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About HM Treasury:

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives across the country, the Treasury is the department for you! We sit at the centre of everything that the Government does and have provided advice on economic policy and decisions that affect the public finances throughout the country’s history. A Treasury career continues to offer an exciting opportunity to be part of the decision making that affects the whole of the UK.

Working at the heart of government, we collaborate with other departments to ensure public money is spent well and to drive strong and sustainable economic growth. Our work ranges from protecting customers through to the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, supporting people across the country through the COVID 19 furlough scheme and Plan for Jobs as well as helping first time buyers buy their first home.

HM Treasury is proud of a diverse and inclusive work environment, committed to fairness and the promotion of equality of opportunity for all. We know that having a range of experiences, ways of working and thinking makes us a stronger organisation, better at developing policy that is reflective of the communities we serve. We embrace different views and experiences and value the fresh perspective that people from a variety of circumstances bring to the work we do. We welcome applications from candidates who have not previously worked for the Civil Service, mid- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances regardless of disability, gender, age ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.

The Darlington Economic Campus is a pioneering new cross-government hub which will bring people together across departments and public organisations to play an active role in the most important issues of the day.

HM Treasury in Darlington will be joined by the Department for International Trade, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Office for National Statistics, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Competition and Markets Authority, the Department for Education and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

About the Group :

International Group

The International Group (IG) is responsible for promoting and protecting the UK’s economic and fiscal interests overseas. We support the Chancellor and senior officials in building relations with key international partners and represent the UK in the EU, G7, G20, IMF (International Monetary Fund), Paris Club, FATF (Financial Action Taskforce), EIB (European Investment Bank), AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank) and EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development). We also analyse macroeconomic developments at a country, regional and global level; take forward the Treasury’s interests in specific issues from counter illicit finance and asset freezing to climate change, energy; and ensure value for money from FCDO spending. IG is also responsible for continuing European business.

International Group recognises the value a diverse workforce brings to our work and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. We actively encourage flexible working practices, including part time working and job-sharing so please feel free to discuss different working patterns with the recruiting line manager or relevant deputy director.

About the Team:

The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has been operational since March 2016 and has quickly established itself as a world-leader in financial sanctions, a key area of financial, foreign and national security policy.

OFSI is the UK's Competent Authority for financial sanctions. It leads on the implementation of UN and UK financial sanctions and domestic terrorist asset freezing, providing a high-quality service to the private and third sector, and guidance to help them follow the law. It works closely with law enforcement, intelligence agencies and strategic policy colleagues across Whitehall and beyond to help ensure that financial sanctions are accurately understood, implemented and enforced. OFSI has important partner relationships in the regulated financial services sector, the primary implementers of financial sanctions, and is an integral part of the sanctions community worldwide.

There are currently c.30 financial sanctions regimes, including sanctions relating to AQ/ISIL, North Korea, Iran, Syria and Libya, and new regimes have been added to address corruption, human rights abuses and the threat of cybercrime. Approximately 2000 individuals and entities are targets of financial sanctions. OFSI also implements domestic HM Treasury counter-terrorist financial sanction designations.

Robust enforcement of financial sanctions helps to maintain the integrity of and confidence in the UK financial sector, a priority for the Prime Minister and the Chancellor. The Policing and Crime Act 2017 gave OFSI powers to impose monetary penalties of up to the greater of £1m or 50% of the value of the breach and increased the maximum criminal sentence to 7 years in prison. The UK now implements autonomous sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

OFSI is a diverse and friendly team. We offer an outstanding environment to broaden your experience and develop new skills, whilst working on some of the highest profile international issues the UK faces. We support a good work-life balance and work flexibly.

You can read more about OFSI on our gov.uk pages: https://www.gov.uk/ofsi.

Key Accountabilities

Do you enjoy carrying out investigations into complex topics, gathering information and assessing what has happened and making recommendations about an appropriate response? Are you interested in working on Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (CT) issues? Are you interested in economic crime and foreign policy? Would you like to work in an area of growing strategic importance, within a friendly team which is always developing new processes and seeking to improve the way we do things? If so, this might be the role for you.

We are recruiting for a number of Range C Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Officers. These roles will be based in the Intelligence and Counter Terrorism branch within OFSI. The roles will suit candidates with experience of casework, investigations and/or intelligence work, either inside or outside the civil service. However, we also welcome applications from candidates with other experience who can demonstrate an ability to quickly develop an understanding of a complex and sensitive area.

The CT Sanctions team is responsible for the administration of terrorist asset freezes in the UK. The key UK CT sanctions regimes are The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, The Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

The Intelligence Operations Team leads on the development of OFSI’s use and analysis of intelligence. The job holder will assist in the assessment and progress of intelligence-led casework to assist with OFSI financial sanctions investigations.

The Threat Assessment team sits on the strategic side of Intelligence and conducts data-driven threat assessments to support intelligence led, proactive sanctions enforcement through analyses of emerging trends and horizon scanning.

On a day to day basis, depending on the team they are placed in, the successful candidates could find themselves undertaking a range of tasks and responsibilities including:

• Leading on compliance casework in relation to CT financial sanctions breaches. You will need to plan how to investigate your cases, gather evidence (including through engaging with all parties involved in a breach of sanctions and conducting open source intelligence) and working with lawyers and other interested partners to determine the most appropriate compliance outcomes;
• Assisting with licencing and reporting tasks and enquiries relating to CT sanctioned entities. This will also require the collation of sanctions statistics;
• Assisting the Senior Intelligence Officer with standing and bespoke intelligence tasks, in particular open source research and assisting OFSI Enforcement branch colleagues with their intelligence requirements;
• Developing core intelligence products to inform HMG’s strategic approach to sanctions by analysing data and supporting the production of reports on the overall sanctions landscape, breaking down issues and risks by regime, sector, transaction type and payment route and producing specific situational reports.

