Designated Property Officer

A Designated Property Officer is required for a permanent, full time contract role paying £21,808.98 per annum, plus £2700.10 London Allowance per annum with the British Transport Police (BTP) based in Ebury Bridge. 

BTP is the national police Force for the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground, across which we ensure the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year. The world in which we work is fast paced, operationally and commercially demanding, and constantly changing. As Designated Property Officer with BTP you will be responsible for all matters related to the Cyber Crime Unit (CCU) property store at Ebury Bridge, including recording items booked in and out, property store audits. Logging all property and arranging in conjunction with the CCU Case Officer and the Officer in Case for it to be returned to the rightful owner or submitted for destruction.

As Designated Property Officer you will be required to:

• Receive and store all items of property taken as evidence from suspects, witnesses or complainants or recovered from scenes of crime and all recovered stolen property, accurately recording details on the property management system.
• Manage the administration systems, storage and retention of interview tapes arranging for copies to be made on request.
• Arrange for the disposal of Special Property such as digital media, drugs and hazardous substances in the appropriate manner.
• Responsible for the release of property and associated records for officers attending court.
• Assisting with reception duties for Ebury Bridge.
• Liaising with the Scientific Support Unit for special handling exhibits such as those requiring DNA or fingerprint analysis.  

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description. The successful Designated Property Officer will be required to evidence the following:

• Experience of dealing with customers / clients
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Articulate eye for detail

If you are interested in applying to this Designated Property Officer role then please do not delay as interviews will be held as soon as appropriate candidates are highlighted. In return for your experience, we can offer you:

• Salary of £21,808.98 per annum, plus £2700.10 London Allowance per annum
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Other benefits include a bespoke BTP rewards platform and various salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle-to-work and season ticket loan as well as many high street and online retail discounts

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. In order to apply, you must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for the previous 3 YEARS. You will be asked these and other questions to determine your eligibility to work for British Transport Police when you start your application and you must answer honestly.

Internal candidates must have completed their probation for their current substantive posting. Internal candidates can only apply in tenure if Head of Department approval is emailed to the Recruitment.team@btp.police.uk prior to the vacancy closing. If this authorisation is not provided prior to the vacancy closing the candidate will fail the eligibility check. Candidates internal to BTP must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance and that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date. A minimum indicator of 3 / developing' or' 'Indicator 5 / no rating must have been achieved on the last reporting year PDR.

BTP has undertaken a review of Police Staff pensions and as a result of this the Police Staff pension will be changing. The current police staff pension is a Defined Benefit scheme which is administered by the Railways Pension scheme. The new pension scheme which is launching is a Defined Contribution scheme which is administered by Royal London. The new pension scheme is awaiting formal approval and an introductory date is not finalised. The earliest this will be is July 2022. If you have any queries, please contact the recruitment team – recruitmentteam@btp.police.uk