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We are recruiting for a Major Incident Room Manager to support the local police force’s major incident team based in Southampton Central Police Station.

In this role you will be responsible for the efficient running of a Major Incident Room (MIR) as defined by the Major Incident Room Standardised Administration Procedures (MIRSAP) and support the Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) in the management of serious and complex investigations. The post holder will also be responsible for the management of the HOLMES and Word Processing Support teams.

Key Responsibilities include (not exhaustive)

• In consultation with other supervisory MIRSAP roles, advise the Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) on the level of staff required to carry out the administrative duties efficiently.
• Ensure that staff working on live investigations are aware of their impending duties, updating them with any developments in the enquiry.
• Brief Major Incident Room (MIR) staff and new staff joining an existing enquiry and, if appropriate, arrange for a scene visit or viewing of a scene video.
• Attend all briefings held by the SIO / Deputy SIO and ensure that other key MIRSAP roles within the MIR attend all briefings. Ensure these meetings are recorded and a briefing book maintained.
• Support the development of the Major Crime Support Team be means of identifying areas for learning and assume ownership for elements of professional development within the department in accordance with the wishes of the department head.
• In liaison with the HOLMES Indexing Team Leader, continually monitor the quantity of documentation for processing at all stages, evaluating the documents and amending priorities as necessary.
• At all times be aware of developments in the investigation and keep the SIO informed, ensuring the Current Situation Report documents are maintained.       

To be suitable for this role you will need to be Professionalising Investigation Programme Level 2 (PIP2) trained with experience of supervising Serious and Complex investigations and familiarity of working in Major Crime function and HOLMES trained.

This is temporary role is for an initial 2-3 months, working full-time, paying an initial £19.18 per hour PAYE.

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