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Can you work with overseas partners and internal stakeholders to achieve a shared goal?

If so, then this role within the International Mutual Assistance Team (IMAT) could be just the one for you!

IMAT sits within the Fiscal Crime Liaison Network (FCLN). We handle formal requests between HMRC and authorities worldwide relating to Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) and Mutual Administrative Assistance (MAA) for evidential and intelligence purposes

Job description

• You will direct and guide both HMRC officers and overseas authorities to effectively manage a range of Mutual Assistance requests.
• Proactively manage your own caseload of mutual assistance requests, working within policies to deadlines, balancing the requirements of multiple investigations.
• You will work closely with various stakeholders, such as Solicitors, Policy and the Fiscal Crime Liaison Network, to provide accurate and timely responses.
• Occasional travel within the UK will be required including stays away from your home office to obtain witness statements and/or attend court hearings.

Person specification

You will have:

• Experience of making sound, well-reasoned decisions at pace, with the ability to respond to real-time events, considering relevant legislation, the impacts on the team, HMRC and Civil Service reputation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and professional outlook to represent HMRC; meeting with subjects to obtain witness statements, engaging and leading meetings with external stakeholders on behalf of the team. A high degree of tact and diplomacy is also required to represent HMRC to a variety of law enforcement agencies, foreign embassy officials, legal representatives, witnesses, and suspects both in the UK and abroad.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. These are vital, including the ability to communicate with foreign agencies and stakeholders, prepare witness statements, make accurate entries in case management systems, and produce clear, concise, and logical case reports for transmission to requesting foreign authorities.
• Demonstrate high levels of commitment and flexibility to deliver in an ambiguous environment.
• Experience of or the ability to confidently deal face to face with members of the public and/or trade, professionally representing HMRC.
• Experience of or the ability to upskill in International Mutual assistance operations within the criminal justice environment. Have or ability to build knowledge of international criminal investigations and proceedings, in support of all HMRC functions for evidential and intelligence purposes, to promote our relationships and strategies worldwide.
• Experience of or the ability to obtain Witness Statements in accordance with relevant legislation and policy and/or submitting applications under RIPA 2000.
• Candidates need to have already undertaken or be willing to undertake and successfully pass the Intel Foundation Course, as is standard across Intelligence Services and to support the skills required for the role.

Essential Criteria

To be considered for this role, your application must demonstrate all of the following skills, which are essential due to the complex casework involved and the requirement to interview witnesses and represent HMRC within the international community:

• Experience of making sound decisions and critical thinking.
• Experience of managing multiple stakeholders and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships.
• Excellent interpersonal and workload organisation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent IT skills with the ability to navigate various systems to accurately deduce intelligence as required.
• Ability, confidence and professional outlook to represent HMRC during in person interactions.

Behaviours

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

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

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,423, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £10,262 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

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Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

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

How to Apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

• A 500 word Job History section. Use this to outline your last three roles, plus any others you feel are relevant. Include a brief description of your responsibilities and achievements, aligned to the role. Do not exceed the wordcount above - anything you submit over the stated wordcount will not be reviewed.
• A Personal Statement of up to 750 words. Use this to provide evidence of how you meet the essent