particularly welcome applications from candidates with experience in website development, scripting, computer programming, or IT network infrastructure. You must be a strong communicator, both verbally and written. The role will demand a dynamic individual who can manage several tasks simultaneously, so being self-motivated and highly organised is also essential.

Working for us
As an organisation, we strongly believe in promoting a work life balance, with flexible working opportunities and modern technology. You may also benefit from homeworking with the occasional requirement to work from the office. You will have access to some great benefits via our everybody benefit’s scheme such as shopping discounts, home technology and green car salary sacrifice schemes, financial wellbeing and health assured and our employee assistance programme to assist with your health and wellbeing. You will also have access to our local government pension scheme, a generous plan for your retirement with the option to increase your monthly contribution if you so wish. For more information on the benefits we offer please see our Total Rewards Brochure.

Contact and Apply
For further information about the role please contact Mike Andrews at mike.andrews@northyorks.gov.uk

To apply for our position please send your CV including a personal statement to ResourcingSolutions@northyorks.gov.uk

Your personal statement should outline your motivation for applying, and how you meet the Person Specification criteria for the role.
Job Description.docx

Key dates:

• Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 3 October

• Interview date: Week commencing 11 October

We do not accept CVs from agencies

Further Information
http://tradingstandardsecrime.org.uk/

https://www.nytech.uk/