Trainee Intelligence Analyst Officer Birmingham, England
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London rate: £31,982 - £34,372
New entrants to the Civil Service will start on the minimum salary shown, according to location.
This role requires an additional security check. You must have a minimum of 5 years consecutive residency in the UK, see the ‘Things you need to know’ section below for details.
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Location
If you are based in Glasgow, you'll also need to attend the Gartcosh Scottish Crime Centre office up to twice a month.
We operate hybrid working, giving you the flexibility to work up to two days a week from home.
About the job
Job summary
- Are you naturally inquisitive with a passion for problem solving?
- Are you a critical and creative thinker?
- Do you want to be part of a cross-government Intelligence Analysis profession and community?
- Do you want to make a difference, tackling serious and organised crime and non-compliance?
If the answer is yes, then Fraud Investigation Analysis (FIA) would love to hear from you!
We are looking for motivated people with the skills and aptitude to join us as a trainee Intelligence Analyst. You can look forward to receiving our highly regarded training programme (recognised by the Cabinet Office’s Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment), the support of a mentor, and excellent potential for career development.
About the team
Fraud Investigation Analysis (FIA) sits within HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service and provides analytical support to FIS investigations, both Civil & Criminal. We analyse and draw meaning from large and complex datasets, and present our findings to investigators in simple, succinct products.
Job description
As an Intelligence Analyst Officer, you will be part of a dynamic environment in which we will develop you in analysis, assessment, and tradecraft, using structured analytical techniques, and creative and critical thinking.
This role will give you plenty of scope for communicating and influencing, as you work across lines of business and connect with customers to negotiate product requirements and deadlines.
You’ll also need to be naturally inquisitive with a passion for problem solving - skills which will help you to produce clear, concise, and persuasive written reports with recommendations, to support the decisions of enforcement teams both inside and outside HMRC.
You’ll have autonomy over your own workload, creating products with an operational focus, and you’ll also have opportunity to work alongside tactical and strategic intelligence assessments. You’ll collaborate with staff of all grades as you learn to utilise and exploit all available information sources and subject matter knowledge, and working within the confines of legal process and structure.
Person specification
You’ll play an important role in our team of around 60 colleagues, and key responsibilities will include:
- Delivering assessments which enhance the development of intelligence and support criminal investigations.
- Using structured analytical approaches, tools, and techniques to produce clear, and persuasive briefings, written reports and visualisations that inform operational planning, and to make judgements and recommendations.
- Identifying risks, threats and vulnerabilities that can be exploited by criminals for financial gain.
- Working with case managers/officers and investigators to establish and define requirements, managing expectations, presenting outcomes, and ensuring timely delivery.
- Contributing to brainstorms, problem solves, critiquing reports and judgements during peer review.
- Improving the quality of analytical outputs by sharing learned knowledge and expertise.
- Representing FIA amongst the professional intelligence analysis peer group and across wider cross government profession.
How to apply
The assessment process for this vacancy comprises of 3 stages:
1.Online tests
Once you have completed the application form (basic information only, not assessed) you will need to pass 3 Civil Service online tests:
- Civil Service Numerical Reasoning test
- Civil Service Verbal Reasoning test
- Civil Service Judgement test
Then you will complete your CV.
2. Pre-recorded Strength questions
If you meet the minimum pass marks for the online tests, you will be invited to record your natural responses to a series of Strength-based questions via our video platform.
3. Interview
If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to an interview. This will be via Microsoft Teams with a panel of up to 3 people and will last up to 60 minutes, consisting of:
- A Technical analytical exercise (full details will be provided if you are shortlisted)
- Behaviour questions
See the Success Profiles framework for how we assess Behaviours, Strengths and Technical.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Analytical assessment (at interview)
Benefits
The calculation above is HMRC's annual contribution to your pension based on the national rate salary.
We offer a huge range of other benefits including:
- Hybrid home/office working pattern with flexibility to work up to two days a week from home.
- A flexi-time scheme allowing you to vary your start, finish, and break times as long as you work your total hours.
- Generous paid parental and adoption leave.
- 25 days annual leave in your first year, increasing by one day for each year’s qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
- Interest-free loans allowing you to spread the cost of an annual travel season ticket or a new bicycle.
Find more about HMRC benefits in our Your little extras booklet for further information, or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service.
About FIS
HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) is responsible for the department’s civil and criminal investigations into the most serious fraud and wrongdoing. FIS is home to a wide range of people with a variety of skills and professional backgrounds, including accountants, cybercrime specialists, counter fraud professionals, tax professionals and operational delivery support teams to name but a few. Working together as one team, we use a range of powers and approaches to protect funding for UK public services, investigate the most harmful tax frauds and criminals, and ensure that none are beyond our reach.
HMRC
HMRC is the UK’s tax, payments, and customs authority, and we have a vital purpose: we collect the money that pays for the UK’s public services and help families and individuals with targeted financial support. We are one of the UK’s largest organisations, with around 66,000 employees, collecting over £605 billion in tax revenue. There are a huge number or roles and areas of work, giving you unrivalled career development opportunities.
