Investigation Officer

Job description

This contract with our central government client is for a Investigation Officer for 12 months. The role is national. The pay rate is LTD Rate/UMB Rate - £294.37, PAYE - £216.78.  

Deliverables include:  

1. To support and mentor trainee financial investigators on frozen funds investigations that have been adopted via the Immigration Act 2014/216 “Banking Measures” operation.  

2. Assist in building investigative capabilities and capacities to enable financial investigators to fully utilise legislation to tackle the proceeds of immigration crime and unlawful conduct in the UK. Financial investigators will identify and recover the criminal finances, money movement and assets that are associated with the Banking Measures threat.  

4. Assist in building investigative capabilities and capacities to enable them to exploit financial data and intelligence to support the evidence base needed to secure the successful forfeiture of funds that have been obtained by persons unlawfully in the UK. The overall intention is that the cumulative effect of the banking measures provisions will discourage illegal immigration and deter overstaying.

Requirements:

• Experience of conducting financial investigations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 including, cash detention, confiscation, part 5 (civil recovery), listed assets and account freezing order investigations.  

• Experience of taking these financial investigations through the associated Court hearings is also required.  

• Experience of drafting summaries / statements in criminal and civil proceedings and attending Court to give evidence.  

• Experience of analysing complex financial data and the presentation of such in an evidential format for Court and the completion and service of financial orders.  

• Experience of applying the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in criminal and POCA investigations (namely frozen funds).  

• Current or previous POCC accreditation as a Financial Investigator and have undertaken Civil Recovery In Summary Proceedings (CRiSP) training. Previous confiscation training is desirable.