Corporate & Delivery - Security & Investigations

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

- 308959**Salary**:

- £28,000 - £33,600- National: £28,000 - £29,400 London: £32,000 - £33,600- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HO - Capabilities and Resources Group**Type of role**:

- Intelligence
- Investigation**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

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- Lunar House - Croydon, Soapworks - ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Home Office has one of the most challenging and critical jobs in Whitehall: to keep Britain safe and secure. We operate at the heart of the Government's agenda, leading on immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime policy, counter-extremism and counterterrorism and work to ensure visible, responsive and accountable policing in the UK. The challenges the Department faces are significant and can change rapidly in the global environment in which we operate, making this one of the most exciting and stimulating Government Departments in which to work.

Internal Investigations comprises of the Professional Standards Unit (PSU), the Anti-Corruption Criminal Investigation Unit (ACCIU) and the Internal Investigations Hub who are part of Home Office Security & Investigations and sit within Corporate and Delivery. Both PSU & ACCIU provide a fast-paced investigation capability undertaking both Civil and Criminal investigations across the Home Office. The command’s remit is expansive, covering the UK and abroad and as a consequence our investigators undertake investigations into a wide variety of case-types.

PSU investigations range from serious external complaints (from members of the public), internal Home Office misconduct cases which constitute discipline and grievance investigations, Whistleblowing, referrals to/from the Independent Office for Police Conduct and other oversight bodies for Scotland and Northern Ireland, Management Reviews and Safeguarding Practice Reviews. In addition, PSU provide a cross Government investigation service to over 20 Other Government Departments.

ACCIU investigations tackle internal corruption matters, proactively preventing harm to the Department and victims of criminal offences committed by staff members, whilst ensuring those committing crimes are pursued via criminal proceedings.

The Internal Investigations Hub is the epicentre of this activity being the first point of call for all enquiries into the Command. The team currently assess, and react timely, to over 1,000 referrals per year covering critical incidents, Whistleblowing (raising a concern) contacts, whilst providing further analysis and intelligence capabilities during all types of investigation. It is a small and flexible team covering a wide range of functions in what is a dynamic and fast paced environment which is currently undergoing change to improve the command’s intelligence capacity. This role will be at the forefront of that change.

**Job description**:
This role is key to the Investigations teams being able to demonstrate the added value that we provide to the wider business in terms of organisational learning taken forward as a result of investigations conducted by the Professional Standards Unit.

The role sits at the centre of our threat assessment workstreams which we provide all areas of the Home Office with, through management of information which is continually assessed and analysed.

The Internal Investigations Hub receives over 1000 referrals a year via their Central Referrals function and the post holder will be responsible for progressing this workflow and covering a diverse range of activities to support the delivery of a wide range of external and internal investigations.

We operate the Department’s Whistleblowing (Raising a Concern) line, alongside other work we do to provide the Home Office and front-line services such as Border Force and Immigration

Enforcement with internal investigation capabilities.

This role will have an emphasis on undertaking and developing the intelligence function within the Hub.

The role can be based either in Manchester or Croydon. You will be asked to select your preferred location.

The Internal Investigations Referrals function operates between the hours of 07:00 and 19:00. The successful applicant must be flexible and available to cover long working days and shift working under the Annualised Hours Working System (AHW). This payment is currently set at 14.08%.

Due to the operational nature of this role, the role can only be carried out on a full-time basis.

The role will require occasional travel which could also include overnight stays.

Key requirements of the role include:

- Assess and accurately register referrals made to the Unit, which include serious and complex HR referrals, allegations of serious misconduct, Raising a