Fraud Investigator
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 28 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £37,497 i £38,373 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | National: £37,497 - £38,373 Outer London: £41,170 - £43,646 (Staines) Pay Award Pending |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 09 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Ilkeston |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 424209/3 |
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This is a hugely important public service, and our challenge is bigger than ever. DWPs Economic Serious and Organised Crime team is the arm of DWP’s Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt Directorate that deals with complex and sophisticated attacks on DWP benefits and grants payments – usually by Organised Crime Groups.
DWP are looking for people with relevant experience to help tackle organised criminality against DWP through prosecution and/or disruption activities.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Counter Fraud and Compliance Directorate (CFCD) on a team committed to tackling fraud, encountered through our Economic and Serious Organised Crime (ESOC) team. You will be at the forefront of tackling serious and organised crimes against DWP, which often has links into wider criminality of modern slavery, human trafficking, and identity fraud.
You will work across multiple law enforcement agencies, on high profile and serious fraud operations involving many suspects in multi-million-pound criminality.
Additionally, as work streams change and DWP reacts to the changing behaviours in criminal activity, investigators must keep pace with modern methods of criminality: this includes the increase in Money Laundering activity and the use of crypto currencies to mask monies derived from fraudulent activity.
Your role will be varied with no two days being the same, and you will be empowered to make decisions working alongside multiple agencies.
What will you be doing as a Criminal Investigator?
- Lead criminal investigations (criminal and civil) into serious and organised crime against DWP to a successful outcome.
- Engage and collaborate with colleagues, law enforcement agencies and partners across DWP and Government, on joint operations into organised crime.
- Conduct formal briefings with law enforcement agencies, including senior police officers and leaders on the likely impact of operations. This includes press interest notifications and accurate and timely completion of Advanced Warning reports.
- Organise and participate in arrest, search, and seizure procedures in accordance with Warrant legislation and Departmental guidance.
- Undertake advanced interviews under caution in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE).
- Make informed decisions, as to the appropriate legislation and powers to be used and timelines to be imposed on investigations.
- Work closely with Crown Prosecution Service/Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to develop evidence requirements. Prepare all submissions in relation to prosecution, confiscation, and civil actions for court.
- Carry out the role of the Disclosure Officer and be able to produce accurate Disclosure Schedules and adhere to the requirements of an Exhibits Officer as required.
- Confidently use expert knowledge of the case, engage with lawyers and barristers in investigations, including understanding and progressing directions from Counsel and the Courts at pace.
- Give evidence in Magistrates/Crown Court or Sherriff/High Court and manage witnesses and victims during the investigation and prosecution process.
- Work with DWP colleagues to reduce and stop further benefit loss.
Responsibilities
As an Investigator you will:
- Demonstrate integrity and probity that inspires confidence.
- Have strong leadership and interpersonal skills, as some roles may have line management responsibility.
- Lead investigations at pace, with the ability to collaborate with internal/external partners to achieve successful outcomes.
- Be flexible and positively embrace creative thinking to prosecute and disrupt criminal activity.
- Good presentation and communication ability with excellent written/drafting skills.
- Ability to make sound business decisions, at pace, while protecting the public purse and victims.
- Excellent, planning, delegation, and organisational skills, as well as strong negotiating and influencing skills.
- Excellent collaboration skills, representing DWP in national multi agency meetings requiring strategic decisions.
- Be able to build knowledge of the range of tools, techniques and technology used by organised crime groups to attack Government payment systems.
- Be a team player and able to work as part of a team, as well as lead activities internally and externally.
- Have the confidence and ability to deliver strategic operational briefings to large teams of partners e.g. Police, National Crime Agency (NCA) and Immigration colleagues.
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