Senior Intelligence Officer

Job summary

The SFO supports the UK’s prosperity and global market position by promoting stable business conditions through investigating and prosecuting the most serious and complex fraud, bribery and corruption, and money laundering nationally and internationally. Our mission is to reduce the harm caused by high level economic crime, and to preserve and enhance the reputation of the UK as a safe place to do business. We do that by taking on a selected number of large complex cases for investigation and, where appropriate, prosecution or other judicially supervised disposal. We also pursue criminals for recovery of unlawful financial gains. We are unique in that we both investigate and prosecute offenders and have special legal powers to enable us to do this.

The Intelligence Division is responsible for the receipt, collation, and analysis of information, intelligence and referrals of criminal activity to the SFO. The Division builds and develops intelligence products to identify cases suitable for investigation by the SFO, and proactively engages with the wider Law Enforcement and intelligence community in the sharing of intelligence.

As a Senior Intelligence Officer you will lead on Intelligence Development Operations, using the SFO’s pre-investigation powers to develop cases of serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption which fit the criteria for SFO investigation set by the Director.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team of Intelligence Officers responsible for the early investigation of high-profile instances of serious and complex economic crime, building intelligence packages and identifying the evidential opportunities which will underpin formal SFO investigations.

Job description

As a Senior Intelligence Officer you will be responsible for:

• Leading on SFO Intelligence Development Operations, or ‘pre-investigations’, to develop the intelligence picture around cases of serious and complex fraud, bribery and corruption, to prepare and present packages suitable for formal investigation by the SFO.
• Liaising and collaborating with bodies across the public and private sectors (including other government agencies and relevant police forces) in order to collect information which may further enhance the intelligence picture.
• Developing strong working relationships with internal stakeholders to understand and support the specific intelligence requirements of cases adopted for formal investigation by the SFO.
• Providing guidance and oversight of the triage of incoming referrals, and subsequent intelligence development.
• Building up accurate and comprehensive intelligence pictures, which identify potential areas of interest for the office, seeking clarification, obtaining additional material or making further enquiries where necessary.
• Collating and validating intelligence, evaluating the reliability of particular sources and the credibility of the information with a view to assisting in the strategic direction of the office.
• Supporting the implementation of National Intelligence Model standards across the SFO.

For more information about the role and for a full list of key responsibilities, please see attached Job Pack

Person specification

See above and attached Job Pack

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,232, Serious Fraud Office contributes £12,814 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

As part of the application process, you will be required to provide:

• A personal statement of no more than 750 words that explains how your skills and experience meet each of the essential and desirable experience criteria as listed in the job pack.
• A supporting CV outlining your job history and qualifications

It will not be possible to provide feedback to applicants who are unsuccessful at the application stage.

Interview stage

• Behaviours and experience criteria as outlined in the job pack will be tested at interview.
• Candidates invited to interview will also be required to complete an assessment.

Full details of the interview process will be made available to shortlisted candidates in the invite to interview.

Sift to take place from 7th May.

Interviews are expected to take place from the 19th May.

All dates are indicative and subject to change.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. To be eligible you must meet the following residency requirements dependent of the level of security vetting required:

• SC: 5 years residency in the United Kingdom preceding this application.

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

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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 : People and Culture
• Email : people@sfo.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : people@sfo.gov.uk

Further information

For external competitions there is no appeal against the selection decision. However, individuals have a right to appeal if they feel that the principle of appointment on merit through fair and open competition and the Civil Service Commissioners’ recruitment principles have not been met. Individuals who want to appeal should do this by setting out their grounds for appeal in an email for the attention of Head of People to People@sfo.gov.uk. If, after an internal appeal, you still believe that the Civil Service Commissioners’ Principles have not been met, then you can contact the Commission directly: Complaints should be sent in writing to: Civil Service Commission, Room G08 ,1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ. Email info@csc.gov.uk

Attachments

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