Are you a qualified Financial Investigator able to conduct money laundering investigations and confiscation proceedings? If so, a rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to join the City of York Council's trading standards investigation team. The postholder will take a leading role overseeing trading standards investigations into rogue trading and illegal sales of tobacco and vapes amongst many other types of criminal activity. You will also aid investigations into frauds against the council and from time to time help officers from other authorities on a cost recovery basis.
You will use your powers to help identify offenders and those assisting them, as well as unidentified victims. You will freeze bank accounts and seize assets illegally obtained from crime and seek to confiscate them through appropriate proceedings and have day to day management of any restraint orders. In addition, you will make other court applications for surveillance and warrants as well as generally helping progress the team's investigations. You will enjoy the benefit of being well connected to other experienced financial investigators in the trading standards and the wider financial investigation community.
The post is 22.2 hours a week, and along with the ability to work flexibly and largely from home (typically coming to the office or elsewhere one or twice a week) the job may be particularly appealing to anyone with childcare commitments or otherwise looking for a better work/life balance. It is indeed a very rare opportunity.
The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.
This post will be subject to a Police Vetting request.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.
As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.
Please note, we do not have a sponsorship licence to sponsor indivdiuals for visas to work in the UK, therefore we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact Matt Boxall at
Closing date:
Sunday 21 September 2025 at midnight
Interview date:
Week commencing Monday 6 October 2025