Detective Inspector
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Job Title - Detective Inspector – Operation Northleigh
Location - Peel House - Hendon
Organisation – Specialist Crime
Brief Description of Department – Op Northleigh – Investigation into Grenfell Tower Fire
Number of Vacancies: 1 immediate & 1 on the select list
Period of Posting: 2 years
Reports to: DCI Pete Thackray
Eligibility - Substantive DIs and those on the select list (awaiting promotion on WBA).
Job Advert / Detailed Description
Work Involves: Operation Northleigh is the criminal investigation and response into the Grenfell Tower Fire disaster. As Detective Inspector under a Detective Chief Inspector, you will manage a mixed team of Police Constables, Detective Constables, Detective Sergeants and Civilian Investigators responsible for the investigation into the Emergency Response to the Grenfell Tower Fire, and the Construction and Use of the tower.
It is a unique opportunity to get involved in one of the largest scale homicide investigations running alongside a Public Inquiry. We are now at a crucial stage, a decisive turning point which will see us building cases against key companies and individuals with whom responsibility for refurbishing the tower lay. As such the investigation has intensified and is now very fast moving.
Offences of corporate and gross negligence manslaughter, fraud, perverting the course of justice and health and safety offences are all being actively investigated.
Please contact DCI Pete Thackray for further information.
Essential Criteria:
Experience of Serious / Complex Crime Investigation
- Experience of working in a HOLMES environment
- Experience in Health & Safety investigations
- Effective leadership and effective communication skills
- Willingness to undertake PIP3 process
Desirable Criteria:
Experience of working within collaborative investigative partnerships
- Ability to deliver critical reports and briefings to internal and external stakeholders
- Experience in project management and delivery
- PIP3
- Knowledge of Building Regulations and Health & Safety legislation
- We take ownership at level 2
- We support, deliver and inspire at level 2
- Integrity
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