Forensic Face

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Forensic Face Examiner, it starts with you
- Based at The National Biometric Information Office Wellington
- Trainee Forensic Face Assistant/ Forensic Face Examiner
- Permanent/Full Time
- Police Employee
- JR4506972

About the role
- To provide a professional, efficient, and complex facial comparison examination provision to the New Zealand Police Service, and external agencies, with the appropriate vetting level.
- To ensure the quality standards are satisfied.
- To provide an accurate technical facial comparison examination.
- To assist Reporting Facial Examiners in delivering the highest level of facial comparison expertise to support investigations.

**Key Accountabilities**:
The Assistant Facial Examiner (Assistant) will have successfully completed the appropriate facial identification examiner training courses. The role holder must have a working knowledge of facial anatomy, image analysis and the comparison of facial images, and have an awareness of all disciplines within the Directorate of Forensic Services. The Assistant must operate with a thorough knowledge any computerised systems required for efficient service delivery.

The individual will demonstrate continual competence in all key technical activities, through competency and proficiency testing programmes. The individual is expected to attend available courses in addition to taking responsibility for their own continuing professional development.

The individual will be highly self-motivated with excellent communication skills (written and oral) and have the ability to work effectively, under pressure. The Assistant must be able to articulate their findings to fellow practitioners and non-practitioners.

Key activities
- The Assistant will assist in delivery of the facial comparison service to investigation. They will manage their casework in accordance with service level agreements and operational demands.
- Use training and experience to analyse and compare facial images. Use professional judgment to determine the quality of an image and the most effective method of processing case material to support an investigation. Provide accurate and detailed notes describing observations of image analysis and facial comparison. Provide and articulate a rationale for personal opinions.
- The Assistant will be responsible, under instruction,for the preparation and examination of facial images for evidential requests.
- To work within the Quality Management System and actively participate in the continuous improvement of the system by engaging in audits, competence tests, reporting non-conformances, etc and suggesting changes to improve the system.

What you’ll bring

Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviours, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police. Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.
- Have a high attention to and keen eye for detail
- Deliver accurate results consistently
- Demonstrate the ability to contribute positively and professionally to team productivity
- Demonstrate the ability to prepare quality technical report.
- Good time management and organization skills.
- Have intermediate computer skills in Adobe photoshop, MS Office and Outlook
- Be able to follow instruction and procedures without supervision
- Hold a current, clean full Driver’s license
- Tertiary Qualification will be advantageous

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.

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About us

Our mission is to prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing. Our vision is to be the safest country. Our purpose is to ensure everybody can be safe and feel safe.

Working Flexibly

Your wellbeing inside and outside of work is important to us. We’re open to discussing flexible working options that work for both you and the business.

Special requirements

How to apply

Remuneration upon appointment to the role will be (starting) $62,670 - $7