Contract type – Full Time, Permanent
Grade – 6
Information about the role
The role of HOLMES Receiver/Reader requires the knowledge and skills to review and assess all material gathered on CT investigations. You’ll need a proven investigative background to identify evidential lines of enquiry, recording actions to be taken making appropriate decisions on how material should be entered onto the HOLMES system database. You’ll need to ensure that all lines of enquiry have been pursued to a satisfactory conclusion and any intelligence gathered is properly indexed to assist future investigations.
As a Disclosure Officer you’ll be responsible for examining and listing all material which is generated during an investigation. Your primary role is to consider in accordance with the Criminal Procedures & Investigation Act (CPIA) whether material is accurate & relevant and determine its potential to either undermine the prosecution case or assist the defence ensuring its listing on appropriate court schedules.
Responsibilities
- Reading all material (statements, documents, interviews etc.) submitted to the MIR, identifying lines of enquiry and raising actions to further the investigation.
- Creating summaries of all document types to assist the disclosure officer, investigators and to assist in the creation of the file.
- Identifying information to be indexed, cross-referenced or highlighted and identifying urgent actions and making decisions on fast track material.
- Updating the Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) ensuring that they are fully conversant with all the necessary details regarding the investigation.
- Receiving and maintaining returned actions ensuring correct completion and identifying any further issues or actions arising.
- Researching the action queues, assessing their priority in accordance with current lines of enquiry and other pertinent issues, identifying actions to be referred or pended.
- Allocating actions to the outside Investigators, giving consideration to current lines of enquiry, the type of enquiry to be made and the location of the officers, ensuring all relevant information, documentation and intelligence is available.
- Providing administrative and statistical information and preparing reports as required.
- Responsibility for the examination and certification of the disclosure of material involved in the investigation generated by all disciplines across CTP WM CTU including third party material.
- Preparing accurate, comprehensive and ethical disclosure schedule for the Prosecutor using the appropriate documentation and headings, as per rules of disclosure.
- Advising the Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in relation to third party issues, evidence, continuity material that undermines the prosecution case and material that assists the defence case.
- Editing as required within disclosure rules surrounding sensitivity all relevant disclosurable material prior to disclosure to the Defence.
- Liaising with the Senior Investigating Officer (SIO), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Prosecuting Counsel on aspects of the unused material in the enquiry, including justification for sensitivity classifications attributed to material and PII issues.
- Liaising with the Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in cases when the Defence require access to review disclosure material and for making suitable arrangements to facilitate as required.
- Attending Case Conferences, where appropriate, with CPS and Prosecuting Counsel in respect of all matters relating to the disclosure of material and exhibits on behalf of the SIO.
- Attending court and giving evidence as required.
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