Immigration Enforcement- Criminal and Financial

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 280006**Salary**:

- £32,000 - £35,200- AHA is applicable on this role - see Further Information for more details**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- Chief Immigration Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HO - Borders and Enforcement - Immigration Enforcement**Type of role**:

- Analytical
- Governance
- Intelligence
- Investigation
- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Part-time, Shift Working**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- Liverpool - The CapitalAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Immigration Enforcement (IE) is responsible for enforcing the government’s immigration laws, tackling illegal migration, removing foreign national offenders and immigration offenders from the UK. It also aims to disrupt the organised criminal groups that exploit the vulnerable for their personal gain. Learn more on the Immigration Enforcement careers page.**Job description**:
Our Criminal and Financial Investigation (CFI) teams are committed to disrupting and dismantling the organised crime groups facilitating immigration abuse; utilising its financial investigations capability to remove the proceeds of crime and strip criminals of their assets.

IE has a fundamental role to play in tackling immigration crime, as part of a multi-layered UK law enforcement approach. Through working closely with partners in the National Crime Agency, territorial policing and many other agencies and departments, our Criminal and Financial Investigation Teams take vigorous action against those criminals that seek to benefit from illegal migration.

Within Home Office IE, Criminal and Financial Investigation (CFI) has a Financial Investigation (FI) structure in place to disrupt organised criminal networks, through the conduct of money laundering investigations, cash seizure, confiscation and the restraint of criminal assets. FI work collaboratively with and support other law enforcement agencies in tackling organised crime.

The Chief Immigration Officer (CIO) role will require adaptability and flexibility to deal with priority investigations as they arise.

The post requires a commitment to working flexibly and will involve some travel throughout the UK to visit teams and stakeholders as well as working away from home, including overnight stays where necessary. The level of travel required for the post, occasionally at short notice, may result in long working days and overnight stays away from home. A full UK and valid driving licence is essential as it may be necessary to drive official vehicles.

It must be borne in mind that the successful applicant may be required to comply with prosecutor and court timetables which may change at short notice. There is a requirement to participate in an on-call roster for out of hours referrals.

We employ talented people who challenge and guide each other. In CFI you will work within a highly capable team who will support you to develop your skills, knowledge and experience.

If not already an Immigration Officer or Chief Immigration Officer, in order to be designated as one, you will be required to attend a 2-week induction course (residential depending on location of post).

This job is available for full-time and part-time workers, but please note that the full range of shift times and days (including weekends) will be allocated.

**Person specification**:
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Expedient and thorough management of your team and investigations ensuring appropriate allocation of work according to strategic priorities and agreed adoption criteria.
- Ensuring FI activity adds value to criminal investigations, in particular by means of Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) interventions by:

- Providing evidence to support money laundering charges.
- Investigating the extent and whereabouts of criminal benefit.
- Restraining of criminal assets, to prevent asset dissipation.
- Confiscating criminal assets after conviction.
- Seizing cash suspected to represent recoverable property.

Further tasks will include (but are not limited to):

- Supporting the Regional His Majesty Inspector (HMI) in the leadership of financial investigators and the management of financial investigations, ensuring that financial investigations are carried out efficiently and lawfully.
- Advising and supporting crime managers to enable the effective deployment of FI resource.
- Ensuring that the FI team retains professional accreditation; to ensure tutoring and mentoring of new FI staff.
- Evaluating and tasking out financial investigations.
- Reporting accurately FI activity on Departmental and local databases.
- Quantifying performance and supplying narrative to support performance returns to HMI and Senior Managers.
- Taking an active role in the Financial Investigation duties and progress own caseload.
- Giving evidence during hearings (