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Summary
- Job title: Criminal and Financial Investigation Team Mentor
- Government grade: HEO
- Organisation: Home Office
- Contract type: Temporary/Interim
- Employment type: Full-time
- Working hours: 37.5 per week
- Duration: 12 months, + option to extend
- Anticipated start: ASAP
- IR35 status: Inside
- Rate: £290/day Umbrella LTD
- Working Environment: Hybrid
- Location: Croydon, Sheffield, Castle Donnington, Manchester, Liverpool, Dover, Hounslow
- Clearance: Candidates must hold in-date or recently lapsed SC Clearance
The organisationEstablished on 1st April 2012, Immigration Enforcement is responsible for enforcing the Government's Immigration laws, tackling illegal migration, removing foreign national offenders and immigration offenders from the UK. It also aims to disrupt the organised criminal groups that exploit the vulnerable for their personal gain. Our Criminal and Financial Investigation (CFI) teams play a fundamental role in tackling immigration crime, as part of a multi-layered UK law enforcement approach; utilising its financial investigations capability to remove the proceeds of crime and strip criminals of their assets. Through working closely with partners in the National Crime Agency, territorial policing and many other agencies and departments, our CFI Teams take vigorous action against those criminals that seek to benefit from illegal migration.Role overviewContractors will support and mentor newly recruited trainee FIs, and more established FIs, as they progress through the FI accreditation pathway. The FI accreditation pathway includes Financial Intelligence, Cash Seizure, Account Freezing Orders, Listed Assets, Financial Investigator, Restraint and Confiscation.As a Mentor, your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting and mentoring newly recruited trainee FIs, and more established FIs, through the accreditation process.
- Assist in building investigative capabilities and capacities to enable FIs to effectively utilise legislation to tackle the proceeds of organised immigration crime, and identify and recover the criminal finances, money movement and assets that are associated with the OIC threat.
- Assist in building investigative capacity so every Criminal Investigation team has access to a local fully trained financial investigation resource.
- Assist in building investigative capabilities and capacities to enable us to exploit financial data and intelligence to support the evidence base needed to secure the prosecutions of Organised Crime Groups.
Skills and experience required
- Experience of conducting financial investigations under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 including, money laundering, restraint, confiscation, and part 5 cash, listed assets, and account freezing order investigations (Civil Recovery In Summary Proceedings (CRiSP) and taking these financial investigations through the associated Court hearings.
- Experience of drafting summaries / statements in criminal and civil proceedings and attending Court to give evidence.
- Experience of analysing complex financial data, including presentation 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 investigations.
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