Offender Management Investigator - Manchester
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HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) is responsible for the department's civil and criminal investigations. FIS ensures that HMRC has an effective approach to tackling the most serious tax evasion and fraud.
FIS is home to a wide range of people with a variety of skills and professional backgrounds - including accountants, cybercrime specialists, criminal justice professionals, tax professionals and operational delivery teams to name a few. We use a range of powers and approaches to protect funding for UK public services, investigating the most harmful tax cheats and ensuring none are beyond our reach. We target a variety of threats, including complex offshore evasion, international smuggling of illicit excise goods, exports of controlled weapons and technology, labour market abuses, money laundering, VAT and Self-Assessment repayment frauds and a host of other fraudulent attacks.
The Economic Crime (EC) deputy directorate brings together our Supervision, Proceeds of Crime Operations and Illicit Finance teams and forms an integral part of the HMRC Serious Fraud Strategy. Working closely across the department and the wider Law Enforcement community, using specialist expertise and modern technology we put illicit finance at the centre of operations. Our operational teams tackle the financial aspects of cases that will ultimately deter, disrupt, and remove assets from tax fraudsters to level the playing field for the honest majority. Within EC Ops, the FIS Offender Management and Enforcement Team (OMET) is a national team. OMET provides HMRC with a co-ordinated approach to the lifetime management of our most serious offenders. OMET is involved in all aspects of post-conviction work and combines the responsibilities of Offender Management, Fugitive tracing and Extradition, Confiscation Enforcement and Serious Crime Prevention Orders (SCPOs).
As an Offender Management Investigator, you will work with colleagues across HMRC and with external law enforcement agencies. You will work collaboratively across all areas of OMET including offender monitoring on the prison estate, fugitive tracing, confiscation enforcement and SCPOs. You will analyse financial and case related material in order to maximise recovery opportunities and pro-actively engage with HMRC's response to Lifetime Offender Management now Multi Agency Response to Serious Organised Crime (MARSOC) - a HM Government priority, to address the threat posed to the UK, by entrenched recidivist serious organised criminals with novel targeted approaches to prison management, post sentence monitoring, fugitive tracing, tackling recidivism and financial interventions.
You will be expected to keep your knowledge and relevant accreditations up to date with changes in the law and technical and professional developments.
The role will include you taking responsibility for building and maintaining effective working relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external (NCA, ROCU, DWP and HMPPS) to ensure the success of MARSOC and MARSOC investigations.
The proven ability to think laterally and to drive performance improvements across all areas of OMET.
Financial Investigators with recognised Authorised Officer status will additionally:
Plan, lead and deploy operationally to maximize cash and listed assets interdiction opportunities.
Deploy operationally on wider activities to enhance Financial Investigations in other areas of Fraud Investigation Service.
Security Check (SC) clearance level, either already held or willing to obtain, is a requirement of this role. This post attracts a Level 2 Flexibility Payment (FP) that is paid monthly with salary. You will also be expected to work additional hours, at weekends and outside your normal working hours/days (including bank holidays). If you currently receive the Flexibility Payment, which may include Transition Protection and/or a Maintained Pension Value, moving to a new role may affect your payments.
A full UK Driving Licence - see details below.
• The successful candidate will have Criminal Justice Training.
• Recent experience of investigation serious fraud through Criminal Investigations or managing a team undertaking this work.
- A full UK Driving Licence:
We recognise that some people cannot drive due to a disability or underlying health condition and may not be able to meet this requirement. BTEC Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Enforcement (Criminal Investigation).
• University of Portsmouth CFPAB Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist (Investigation).
• University of Northumbria CFPAB Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist (Investigation).
• Alongside your salary of £37,682, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £10,916 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.
We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.Family friendly policies.
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Criminal Record Check
Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.
Contact the UBS Recruitment team via as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the "Assistance required" section in the "Additional requirements" page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional.
Please note in addition to the standard pre-employment checks for appointment into the Civil Service, all candidates must also obtain National Security Vetting at Security Check (SC) clearance level for this vacancy. Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers:
Please note that this role is unsuitable for contractual homeworkers due to the nature and/or requirements of the role.
Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Recording of interviews is prohibited unless explicit agreement is sought in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulations.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Please note that if you are applying for roles on a part-time basis, the salary agreed will be pro-rata, reflective of the working hours agreed within your contract.
For more Information for people applying for, or thinking of applying for, roles at HM Revenue and Customs, please see link: Working for HMRC: information for applicants - GOV.Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).