Senior Criminal Investigator, Unregistered Social Care

Job summary

The Senior Criminal Investigator, Unregistered Social Care will lead and manage a team of Criminal Investigators and Assistant Criminal Investigators, to conduct and complete criminal investigations into unregistered social care. They will support the National Director, Deputy Directors, and Regional Directors, and be responsible for developing and implementing Ofsted approach to conducting criminal investigations.

The successful candidate will be an experienced senior criminal investigator with a wide range of investigatory skills. We are looking for candidates who can draw on their knowledge and experience as senior criminal investigators to bring fresh ideas and valuable insights to the Unregistered Social Care team.

You will need to be flexible, confident and show initiative from the outset. You must also be able to quickly familiarise yourself with the legislation that underpins criminal investigations into unregistered social care services.

Job description

Please refer to the job specification for more information. The job specification is available for download at the end of this page.

Person specification

Please refer to the job specification for more information. The job specification is available for download at the end of this page.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £74,494, Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills contributes £21,580 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Annual leave 32.5 days + 8 bank holidays
• See our Ofsted Offer brochure for full details of the many benefits available.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

• Stage one: We will assess all applications against the essential qualifications criteria. Candidates who meet these criteria will progress to the next stage.
• Stage two: We will assess progressed applications against the essential ability criteria and the following essential experience criteria. Candidates who meet these criteria will progress to the next stage.

Supervising investigations: Significant, proven experience of supervising serious and complex investigations. This should include, but may not be limited to, examples of ensuring compliance with legislation and guidance, supervision of case progression and case files.

Leadership, mentoring and developing staff: Proven experience of successfully managing teams of criminal investigators, you will require experience of mentoring and developing staff. This should include, but may not be limited to, providing advice to investigators to effectively identify, prioritise and pursue all relevant lines of enquiry to deliver against operational objectives, and the impact of your own leadership on colleagues and investigations.

• Stage three: We will assess progressed applications against the following essential experience criteria. Candidates who meet this criterion will progress to the next stage.

Effective decision making and risk management: You will be experienced in managing risk and have proven experience in operational decision making and managing resources.

• Stage four: We may assess progressed applications against the desirable qualifications and experience criteria if the number of candidates who meet the benchmark exceed the number of interview slots available.
• Stage five: We will invite the most suitable candidates to an assessment and interview.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Ofsted Resourcing team
• Email : jobs@ofsted.gov.uk
• Telephone : 03000 131 487

Recruitment team

• Email : jobs@ofsted.gov.uk

Attachments

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