Criminal & Financial Investigator

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

- 378071**Salary**:

- £30,000 - £31,500- Plus allowance of approximately 35%.**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HO - Immigration Enforcement - Criminal & Financial Investigation**Type of role**:

- Investigation**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Shift working**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Liverpool, ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Immigration Enforcement 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 our careers pages.**Job description**:
Due to nature of Fugitive Active Search Team being unpredictable in terms of frequency of travel, it is essential that the successful applicants are committed, flexible and appreciate that there is every likelihood to be required to deploy overnight and at weekends when on call. The role necessitates occasional short-notice international travel
- a valid passport is required.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Maintaining a definitive list of CFI fugitives and ensuring that they are correctly circulated on PNC, HO Systems and via Interpol. As part of this post, the successful applicant will attend the National Circulations Bureau, NCA, Warrington on a weekly basis
- Prioritising and managing the investigation into each fugitive’s whereabouts and manage the CFI fugitive list
- Having a national overview to ensure warrants are properly managed and worded and that teams have all available support to initially try and locate their fugitives
- Liaising with NCA and partners to ensure notified extraditions are arranged, managed, and completed within deadlines set by the host country
- Ensuring an appropriately trained extradition team are available at short notice and ensuring risk assessment and management of the extradition take place

**Working Pattern**

Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.

**Training**

You will receive full training and support to do the job. Training takes place initially in the classroom and then continues on the job with a mentor who supports you until you are fully confident in the role. Even then you are never alone; you work as part of a team where there is always someone around for advice and support. Further information on what the training involves can be found on our website.

**Travel**

The team has a national remit, with staff based in London, Belfast, Glasgow, Sheffield, and East Midlands. Regular travel between these locations would be expected.

**Person specification**:
**Essential criteria**
- Background in organised crime investigations and legislation
- Application awareness of the specialist functions associated with complex crime investigation such as use of Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), surveillance, exploitation of digital devices, operational planning, and public protection
- Proficient in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft products such as Outlook, Word, Excel etc.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills as well as strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to positively influence stakeholders at senior and junior levels
- Managing resources and using analytical skills to make informed decisions
- PIP level 1 accreditation - please see Qualifications

**Desirable criteria**
- Background in immigration investigations and legislation

**Licences**:

- Due to the nature of the work and/or the geographical area, driving is a key requirement for this role. Applicants must have a full valid UK manual/automatic driving licence.**Qualifications**:

- Professionalising Investigation Programme (PIP) is a four-level accreditation programme under the auspices of the National Police Chiefs Council and the College of Policing. A professional accreditation of Professionalising Investigation Programme (PIP) Level 1 is mandatory. For further information please see the attached documents.**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Delivering at Pace

**Benefits**:
In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:

- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
- 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
- Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
- This role currently attracts Annualised Hours Allowance (AHA) of** 35%** of salary. Further information can be found on our website.
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