AddressType of contract: Full Time
Rank/Grade: Grade E
Directorate/Department: Specialist Operations
Vetting level required: MV/SC
Location: New Street
Salary: £39,340 + £6,710 LW p.a.
Statement of expectation for the role:
The role is a dedicated Financial Investigator, working exclusively within the Serious Organised Crime Team (SOCT), which is under Specialist Operations. The successful applicant will service proactive covert operations run by the SOCT.
The SOCT maintain a high level of expertise in a range of covert tactics to proactively tackle serious and Organised Crime. This includes the aggressive use of financial investigation, principally: -
- Proactively driven large cash seizures
- Investigations regarding cryptocurrency and virtual assets
- Reactive investigation (FI support for criminal enquiries)
- Proactive use of FI tactics
- Civil use of FI tactics (for example utilisation of account freezing orders)
SOCT have the capability to develop operations from referral through to prosecution, but require a further dedicated Financial Investigator to enhance our capabilities in this area (we already have NCA and CoLP FI’s in post).
We are looking for a team member who is keen to utilise their financial investigation skillset proactively, helping to build successful prosecutions and disrupting organized crime.Knowledge of POCA 2002 and the Criminal Finance Act 2017 are essential.
Confiscation and Restraint Powers are not a role requirement (although we would welcome applicants with this skill-set).
The successful applicant will get exposure to covert / proactive work and have the opportunity to develop and acquire skills in post.
Description of Department:
The Serious Organised Crime Team (SOCT) is the lead provider of proactive investigations within CoLP and are focussed on disrupting both national and international Organised Crime which impact the City of London. We work in partnership with embedded colleagues from the National Crime Agency (NCA), and have Financial Investigators within our unit.
The team have the capability to develop operations from referral through to prosecution, utilising specialist investigative techniques and drawing on expertise from across the force where necessary.
Our principle focus is drugs and money laundering, but within the last year have assisted in relation to other offences, including homicide, fraud and county lines.
The team will support high profile crime, such as homicide, manhunts and other serious crime requiring proactive or covert tactics.
Please note, for external candidates we are seeking UK accredited Financial Investigators.
The application and interview will be tested under Level 2 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
This role is open to all Police Staff / external candidates who meet the essential criteria of the person spec, regardless of current grade.
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered .
If you would like to discuss the post in more detail, please contact T/DI Steve WELLER: stephen.weller@cityoflondon.police.uk
The closing date for applications is 23:59hrs on 22.03.2024
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
