Assistant Investigator

Job Description

G14 – internal promotions will be aligned to the pay policy.

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 – check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, 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.

About The Role

As an Assistant Investigator at HS2 you will be responsible for managing an allocated caseload of both reactive and proactive non‑complex alerts/investigations, undertaking fraud risk assessments into directed areas/processes both within HS2 and the supply chain, and presenting fraud awareness sessions within HS2 and the wider supply chain.

• Working a caseload of alerts from various proactive fraud identification systems with a view to determining 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 in a timely manner an allocated caseload (appropriate to experience) of investigations relating to alleged unethical behaviour.
• Supporting the Counter Fraud and Business Ethics Team, as and when directed, on complex cases under investigation, undertaking fraud risk assessments and creating and delivering fraud risk awareness sessions both within HS2 and the wider supply chain.
• Collaborating with other investigatory, compliance, audit and law enforcement bodies, both internally and externally.
• Collating and producing reports highlighting and demonstrating the CBFE team’s performance that will be used both internally and externally.
• Actively promoting and embedding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and supporting and complying with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

Skills & About You

• Ability to communicate effectively at different levels and provide concise and professional advice to the required audience.
• Ability to conduct compliance / ethics or fraud investigations.
• Ability to interpret and evaluate information gathered during investigations, drawing conclusions in relation to offences / breaches and to provide recommendations.
• Ability to work with stakeholders at all levels to manage conflicts and conduct difficult discussions / interviews and close matters in a timely manner.
• Analytical skills and ability to undertake multiple investigations concurrently which are running at different speeds and in an ever‑changing environment.
• Ability to produce and present information to a variety of stakeholders, whilst enabling succinct investigation reports to be produced with minimal amendment.

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, and the identification of lessons learned and recommendations.

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. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated Word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process – YouTube.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs. HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. 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.

In practice, 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.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety‑critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.