Senior Criminal Enforcement Officer – Bureau, Online and Innovation (BOI) - £41,075 p.a. + benefits
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
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We are currently looking for a Senior Criminal Enforcement Officer to join our Criminal Enforcement Unit Function within the Safety and Surveillance group.
This is a full-time opportunity, on a permanent basis. The role will be home based with the potential of working from one of our London sites – Canary Wharf London E14 4PU / Potters Bar London EN6 3QG. This post will require some occasional travel within the UK. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas.
Who are we?
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research.
MHRA’s Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) is a multi-disciplinary function that sits within the Safety and Surveillance Group. The Group brings together into a single integrated structure devices and medicines safety expertise with criminal enforcement capabilities. The CEU takes action to protect the public by preventing, disrupting and detecting the illegal trade in human medicines and medical devices.
In public health terms, it is likely that the illegal trade in medicines is the cause of significant, often largely unreported, harm to the UK public. The MHRA is one of a very small number of regulators globally equipped with a dedicated criminal enforcement capability. The CEU works in partnership with cross-sector partners at home and abroad to defeat the illegal trade – protecting the public and maintaining regulatory integrity.
The strategic aim of the CEU is to reduce or remove the criminal threat to the public from medicrime (medicines and medical devices-related offending). It does this by maintaining an accurate understanding of the nature and dimensions of the threat, and leading, supporting and coordinating innovative and impactful threat reduction interventions.
The CEU has five teams, each reporting to a Senior Manager, split between two Commands (‘Intelligence and Innovation’ and ‘Investigation and Disruption’) led by a respective head. The two heads of Command report directly to the Deputy Director Criminal Enforcement.
Job description
The Criminal Enforcement Unit (CEU) is a dedicated law enforcement function within the MHRA, leading interventions to tackle the most serious criminal threats to the public from the illegal sale and supply of medicines and medical devices.
This is a multi-disciplinary role and you could be involved in a variety of criminal enforcement activities.
Key responsibilities:
All SCEO roles in BOI share the following core responsibilities:
- The delivery of strategic and tactical criminal threat reduction interventions.
- Leading and participating in multi-disciplinary teams to develop and deliver threat reduction interventions.
- Lead, own and deliver projects or portfolio responsibilities as required.
- Line managing and supervising direct reports.
Person specification
Our successful candidate will have experience in the following areas:
- Recent experience in a criminal or regulatory enforcement background.
- Leading and contributing to the delivery of innovation projects and portfolio responsibilities to enhance criminal enforcement.
- Supervising multiple operational support functions including criminal enforcement deployments and responding to crime and incident referrals.
- Coordinating responses to external requests including Freedom of Information, DPA, Parliamentary Questions and press.
- Developing and maintaining strong working relationships across internal departments, external stakeholders and law enforcement agencies.
If you would like to find out more about this fantastic opportunity, please read our Job Description and Person Specification!
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Benefits
- Annual Leave: 25 days annual leave on entry, rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff. PLUS 8 bank holidays
- Privilege Leave: 1 day
- Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff
- Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): One month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of five months full pay/five months half pay
- Mobility: Mobility clause in contracts allowing staff to be mobile across the Civil Service
- Civil Service Pension Scheme. Please see the link for further information http://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/ For enquiries relating to the Civil Service Pension Schemes please contact MyCSP's Pension Service Centre directly on 0300 123 6666
- Flexible working to ensure staff maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Interest free season ticket loan or bike loan
- Employee Assistance Services and access to the Civil Service Benevolent Fund
- Eligibility to join the Civil Service Motoring Association (CSMA)
- Variety of staff and Civil Service clubs
- On-going learning and development
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Selection process details
We use the Civil Service Success Profiles to assess our candidates, find out more here.
- Online application form, including questions based on the Behavior, Experience and Technical Success Profiles. Please ensure all application questions are completed in full; your application may not be considered if any responses are left blank. Our applications are CV blind, and our Hiring Managers will not be able to access your CV when reviewing your application.
- Interview, which can include questions based on the Behavior, Experience, Technical and Strengths Success Profiles.
In the instance that we receive a high number of applications, we will hold an initial sift based on the lead criteria of having recent experience in a criminal or regulatory enforcement background.
Applicants are assessed on whether they meet any mandatory requirements as well as the necessary skills and experience for the role. Applications are scored based on the competency-based answers provided- ensure you have read these thoroughly and allow sufficient time. You can view the competencies for this role in the job description.
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Applicants must ensure that anything submitted is factually accurate and truthful. Plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
If you require any disability related adjustments at any point during the process, please contact careers@mhra.gov.uk as soon as possible.
Closing date: 6th December 2024
Shortlisting date: from 10th December 2024
Interview date: from 6th January 2025
Candidates will be contacted within a week of the sift and the interviews completed to inform them of the outcome.
If you need assistance applying for this role or have any other questions, please contact careers@mhra.gov.uk
Candidates will be subject to UK immigration requirements as well as Civil Service nationality rules. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check as well as animal rights and pro-life activism checks. People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Any move to the MHRA 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 here.
Successful candidates may be subject to annual Occupational Health reviews dependent on role requirements. If you have any queries, please contact careers@mhra.gov.uk.
In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of selection for appointment on the basis of merit by a fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should firstly contact Mira Mepa, Head of Recruitment and Operations, Mira.Mepa@mhra.gov.uk.
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk
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