Information Recovery Team Supervisor

Job description

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) is an independent organisation established to provide information on Troubles-related deaths and serious injuries to families, victims, and survivors while promoting reconciliation.

From becoming operational on 1 May 2024, the Commission’s caseload continues to move at pace. This is an exciting opportunity to join an inclusive, innovative team where you will work with competing deadlines and emotionally challenging content, while delivering for the public good through this historic work.

Our values—integrity, impartiality, openness, accountability, and respect—guide our work and recruitment processes. We invite applications from people across all backgrounds to help deliver this important mission.

About the role

We are recruiting Information Recovery Team Supervisors to be part of the newly established Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR). The end-to-end journey of an investigation is all about the people who will eventually benefit from information recovery.

At every stage requesting individuals or families must be able to understand what is happening and what progress is being made. You and your team will work with the Case Support Team to ensure the Commission accepts cases it can investigate and that expectations are managed appropriately, and subsequently to ensure that requesting individuals and families are updated on progress. Your team will also present evidence to the Findings and Reports Unit so that determinations can be made for reports produced on the authority of the Chief Commissioner.

A key difference to the Commission’s approach is that a request must be made before the Commission can carry out its investigations. These requests can include specific questions that the requesting individual or family wish to see addressed during the investigative work. We will seek answers to requesting individual’s questions by examining all existing material, including that which might not have been disclosed or made public during any previous fact-finding.

You will supervise the Commission’s investigations that are at the heart of its information recovery work and essential for its promotion of reconciliation. With experience of professional or police investigations, you will bring your established investigation skills to produce robust, victim-centred investigation outcomes into Troubles/Conflict related deaths and other harmful conduct.

The post sits within the Investigations Directorate in the Commission. Headed by the Commissioner for Investigations, Peter Sheridan, you will form part of the Directorate’s senior management team, reporting to one of the Assistant

Commissioners for Investigations. The Directorate will be multi-disciplinary with a mix of backgrounds and skills and the leadership team will be expected to work together to set a new and unique culture reflecting the Commission’s mission and values.

Key responsibilities/Critera

• Inspire, coach, lead and line manage a hybrid team of professional and police investigators to deliver robust, auditable investigations into Troubles/Conflict related deaths and other harmful conduct.
• Assess priorities, allocate resources and coordinate and control the investigative responses of the investigation team to achieve investigation objectives, and providing specialist support to help investigators identify and plan relevant investigations, appropriately managing risks and monitoring progress.
• Supervise and where necessary conduct interviews with witnesses, victims and persons of interest and gather all required evidence and information to meet the specific needs of each investigation.
• Provide appropriate supervision of gathering the evidence, ensuring that processes are in place for the recording and retention of material in a format that is appropriate to support the investigative process.
• Coordinate and work across investigation teams to establish and use appropriate methods for gathering material to satisfy the requirements of each investigation.
• Support and supervise the analysis and assessment of material recovered and ensure all material generated by an investigation is examined in accordance with any applicable legislation and policy.
• Respond to safeguarding concerns and manage risk in investigations.
• Build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Oversee the preparation of reports on the outcome of investigations for use by the Findings Unit and the building and management of case files, including managing disclosure in criminal investigations where required.
• Contribute to the development of staff, creating an inclusive environment which values diversity, encourages learning and development and identifying and acting where capabilities need to be improved.
• Contribute to the Commission’s work on reconciliation.

We are happy to discuss the role and answer any questions you may have. Please feel free to contact us for an informal conversation about the role and our organisation.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.

Our offices are in Belfast and London, with travel and hybrid working arrangements available.

To find detailed job descriptions please go here: https://icrir.independent-inquiry.uk/about-us/career-opportunities-at-icrir/

To APPLY

If you are interested please can you send a personal statement: minimum 800 words including your CV to recruitment@icrir.independent-inquiry.uk

Please also indicate your preference of location – Belfast or London