Intelligence Officer

Permanent, Part Time 22.2 hours per week (2-3 days).

Based at City Hall, College Green, with some home working.

If you are interested in ‘protecting the public purse’ and have an ‘enquiring mind’ and strong attention to detail, this could be the role for you. This is an opportunity to join Bristol City Council’s Counter Fraud and Investigation Team, based in Internal Audit. The team leads the fight against fraud by:

• Investigating cases of suspected fraud
• Carrying out proactive exercises to detect fraud
• Ensuring appropriate action is taken where fraud is found
• Working with services to prevent fraud.

The Intelligence Officer role is key in supporting this work. Under the direction of either the Audit Manager – Counter Fraud & Investigations or Senior Investigator, you would be contributing to the delivery of real financial savings as well as stopping fraud in its tracks.

You will be required to:

• Record and maintain up-to-date case records
• Interrogate Council systems
• Gather intelligence from other internal and external sources of information
• Analyse and review output from proactive fraud exercises
• Support investigation work as required
• Respond to requests for information from other enforcement and investigation agencies including the police, Department of Work and Pensions, and other local authorities.

You would need to have:

• Good IT skills, across standard Microsoft platforms (Excel and Word)
• A good aptitude for learning different systems
• Ability to analyse and present data
• Some understanding of investigation work and ideally knowledge of local authority fraud.

Please note that the post is subject to a Basic – Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast-moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles, hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice – mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

We’re a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We’ll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

For an informal discussion about the position please contact Louise Lee.

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from young people, Black and racially minoritised, disabled, and LGBTQ candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.

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