Counter Fraud Investigator
6 months ago
**Details**:
**Reference number**:
- 355216**Salary**:
- £28,119**Job grade**:
- Executive Officer**Contract type**:
- Permanent**Business area**:
- DVSA - Enforcement**Type of role**:
- Governance
- Investigation
- Policing**Working pattern**:
- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:
- 1Contents
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About the job
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Location
- Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-TyneAbout the job
**Job summary**:
Do you have experience within Criminal Investigations?
Are you an individual with excellent organisational skills?
Do you enjoy extracting complicated, in-depth information and transferring that into understandable information for a wider audience?
If so, we would love to hear from you
**Job description**:
The role holder is responsible for the day to day investigations across the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) Driver/Rider/Vehicle environments.
The role holder ensures delivery of an effective, timely, business and customer focussed counter fraud investigations in accordance with plans and corporate objectives. The role has specific responsibility for counter fraud (reactive), bribery and corruption investigations.
The role holder is responsible for providing a rigour by which matters of impropriety in the areas identified above can be managed and actioned as required by the Investigation Manager, Senior Investigation Manager and the Head of Counter-Fraud.
**Your duties may include but not limited to**
- Planning and executing surveillance on target nominals, including dealing with Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) issues.
- Conduct investigations in line with current best practices, Police & Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) RIPA, Criminal Procedure & Investigations Act (CPIA), Data Protection Act (DPA), & Freedom of Information (FOI) and Scottish equivalents.
- Prepare full reports and papers for prosecution cases and / or Public Enquires to critical deadlines.
- Appear in court as an expert witness.
- Investigate all allocated reports of suspected illegal driving instruction and malpractice against the agency.
- Ensure investigations are conducted in a manner which is only evidence based.
**Person specification**:
- Ability to extract accurate, concise summaries from complex information that can be understood by a wide audience.
- Experience in dealing with criminal investigations.
- Excellent organisational skills
**Additional Information**
Please take note that DVSA does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.
As part of your duties, travel and overnight stays across the rest of the United Kingdom will be expected.
We operate a hybrid working model giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work. Our expectation is that you will spend a minimum 60% of your time at your base location. Visits to other DVSA sites or work locations count towards this.
**About Us**
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably.
We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.
We’re working hard to
- Make roads safer.
- Improve services for our customers.
- Make road transport greener and healthier.
- Harness the potential of technology and data.
- Grow and level up the economy.
We’re committed to giving all our colleagues purpose, professionalism and pride in what we do. We work in supportive, diverse and inclusive teams where everyone is valued. You can grow, develop and progress, and make a real difference to society.
To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace and making DVSA a great place to work visit our Careers website.
**Licences**:
- Full UK Drivers Licence**Qualifications**:
- Hold or be prepared to work towards Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist/Manager qualification.**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
**Benefits**:
- An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance
- Exceptional pension with an employer contribution of an average of 27%
- Generous Annual Leave - 25 days holiday, increasing by 1 each year of service, up to 30
- 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday
- Latest IT and Tech devices
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues
- Excellent learning and development tailored to your role including paid apprenticeships up to Masters level
- Wide range of discounts schemes on high street names
- Employee assistance program for health
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