Digital Forensics Quality Assurance Specialist

Digital Forensics Quality Assurance Specialist

Salary: London ranging from £46,000 to £61,000 per annum – Salary offered will be based on skills and experience

Are you looking to join a team that provides strategic and highly specialised central support to Enforcement & Market Oversight and the wider FCA?

The team/department

The Enforcement Intelligence & Specialist Services Directorate (EISS) sits at the heart of Enforcement & Market Oversight (EMO) and provides strategic and highly specialised central support to EMO and the wider FCA.

The Digital Forensics Unit (DFU) within EISS provide comprehensive digital evidence services to Enforcement and Market Oversight providing strategic forensic investigative techniques for the acquisition, preservation, recovery, and presentation of digital evidence.

The Forensic Science Regulator Act (2021) Code of Practice requires the regulation of forensic science activity (FSA), undertaken as part of criminal proceedings, to operate effective quality management process and procedures, meeting the requirements of the code. Compliance is demonstrated by having accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025. The Quality Management Team manage this accreditation process.

To fulfil the requirements for ISO17025 accreditation, the Quality Management Team is recruiting an individual to assist with the implementation and delivery of a quality management system.

What you will be doing (the role)

• Quality Assurance Associate for the DFU, promoting and implementing quality standards in line with ISO 17025 requirements

• Delivery of the internal audit and assurance process, under supervision and escalating where necessary, including identifying non-conformance arising from accredited activities including impact analysis and root cause investigation

• Undertaking Method Development and Validation Exercises to demonstrate robust scientific methodology

• Identifying potential risks which may result in inaccurate, unreliable, misleading, or unclear results that could impact the Criminal Justice System

• Assisting the Quality Assurance Manager with the creation of processes, guidance and working practices along with associated documentation

• Assisting the Quality Assurance Manager to prepare submissions and paperwork for United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) assessments and visits

What you will get from the role

• The opportunity to play a pivotal role in helping the FCA to comply with Forensic Science Regulator Act 2021 Code of Practice

• The opportunity to help shape procedures, practices, and policies

• A unique insight into the work of the FCA’s Cyber Forensics Team

Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.  

• Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:   

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

• Private healthcare with Bupa  

• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)  

• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary  

• Income protection  

We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in our London office.  

The skills and experience you will have  

Minimum   

We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, who best meet the minimum criteria for a role.  

• Experience of undertaking quality assurance exercises and/or of undertaking internal or external audits

• Experience of digital forensics (or forensic science) experience and experience of quality assurance / validation testing of digital forensics tools and capabilities. The role will require technical expertise in this field as there are up to 100 documents that need to be written pertaining to standard operating procedures and work instructions covering digital forensic science activity

Essential

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to express yourself clearly

• Team player with a proactive, flexible, and willing approach

• Good analytical skills with a high level of inquisitiveness

• Self-motivation and the ability to work within deadlines

• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and persuade stakeholders

About the FCA   

The FCA regulates the conduct of nearly 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.  

The FCA's Values & Diversity  

Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.  

The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisations. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, disabled and minority ethnic candidates for our associate role.   

Flexible working

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we won’t judge you for asking.    

Useful information

Applications for this role close at 23:59 on 29th October 2024

This role is graded as Associate - Level 8 - Regulatory

The role is based in London

Got a question?    

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact:  

For internal applicants, please contact Louise Nash at Louise.Nash@fca.org.uk

For external applicants, please contact Aaron Ward at Aaron.Ward@fca.org.uk

What to expect from our interview process

If successful, you will be invited to attend a one stage competency-based interview.

Application support  

We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.  

If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible. 

Security Clearance/Vetting

The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting.

Please note that all applications must be submitted through our online portal, applications sent via email will not be accepted.