Specialist CT Forensic Trainer - Police Staff - CTP London

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SO15 - Counter Terrorism Command
West Brompton
Band D
Full Time
36 hours per week
Fixed Term
24 Month

Job Title: Specialist CT Forensic Trainer - Police Staff - CTP London

Salary: The starting salary is £45,207.75 which includes allowances totalling £3,009 and a 12.5% shift allowances.

The salary is broken down as £37,510 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £40,141. Plus, a 12.5% shift allowance, location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: West Brompton

Contract: 24 Months

 

Job Summary:

The Specialist CT Forensic Trainers sit within CTP London’s Forensic Management Team who manage all forensic submissions and strategies for CT investigations. The Trainers are responsible for the preparation and delivery of forensic training to the FMT as well as across the National CTP network. The team are also responsible for CPD ensuring operational compliance with the Forensic Service Regulator (FSR) codes of practice.  

Key Tasks:

The post holder will be required to:

  • Prepare & deliver National CT courses, specifically
  • National CT Forensic Management course.
  • National CT Investigators Scene Manager’s course.
  • Prepare and deliver additional training including: Bomb Scene Management; Sterile Arrest; CT Search; Forensic awareness.
  • Liaison with internal & external partners / stakeholders.
  • Assist delivery of National exercising programme.
  • Conduct CPD, audits & periodic SOP reviews for ISO Quality Management Team.

Key skills / criteria:

  • Experience of CT investigations.
  • Experience of CT/SOC crime scene and exhibit management.
  • Training qualification. CET or equivalent.
  • Experience of multi-agency working / exercising.
  • MV/SC vetted.

Vetting

This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) level before taking up the post.

Confidentiality Agreement

Applicants should also be aware of the need to sign a confidentiality agreement on taking up the post.

Our Employee Commitments

Counter Terrorism Policing aims to create an inclusive and welcoming atmosphere and culture and an environment where all our people feel a strong sense of belonging and are able to reach their full potential. Where any group or individual can be and feel respected, supported and valued to fully participate and contribute to our mission of “Working to keep people safe from Terrorism”.

Inclusion, diversity and equality is at the front and centre of our approach to make the composition of Counter Terrorism Policing more representative of the communities we serve.  As Counter Terrorism is rooted in Local Policing, to tackle today’s complex policing challenges, applications from across all communities are therefore essential and encouraged. Counter Terrorism Policing as a network is committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long-term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations’.

Counter Terrorism Policing is committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working arrangements, including part time working or job share. In addition, this role has been reviewed following learning from work during the Covid pandemic and may be done in an agile manner. In the first instance, please contact the vacancy holder to discuss how such arrangements could be accommodated (where applicable). 

How to apply

To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and Personal Statement.

Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 17th June 2026.

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Desirable criteria:

  • CBRN trained
  • Knowledge / experience of FSR / ISO.
  • Working knowledge of X-book exhibit case management system.

Additional Information

This role is being advertised as a two year fixed term opportunity

The following competencies will be tested against during sift:
  • We analyse critically at level 2
  • We take ownership at level 2
  • We collaborate at level 2
The following values will be tested against during sift:
  • Accountability 
Disability Confident Statement 

The Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women.

As a Disability Confident Leader, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.

The Met is committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to ensure disabled applicants can perform at their best. If you need any reasonable adjustments or changes to the application and recruitment process, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence.

Please note, if you are applying for a police officer role or to become a police community support officer (PCSO) or designated detention officer (DDO), there is a minimum requirement that you must pass a job-related fitness test (JRFT) at point of entry. This does not apply to police staff roles. Find out more about police fitness standards.

Read our full disability confidence statement.