Borders and Enforcement

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

- 245804**Salary**:

- £25,750 - £27,650- AHW is applicable on this role (see further information for more details).**Job grade**:

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

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Analytical
- Finance
- Information Technology
- Intelligence
- Investigation
- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

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

- 5Contents

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About the job

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Location
- Cardiff - General Buildings, Castle Donington - Pembroke House, Durham - Southfield House, Liverpool - The Capital, Manchester - SoapworksAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Immigration Enforcement (IE) is part of the newly formed Borders and Enforcement established on 01 April 2021 under the One Home Office transformation programme.
- IE is the operational arm of the Home Office responsible for reducing the size of the illegal population and the harm it causes. Its key missions are:
- Preventing illegal immigration through greater compliance with immigration laws
- Maximising returns of immigration offenders and Foreign National Offenders from the UK
- Tackling the threats associated with immigration offending

IE works with law enforcement and cross-government partners to tackle serious and organised immigration crime with a focus on bringing to justice those who exploit the vulnerable, for example cases of modern slavery and human trafficking.- Immigration Enforcement prides itself on being an open and supportive workplace. We actively embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity, to enable us to reflect the communities that we serve. We provide people with the opportunity to work at pace and deliver in stretching roles.-
**Job description**:
Immigration Enforcement tackles the criminality behind organised immigration crime. Our Criminal and Financial Investigation (CFI) teams play a fundamental role in tackling immigration crime, as part of a multi-layered UK law enforcement approach; utilising its financial investigations capability to remove the proceeds of crime and strip criminals of their assets. Through working closely with partners in the National Crime Agency, territorial policing and many other agencies and departments, our CFI Teams take vigorous action against those criminals that seek to benefit from illegal migration.

Working for Immigration Enforcement is challenging and fast paced, requiring sound decision making in demanding and often time-sensitive situations and environments and can require working to tight deadlines dictated by the court and the Crown Prosecution Service. Financial Investigators operate nationally, hence there will be a requirement to deploy at short notice, which may involve overnight stays away from home. In addition, training courses may be anywhere in the UK and residential.

Financial investigation asset recovery work falls under civil legislation and the search for assets requires innovative and meticulous thinking.

To work in Immigration Enforcement, you must be able to meet these challenges while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and teamwork with adherence to our vision statement: “Tackling immigration crime by empowering our people, inspiring confidence and protecting communities.”

The Financial Investigation Units work closely with their Crime Team colleagues, CPS and Home Office lawyers to:

- Investigate the extent and whereabouts of criminal benefit, confiscate criminal assets after conviction and deny criminals of any further financial gain
- Restrain criminal assets via CPS to prevent dissipation and protect assets for confiscation
- Seize, detain and investigate cash, listed assets, and freeze bank accounts

Business needs at the current time dictate that you will be allocated as an Asset Recovery Financial Investigator.

Due to the nature of the work and the geographical area, travel by official vehicle will be inevitable and applicants should have a full UK valid manual driving licence.

**Person specification**:
Responsibilities will include:

- In depth analysis of financial material - predominantly bank accounts
- Drafting comprehensive summaries / statements in criminal and civil proceedings for submission to crime team colleagues, CPS lawyers, counsel and the courts
- Interviewing witnesses and suspects
- Conducting premises searches to identify the extent and whereabouts of criminal benefit, including financial investigation support to the crime teams in support of prosecutions
- Giving evidence during court hearings (all CFI staff are required to disclose any adverse judicial decisions or internal disciplinary matters under CPIA. Applicants need to bear this in mind when considering their eligibility for this post)
- Participation in a national FI on-call roster
- Undertaking / progressing cash seizures, listed asset, and frozen fu