Description Financial Investigator role The Major Crime Unit County Lines Taskforce are now recruiting for a Financial Investigator to join our team. The aims of the taskforce are to: To close drug lines in line with Home Office requirements Bring County Lines perpetrators to justice by increasing the consequences and decreasing the reward associated with county lines offending Reduce the exploitation of young people and vulnerable adults ensuring appropriate safeguarding and support for county lines victims Reducing and mitigating violence and Homicides linked to County Lines Tackle the enablers of county lines (including telecoms/online, transport and illicit finance) Key Responsibilities To analyse financial data in order to investigate and identify assets, which have been obtained by person(s) convicted of certain criminal conduct To undertake civil investigations into cash seizures. To support on-going investigations in respect of money laundering and the identification of criminal proceeds. To prepare detailed reports, briefings documents, negotiations and ultimately giving evidence on oath in court on a regular basis in respect of your findings as a Financial Investigator To collate, evaluate, structure and process information to identify financial audit trails and assets The successful applicant will be subject to a vetting. Knowledge and skills Essential Must either be an accredited financial investigator or be prepared to work towards accreditation by the National Crime Agency Proceeds of Crime Centre as above. Must be able to demonstrate good investigative skills Effective communication skills with the ability to confidently communicate with a range of different colleagues from different disciplines Experience of preparing and conducting briefings A good understanding of relevant legislation including the Proceeds of Crime Act Ability to maintain the highest levels of integrity, discretion and confidentiality. Must be able to work on his/her own initiative whilst within a team environment and the ability to work under pressure to specific deadlines. Desirable Investigative experience within a financial arena. Experience of undertaking complex Investigations. Experience of giving evidence in court Location – Central Birmingham Hours – Core Hours Mon-Fri 8am-4pm Contact – For more information please contact Insps Mark Robinson or Lisa Yates-Laughton. Vetting - Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process. Medical - Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test. Under the Probation Policy, if you are currently in your probation period, “during your probationary period you will not be permitted to apply for alternative police staff roles within the Force unless there are exceptional circumstances. In such cases, you would require the support of your line manager prior to applying for alternative roles, and if successful, your probationary period will start over.”- Policies - Probation Period (Police Staff) (wmpad.local) Secondment Statements: Secondment Policy: (paragraph 7.3) For the duration of the secondment, you will be paid at the appropriate rate for the role that you are seconded into. In general terms, the expectation is that this will be the bottom spinal column point for the appropriate grade, as per our standard recruitment process. The only exception to this is where you are seconded to a role of the same grade, in which case your substantive spinal column point should continue to be paid. Where you or your manager feel that you have relevant skills and experience for the role which would require consideration of a higher spinal column point, a salary justification form will need to be completed and sent to the Reward Team for review and consideration in line with usual recruitment processes. If you are seconded into a role of a lower grade than your substantive post, you will receive the maximum spinal column point for that grade. Shift allowances and payments for unsociable or weekend working will only be paid as applicable to the role that you are seconded into (at the applicable rate). In other words, if you receive shift allowance in your substantive role, however the role that you are seconded into doesn’t attract a shift allowance you will not receive this for the duration of the secondment. To view the full Secondment Policy please visit Policies - Secondments Policy (wmpad.local) West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview. It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants. “Diversity and Inclusion Vision: Maximise the potential of people from all backgrounds through a culture of fairness and inclusion to deliver the best service for our communities”