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Job summary

The Intelligence Division is the driving force behind the identification and development of new cases for the SFO. Working in partnership with wider law enforcement agencies and intelligence communities, the SFO is focused on tackling the most serious and complex cases of fraud, bribery and corruption with a UK nexus. With plans to increase the scope of the Intelligence Division, the SFO seeks to be more proactive in case identification and innovative in its tactics to tackle serious and organised crime.

As an Intelligence Officer, you will work as part of a team collecting, evaluating, analysing, assessing and disseminating information and criminal intelligence from a variety of sources. The role includes undertaking the early stages of investigation to establish if there is any clear evidence of criminality. You may be tasked by investigative case teams in any of our core business domains or work on any number of strategic projects for the Executive Board.

The Intelligence Officer will be required to build and maintain relationships with individuals and organisations who can assist the SFO by providing information of relevance to ongoing or developing investigations, and the prosecution of SFO casework. All activities will be carried out within a defined legal and procedural framework.

Good communication skills and the ability to retain and record information accurately are essential, as you will be required to write reports as well as occasionally giving verbal briefings to senior colleagues. An analytical mind-set is also essential in order to piece together separate pieces of information for the development of intelligence projects.

Job description

As an Intelligence Officer, you will be responsible for:

• Work as part of a small team to handle incoming reports to accurately capture information and provide a professional first point of contact within the organisation.

• Collate and validate information, evaluate the credibility of sources and the reliability and relevance of the information provided.

• Undertake early stages of investigation to establish whether there is sufficient information to suspect that crime has occurred.

• Compile accurate and comprehensive intelligence and investigative assessments, for consideration by the Deputy Chief Intelligence Officer, clearly identifying potential suspects and criminality, in alignment with the Director’s Statement of Principle.

• Develop strong working relationships with internal and external customers to understand their intelligence requirements.

• Deliver intelligence products and desk-level briefings to other members of the Intelligence Division, operational case teams and the SFO senior leadership team.

• Liaise and collaborate with cross-sector stakeholders, including other government agencies and relevant Police Forces, to drive the collection of information to further enhance the intelligence picture.

• Requirement to undertake personal professional development, including completion of the Intelligence Professionalisation Programme (IPP) if not already held.

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
• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £29,646, Serious Fraud Office contributes £8,588 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).

Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme. For further details, click here http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/pensions

Generous annual leave provision of 25 days which increases to 30 days after five years’ service plus an additional day in recognition of the King’s Birthday and the option to buy or sell up to five days’ leave per year. Different terms may apply if you are already a Civil Servant.

Discretionary performance-related bonus scheme.

Interest-free season travel ticket, bicycle loan and cycle to work scheme.

Access to the Rental Deposit Salary Advance Scheme which assists employees in meeting the costs of deposits for privately rented homes.

Opportunities for learning and development.

Flexible working arrangements and family-friendly policies.

Voucher for eye care and discounted spectacles.

Access to a range of discounts through membership of the Civil Service Sports and Social Club, CSSC Sports and Leisure. http://www.cssc.co.uk/

Maternity and paternity leave provision over and above the statutory entitlements.

Access to My CPS Rewards Gateway. My CPS Rewards offers staff a range of rewards and savings including:

• Discounts with high street retailers
• Savings on grocery shopping at a range of supermarkets
• Special salary sacrifice and recognition schemes
• Reloadable gift cards and e-cards
• Instant vouchers

Any move to the Serious Fraud Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

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.

Application stage

You will first need to successfully complete the Civil Service Verbal test. Following this,

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

• A personal statement of no more than 500 words that explains how your skills and experience meet each of the essential and desirable experience criteria as listed below:

Essential Criteria:

• Practical experience of undertaking indepth research or investigations, preferably in relation to criminal or corporate fraud investigations. (This is the lead criteria; this criteria will be assessed first and candidates who do not meet the required standard will not have the remainder of their application considered.)
• The ability to manage own intelligence and investigation project case load in the face of changing priorities and delivery deadlines
• Interrogating databases to identify and extract relevant data
• Effective analytical skills: ability to understand complex information and present this in a readily comprehensible form

Desirable Criteria:

• An understanding of the National Intelligence Model and the role of intelligence in the investigative process
• Practical experience of collecting, handling or using intelligence in criminal or corporate investigations within the public or private sector
• IPP Intelligence Officer certification or willingness to work towards

Please note, desirable experience will only be taken into account if there is a large volume of applications and there is a need for further shortlisting for interview.

• 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.

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

Sift to take place from 3rd August.

Interviews are expected to take place in person at the SFO offices from 17th August.

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

EO Intelligence Officer Job Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 285kB)