Northumbria Police jobs

Salary: Scale 5 £30,333 - £32,613

Location: Peterlee Warehouse

Hours/Contract: Permanent, Full-time, 37 hours a week, Monday - Friday

Closing Date: 5pm, Friday 21st August 2026

The Role

To deliver an accredited, efficient and professional fingerprint service by providing fingerprint identification skills.

What You’ll Do

• Assist, support and ensure the compliance of ISO 17025 standards and The Forensic Regulators Code of Practice which includes required competency, proficiency and witness testing.
• Analyse, compare and evaluate friction ridge detail. Provide independent opinions and interpretations on these examinations.
• Evaluate and compare scene of crime marks against nominated persons to identify or eliminate. This includes a requirement to frequently complete urgent checks on individuals in custody.
• Maintain and search manual and online collections to provide investigating officers with an effective service.
• Utilise AFIS computer systems for the acquisition and search of data and image detail of fingerprint forms and scene of crime marks including Immigration and international fingerprint searches.

What You’ll Bring

• 4 G.C.S.E. levels (Grade A to C) including English Language or Literature and Maths or an approved equivalent.
• Complete Foundation and Intermediate Fingerprint Courses including any University Portfolio or Critical Reflections or equivalent within 2 years of appointment.
• Awareness of Durham, Cleveland or Northumbria forensic databases and intelligence systems is desirable.
• At least 12 months previous work experience.

If you hold a higher qualification than those required above or minimum 5 years relevant experience, please evidence this on your application and it will be reviewed by our recruitment team.

For further information, please view the Job Description and Person Specification attached.

How to apply

If you’d like to apply, please forward a copy of the attached Application form, by the closing date.

External Applicants - please use the external application form

Internal applicants - please use the Internal Application form

Please also complete and return the equal opportunity form and return this with your Application form.

We are committed to equal opportunities, we therefore encourage you to complete and return the equality monitoring form. This form is optional, and your responses will be kept confidential and for statistical purposes only.

The above 2 (relevant application + equal opportunity) forms should be returned by email to our Recruitment department – [email protected]

Candidates must have indefinite leave to work and live in the UK and be free from any restriction. Any successful candidate will be asked to provide evidence of this.

Candidates will be contacted via email in relation to the recruitment process and are advised to also check junk and spam folders for email updates.

Further information

Any offer of employment will be subject to appropriate vetting checks which will be maintained/updated throughout the period of service.

Applicants must have been a UK resident for at least three years prior to the date of application.

If applicants have not been a resident in the UK for at least three years and can provide a VERIFIABLE certificate from the police of any country where they have taken temporary residence. The certificate must indicate that they have not been convicted of any offence whilst in that country or involved in any investigation by a Law Enforcement Agency.

Any tattoos deemed to be obscene, or advocates sexual, racial, ethnic, or religious discrimination, by written word or design is prohibited and the presence of such a tattoo would preclude an applicant from passing the recruitment process for employment with the Constabulary.

For any queries, please contact [email protected]

Please return the relevant application form and the equal opportunity form to [email protected]