Assistant Investigator in Birmingham

Base salary: £32,050 pa to £37,700 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top of the base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. This means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As an Assistant Investigator at HS2, you will be responsible for managing an allocated caseload of both reactive and proactive non-complex alerts/investigations. Your duties will include:

• Assisting in undertaking fraud risk assessments into directed areas/processes both within HS2 and the supply chain.
• Presenting fraud awareness sessions within HS2 and the wider supply chain.
• Working a caseload of alerts from various proactive fraud identification systems to determine the causation of the alert, minimising further loss and seeking recovery where possible.
• Updating and entering all investigative actions and recommendations to third party systems/case management tracker.
• Managing an allocated caseload of investigations relating to alleged unethical behaviour.
• Supporting the Counter Fraud and Business Ethics Team on complex cases under investigation.
• Collaborating with other investigatory, compliance, audit and law enforcement bodies.
• Collating and producing reports highlighting the CBFE team’s performance.
• Actively promoting and embedding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work.

About You

Skills:

• Ability to communicate effectively at different levels and provide concise and professional advice.
• Ability to conduct compliance/ethics or fraud investigations.
• Ability to interpret and evaluate information gathered during investigations.
• Ability to work with stakeholders at all levels to manage conflicts and conduct difficult discussions/interviews.
• Analytical skills and ability to undertake multiple investigations contemporaneously.
• Ability to produce and present information to a variety of stakeholders.

Knowledge:

• Professional accreditation in investigations discipline e.g. Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Counter Fraud Investigator Apprenticeship (level 4).
• Professional Investigations Programme - Level 2 (PIP), Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist (ACFS – Expert).
• Advanced Professional Certificate in Investigative Practice (APCIP), Professionalism in Security Management (PINS).

Type of experience:

• Post qualification experience of working in an investigation environment.
• Experience conducting interviews of both suspect and witness, as well as taking statements.
• Experience of investigation report writing resulting from internal HR investigations/criminal investigations.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application; however, we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review.

HS2 Ltd will be the UK’s new high-speed rail network, improving capacity, shortening journey times, boosting the economy and creating thousands of jobs. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff, living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by following safe working procedures at all times.