See what it’s like to work at HMRC
You can find out more on our careers website, or ask our colleagues a question (questions relating to this advert or an individual application must be sent to the Specialist Recruitment Team, details below).
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Linked vacancies
This vacancy is part of a joint campaign for the same role in another HMRC team (vacancy ID 298652, Trainee Intelligence Analyst Officer). Although linked, the two vacancies have different nationality and security clearance requirements, and are offered in different locations. If you don't meet the nationality requirements for one, you may still be able to apply for the other.
If you meet the nationality requirements for both vacancies and apply for both: your first online test scores will be banked and carry across to the second. If you are shortlisted, you will only need to be interviewed once but will be considered for both roles, according to your location preferences.
Vacancy timeline
Dates are provided as a guide only, and may change:
- Complete online tests/CV and submit application by 23:55 on Sunday 27 August (see top of advert).
- The Strengths video platform is expected to be live for 5 days from w/c 28 August.
- Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 23rd October.
Start date
Whilst every candidate is different, it’s helpful to have an idea of when you might start in the role. For planning purposes only, we anticipate successful candidates starting in post between mid-December 2023 and mid-January 2024.
Security Clearance is required for this role
In addition to the standard pre-employment checks for appointment into the Civil Service, you must pass National Security Vetting at Security Check (SC) clearance level. You will need to meet the minimum UK residency period as determined by the level of security vetting being undertaken, which for SC is 5 years UK residency prior to your vetting application. If you do not have a minimum of 5 years consecutive residency in the UK then your application will be rejected.
If you have any questions about this residency requirement, please contact Specialist Recruitment Team. For more information on the level of security checks we will carry out, review this information on security checks.
If you do not already hold SC, your security check will be in progress when you start in this role, and your formal offer will be conditional on subsequently passing. If you do not pass SC, you will not be able to remain in this role and HMRC will attempt to find an alternative role for you.
Eligibility
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. To check that you are eligible to apply, review this eligibility information.
Probation
If you join us as a new employee and have not worked in HMRC or the Civil Service, you are required to complete a 6-month probationary period. If you’ve worked in another part of government or another Government agency, where a probation period has already been successfully completed as a Civil Servant, or you have already completed your probation in HMRC, you might not need to undertake a probationary period, or it might be shorter than 6 months. Usually, where continuity of service is preserved or where you have other eligible periods of service, then any previous period of successfully completed probation will count towards the current period of probation.
Professional Trial Period
A condition of employment is the satisfactory progression through the 12-month Professional Trial Period (PTP). Successful applicants will be conditionally appointed for the duration of the PTP. Throughout this 12-month PTP, your progress against a set of pre-defined assessments for HMRC Intelligence Analysts will be evaluated and marked. You will need to pass the training examination process, but you have two attempts in total to do so. If you fail the exam a second time, you will automatically fail your PTP.
The PTP and your probation period will run concurrently. If you do not successfully complete your probation period and/or the PTP, your employment with HMRC may be terminated. Applicants who pass their probation period but fail the PTP may be offered alternative, less specialised roles within HMRC. The decision on whether you are offered one of these roles will be based on several factors including performance, behaviours, and location, and it may be at a lower grade.
The structure of the training programme includes several multi-day courses. Not all courses can be delivered in your home office location, so you may be required to travel and be away from home for up to a week at a time.
Reserve list
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles if this applies to you, we’ll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.
Reasonable Adjustments
We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition, or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.
If you need a reasonable adjustment or a change to be made so that you can make your application, review this information on reasonable adjustments, and contact [email protected] as soon as possible.
Equality and Diversity
We’re committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues here at HMRC. We want everyone to feel valued, supported and comfortable being their true self at work.
We’re proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer, supporting social mobility by giving opportunities to people from all walks of life, and reflective of the society that we serve. Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role.
We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and offer a range of flexible working patterns and support. Our aim is to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you.
For more information on how we make this happen, review this information on our culture and values.
Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.
We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible after considering operational and customer service needs. We can’t guarantee that we can meet all requests to work flexibly, as agreement will be subject to business ability to accommodate, and any request to work a more flexible arrangement should be made prior to your acceptance of the provisional offer.
Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process.
The Civil Service runs a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Locations
HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.
Further Information
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences.
Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application/s will be withdrawn from the process.
Duplicate applications for the same vacancy will also be withdrawn.
Transferring into HMRC from Civil Service If you are currently working for an ‘Other Government Department’ (OGD) and would like to consider the impact on your pay when joining HMRC, please see the attached document "Combined T&C and OGD Pay English”, found at the bottom of this advert. Further information on staff transfers can be found on gov.uk
Problems during the application process
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If you think you’ve made a mistake on a short application form (e.g. you’ve ticked the incorrect eligibility box), please contact [email protected] at least two working days before the vacancy closes. After this, we won’t be able to reopen your application.
Please use the subject line to insert appropriate wording e.g. Please re-open my application - 306192 & vacancy closing date 27th August 2023. Please note that we cannot amend or re-open your application if you have submitted your full application in the interests of fair and open recruitment.
For reasonable adjustments queries or requests, please see details within reasonable adjustments section above.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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