About the job

Job summary

The Insolvency Service is a leading Government agency which plays a crucial role in providing essential services to the public and to business. The work we do is important to the proper functioning of markets, the economy in general and support for thousands of people each year who are in financial difficulty.

Our Investigation & Enforcement Services Directorate (IES) aims to deliver and promote a range of investigation and enforcement activities both civil and criminal in nature, to tackle financial wrongdoing. We do this by enforcing the statutory company and insolvency regimes, maintaining public confidence in those regimes, and reducing the harm caused to victims of fraudulent activity and to the business community. IES contributes to the agency’s objective of ‘delivering economic confidence’ in the main by ‘tackling financial wrongdoing’ and does so in close cooperation with colleagues from our Official Receiver Services and Legal Services Directorates.

As a result of recent changes to legislation and separately, an expansion in our remit to support a cross-government  anti-money laundering priority, over the next two years we will be substantially growing our criminal investigation and intelligence capability.

This is a new training lead role within IES that has been created to build the resilience we will require to grow these functions. Supported by and reporting to one of our Chief  Investigators for Criminal Investigations, the post-holder will have responsibility for designing, developing and implementing a new training strategy to support our criminal investigators, managers and intelligence analysts. 

Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups under-represented in our workforce. The Insolvency Service strives to ensure that the agency is a safe, inclusive, and welcoming place for everybody to bring their true self to work and to help the agency to achieve its diversity objectives. We have 7 employee network groups available to join or become an ally, these include LGBT+, FACES, Break the Stigma, Disability & Health, Part Time Workers, Women’s, and Carers.

We offer part-time, full-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people. We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about, whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.

The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career.

Job description

This is a new and exciting post within IES, in which you will have the opportunity to influence and shape our learning programme, playing a part in ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of technical training across our criminal investigation and potentially our wider investigative  disciplines.

You will be responsible for ensuring that our criminal investigators, managers and leaders have the capability we need to deliver our business priorities as these functions grow.

You will work with colleagues across the agency, notably   investigation leads within our crime discipline, the directorate business development team and People & Communication directorate partners in Capability and the Business Partnering teams.

The post will also provide an opportunity to liaise with colleagues from other parts of the Civil Service, to ensure that what we deliver is aligned with Government Counter Fraud Profession (GCFP) standards and wider Civil Service requirements.

This role would suit someone who has experience in developing discrete areas of learning within the criminal investigative discipline. 

The successful candidate will have  the opportunity to:

• Lead and have responsibility for the design and implementation of the training strategy, developing a  strategy document and a roadmap to set out how the directorate will achieve its plan
• Introduce trainee and/or apprentice training courses for criminal investigators and potentially across our wider investigation teams   
• Develop, administer and secure the delivery of in-house technical training, ensuring that all training developed meets the CPD training requirements for our criminal investigators
• You will be working with colleagues at all levels within IES and peers across the agency to ensure there is access to learning opportunities which will enable colleagues to take forward their own professional, career and personal development
• Creating and updating materials and guidance as required for the ongoing development and successful delivery of our  training programme for criminal investigators
• Work with business leads and subject matter experts to identify technical training requirement and develop bespoke training  courses and seminars
• Developing and undertaking quality assurance, standardisation and continual evaluation activities in relation to our  training regime
• Sourcing training through external partners and liaising with providers and internal/external presenters as to the delivery of courses
• Providing support and advice to learners and assessors/ line managers (e.g. facilitating learner support events) to ensure learners have the maximum opportunity for successful completion of their probation and learning programme
• Working with the training budget holder and Finance Business Partner to prioritise training activity and monitor training spend against budget

The post is full time. However, part time applicants will be considered subject to a minimum 30 hours per work, which is considered the minimum required to meet the demands of the role. 

Person specification

Essential skills:

• Experience of having designed or delivered a training strategy or programme  
• Knowledge of criminal investigation best practice, including CPIA and and disclosure requirements 
• Ability to respond quickly, flexibly and effectively to tight deadlines, including an ability to handle multiple competing workstreams
• Strong interpersonal skills, with an ability to engage, challenge and influence senior managers and internal stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Well developed presentation or representation skills with a willingness to present at or facilitate training events 
• Project management skills and/or excellent planning and coordinating skills

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £41,880, Insolvency Service contributes £11,307 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a 500-word Personal Statement and Behaviours. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. Your personal statement should be no more than 500 words and should explain how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.

Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the Personal Statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

We will test your behaviours and experience as part of the sift process, if successful you will be invited to a short interview where we will test your behaviours and experience. Full details of the selection process will be made available to shortlisted candidates once the sift has been completed. 
 
Expected Timeline (subject to change)
Sift – w/c 15/01/2024
Interview – w/c 29/01/2024
Location - MS Teams 
Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process.

Further Information

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Any move to Insolvency from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Transforming Workplaces

The Insolvency Service is currently delivering an exciting five-year transformation project that started in April 2022 which will define our future direction supporting a gradual migration to a Regional Centre model combined with smarter ways of working. As part of this, transforming our estate will align us with the government modernisation programmes making The Insolvency Service a great place to work.  

We are letting you know about our future plans because if you are joining the Insolvency Service and are recruited into an office over the next five years that is not one of the Regional Centres, you will be expected to move to one of the Regional Centres in the future. This move would not attract financial assistance.   

The 11 Regional Centres are : Birmingham, Cardiff, Croydon, Edinburgh, Exeter, Ipswich, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Stratford.

Hybrid Working

Insolvency Service operates a hybrid working policy subject to business need, giving people the flexibility to choose when and where they work and collaborate with others.

Individuals are expected to work from one of the office locations stated in the advert to connect with their colleagues, as required by their role and business team needs. There is flexibility to split the working week, spending a minimum of 60% in the workplace, which includes the office, site visits, court etc.

Reasonable Adjustment

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. 

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: 

Contact Government Recruitment Service via insolvencyrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. 

Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section in the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run 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.