Enforcement Investigator

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

- 337880**Salary**:

- £41,384 - £52,878- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Other- Specialist
- R&0 Grade 8**Contract type**:

- Permanent
- Fixed term**Length of employment**:

- 12 months**Business area**:

- TPR - Frontline Regulation**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working**Number of jobs available**:

- 3Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Brighton, South East England, BN1 6AFAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**About us**

More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.

Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe. We’re committed to bringing people into TPR who are ready to make a difference and put UK savers at the heart of what we do.

It is important to us that TPR remains a great place to work. We do all we can to help our people reach their full potential with learning, secondment, and development opportunities. We put our 900+ employees first, supporting flexible working and offer a diverse, lively, and inclusive environment. This includes our Disability Network, LGBT+ Network (Proud), Minority Ethnic Network, Time to Change Champions (mental health), and Women’s Network which offer spaces to connect.

Our new corporate strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the industry. We are at the start of that journey. Join us to find out what part you can play.

We operate a hybrid working model, with regular attendance in our Brighton office to connect with colleagues across the business.

**Job description**:
**Role**

Are you looking for your next career move? Within our enforcement team, we are looking for investigators to conduct regulatory and criminal investigations.

We are looking for individuals that will be willing to support the work we do across the Enforcement Directorate. This includes working in the Investigations Team but also in the Proceedings Team when needed.

**Responsibilities**
- You will undertake regulatory and criminal investigations, including:
- Formulating investigation strategies and establishing lines of enquiry. Then progressing the investigations by obtaining the required evidence using the appropriate tools and powers
- Interacting with internal and external stakeholders including the regulated industry, members of schemes and other regulators / law enforcement organisations
- Management of investigation costs
- Assessment of the evidence obtained and production of Investigation Reports with recommendations for appropriate enforcement action

**Person specification**:
**Essential and Desirable Criteria**

**Essential**
- Experience of conducting regulatory and criminal investigations
- Knowledge of litigation processes, including regulatory and criminal proceedings
- Good understanding of disclosure requirements in litigation
- Experience of drafting investigation documents including strategies and investigation reports

**Desirable**
- Pensions knowledge
- Experience of analysing financial or business information and identification of risks
- Experience in conducting formal interviews.

**Person Specification**
- Proactive and flexible.
- Ability to prioritise and use initiative.
- Negotiating skills.
- Problem solving and analytical skills.
- Communication skills at all levels.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £41,384, Pensions Regulator contributes £11,173 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.**Salary and benefits**

As well as a salary between £41,384 and £52,878, we offer:

- Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
- discretionary bonus arrangements
- access to performance related pay progression
- 25 days annual leave provision
- flexible working arrangements
- development opportunities
- enhanced parental leave arrangements
- a free employee assistance programme
- an excellent office location in Brighton.

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:
**How to apply**
- a covering letter with details of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
- a copy of your CV
- details of your notice period

We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention, and develo