Strong communication is a really important part of your role. Every day you will be communicating with people at different levels, internally and externally. You will need to distil complex detail into clear recommendations and be able to explain and defend those recommendations in writing and verbally. This could be as part of casework decisions or in operational policy work. You will be expected to work closely with colleagues in other branches to provide casework and intelligence input to cross-branch work.

If candidates are invited to interview they will be asked to specify their preference for one of the teams (Counter Terrorism, Intelligence Operations, Threat Assessment). While the outcome cannot be guaranteed, their named preference will be taken into consideration.

If you have any questions about the role you should contact [email protected].

Owing to the sensitive nature of this post, it is only open to UK Nationals and you will need to have, or be prepared to undergo, Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance. Note – the candidate will need SC to start the post, but will then be expected to undertake Developed Vetting once in post.

Required Behaviours, Experience and Technical Skills:

The below criteria will be assessed in your application form.

The lead criteria is: Making Effective Decisions

1. Ability to analyse and use a range of relevant, credible information from internal and external sources to support complex decision making, considering all options, including their potential benefits and risks. (Making effective decisions)

If we receive large volumes of applications, we will conduct an initial sift on the lead criteria only, which will usually be a behaviour. This may be an experience or technical skill, but only where critical to the position.

We will assess the below further criteria in your application form;

2. Ability to handle and prioritise a varied workload in a fast-paced environment, making, and then maintaining momentum over significant time periods on, your own cases whilst also leading wider project and policy work. (Delivering at pace)

3. Excellent written and oral communication skills with demonstrable ability to engage with and influence a variety of internal and external partners through clear, persuasive messaging and advice, flexing communication style appropriately. (Communicating and influencing)

Candidate Guidance on Completing your Application Form

Where will we assess success profiles across your application form.

• Behaviours – these will be assessed individually with a 250-word statement per behaviour. The application form will indicate which behaviour is being assessed each time you provide a statement, and we are ideally looking for an example using the below STAR method to demonstrate this behaviour in line with the full criteria stated

All elements of the success profiles will be linked to a defined criterion that demonstrates the behaviour, experience or technical skills. It is beneficial to ensure your answer focuses on the full criteria, and not just the related success profile, to give you the best chance or providing the evidence the panel wants to assess

In your statements, it is best to focus on one example in each section to allow you to provide enough detail in your answer and use all the words you have been allocated. Examples from a range of roles across your application will demonstrate that you have the skills, experience and behaviours we are looking for. We would also advise you to use examples that best meet the criteria, even if it is a few years old

How to Structure your Answer

Please use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) approach when writing your application answers.

• Situation – Describe the situation you found yourself in and what happened.
• Task – The Hiring Manager will want to understand what you tried to achieve from the situation that you found yourself in.
• Action – What actions did you take and how did you do it. Make sure to use “I”, not “we” to explain how your actions lead to a result.
• Result – Use facts and statistics to demonstrate the results that your actions produced. Explain whether it was a successful outcome, and if not, what you learned from the experience.

NOTES TO CANDIDATES

• Please refer to the candidate FAQ document which is a link on the job advert – this will provide you with guidance on completing the application form. Please contact [email protected] if you have any issue accessing this document
• At HM Treasury, to maximise diversity and inclusion within our workforce, we operate a fair, open and anonymous recruitment process. This means that the sift panel will only be able to assess you on the written evidence supplied in your application answers. They will not have access to personal information.
• You may be asked to provide some CV details during your application; however these will NOT be assessed during the process, but will be used to support discussions at interview – please ensure you put all information you would like to be scored against in your behaviour, experience and technical skill statements
• You will be assessed on your skills, experience and behaviours through the online application form. When completing your application form, please outline how you meet the requirements as detailed in the ‘Essential Criteria ‘section of this job description. This will give you the best chance to provide the evidence that the panel wants to assess. More guidance can be found here – completing you application
• If we receive a large number of applications, applications will be assessed initially against the lead criterion alone. You will then be assessed against the other criteria if you have met the minimum score on the first criterion.
• Find out more about how the Civil Service assesses candidates and uses Success Profiles (opens in a new window) to test skills, experience and behaviours in applications and interviews.
• Applications are not reviewed until the closing date has passed. You will be notified of the outcome of your application as soon as the recruitment panel has reviewed all the applications.

SUPPORT TO CANDIDATES

Candidate Guidance Support Session

We will be running an overview of Success Profiles and the STAR approach; top tips for the application and interview process and an opportunity to ask general questions around our recruitment practices. If you would like to join us, then use the link below to join the call at the right time.

Thursday 9th March 2023 @ 17:30

Thursday 9th Mar 17:30

Recruitment timeline:

Closing date : 19th March 2023

Sift : w/c 20th March 2023

Interviews : w/c 3rd April 2023

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing

Flexible working arrangements:

HM Treasury views flexible working as essential in enabling us to recruit and retain talented people, ensuring that they can enjoy a long-lasting career with us. All employees have the right to apply for flexible working and there are a range of options available including; part-time, compressed hours and job sharing. Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees the flexibility to adjust their working patterns throughout the week which is subject to operational needs and line management approval.

At HM Treasury we have an incredibly broad remit; our work touches every citizen of the country. So, it’s important our employees come from the widest possible range of backgrounds, bringing us the widest possible range of perspectives and ways of thinking. We are committed to ensuring that all staff are able to realise their potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

HM Treasury offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your workplace location, and from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review

Benefits:

• 25 days’ annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month.
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours) and arrangements
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions.
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A Rental Deposit Advance Scheme to help meet the total costs of deposits for privately rented homes

A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity (e.g. women in the Treasury, ethnic minority network, LGBT* network, faith and belief network)

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