This Administrative Officer role is a great springboard into one of the most exciting areas of work within Government and Law Enforcement, so we’re looking for dynamic and enthusiastic individuals who will thrive in this environment.

If you have initiative and drive, the ability to manage your own workload, take ownership of your actions and performance, if you can communicated effectively verbally and in writing and pay attention to the details… this could be the role you’re looking for!

See what it’s like to work at HMRC: find out more about us or ask our colleagues a question. Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

You will be joining an Intelligence Development Team (IDT), which is part of the nationwide Law Enforcement arm of HMRC. We pursue criminals, fraudsters and smugglers who attack the UK Exchequer and build intelligence packages for criminal prosecutions. We also work with our civil colleagues to use all the tools at HMRC’s disposal to prevent and detect serious organised crime.

The purpose of the Intelligence team is to develop and enhance the intelligence picture of organised crime and serious fraud impacting HMRC, and deliver quality intelligence products to drive decision making and compliance interventions to maximise our impact.

We do this by:

• Collecting, collating, and exploiting intelligence to identify the greatest threats to HMRC and drive operational decision making.
• Providing information, intelligence & live operational support to HMRC teams, Law Enforcement, and international partners to increase their impact and effectiveness.
• Developing and delivering high impacting intervention opportunities to stop and disrupt serious non-compliance.
• Collaborating with national and international partners to increase our collective impact and capability.

Intelligence Development Teams (IDT) have specific responsibility for developing quality intelligence products and thematic pictures of criminality to address intelligence gaps. Specifically, IDTs aim to provide intelligence opportunities to support the dismantling, disruption and prosecution of Individuals / Organised Crime Groups and criminal attacks on our tax systems. The team support HMRC and external partners regarding tackling money laundering, avoidance and serious non- compliance.

You’ll be joining our team of around 25-30 colleagues, and key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting RIS Caseworker Officers and Higher Officers
• Disseminating various intelligence onto an information report/s (IR)
• Maintaining team databases
• Assisting in dealing with written requests for HMRC information
• Working flexibly and adapt to change to meet business needs
• Applying smarter working principles in an integrated team by participating in team meetings to review performance; identify and solve problems
• Other ad hoc clerical/operational support duties and be interchangeable across all the RIS Intelligence teams in the location.
• Providing business support to Grade 7

Training

You’ll need to undertake all necessary training to become proficient in the responsibilities appropriate to the role. This includes responsibilities surrounding disclosure, intelligence handling and other legal requirements. Training may require working away from your home office and overnight stays. You will need to attend a 2-week residential Intelligence Training course. The course is Pass/Fail. Failure to pass the above course will result in removal from the post and the candidate will either be found another post in RIS, if possible, or another post in HMRC. Officers may become involved in all aspects of the Criminal Justice system and will be expected to make and be accountable for decisions made to a standard that passes external scrutiny.

Reserve Lists

A reserve list may be created if suitable candidates are identified and will last for a period of 12 months. After interview, a single merit list will be created, and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order in line with the set number of roles in each location.

Essential criteria

• You must hold a full UK driving licence at the point of application, and be willing to drive official vehicles. You must clearly state this in your application.

Desirable criteria

To succeed in this role, the following would be an advantage:

• Competency in using a wide variety of Microsoft Office applications.