Case Progression Officer

The SFO supports the UK’s prosperity and global market position by promoting stable business conditions through investigating and prosecuting serious and complex fraud, bribery and corruption and money laundering. Our mission is to reduce the harm caused by high level economic crime, and preserve and enhance the reputation of the UK as a safe place to do business. We do that by taking on a selected number of large complex cases for investigation and, where appropriate, prosecution or judicially supervised disposal. We also pursue criminals for recovery of unlawful financial gains. We are unique in that we both investigate and prosecute offenders and have special legal powers to enable us to do this.

Working within one of the Operational Business Areas, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team investigating cases of serious and complex fraud, corruption or proceeds of crime. As a Case Progression Officer, you will be responsible for the management and control of all case material for the cases assigned to you. Alongside administrative duties, you should expect to attend court to assist Counsel during trials and to help with the logistics of planning search operations. You will be an efficient and reliable administrator, proactive in supporting your team and capable of managing and prioritising multiple tasks to meet tight deadlines. This is a mobile grade and may involve travel and time spent away from home attending SFO trials around the country.

This is a collaborative role, so you will enjoy interacting with people and be proficient in communicating across a range of audiences. Above all you will need to possess an enthusiastic and positive attitude, working closely with the team to ensure all case documentation and related finance matters are efficiently processed and in order.

As a Case Progression Officer you will be responsible for:

• To be responsible for the management and control of electronic and hard copy case material throughout the life of the case. The SFO uses internal systems to achieve this. Responsible for the upload of evidential material to the Crown Court and Civil Court Digital Systems.
• To prepare documentary evidence, hard copy core court bundles, transfer of evidence formal notices, applications and others, for service in consultation with the case team.
• To prepare evidential material by watermarking, linking and combining statements and exhibits in a digital format, converting and bundling documents using Adobe and Axcelerate. To serve and file evidential material using USBs or Egress Workspace. When a case goes to trial, to be responsible for pre-trial practical arrangements such as liaising with the Crown Court regarding accommodation for trial counsel/SFO case team, ensuring IT is set up correctly, arranging couriers to transport documents /IT equipment and assisting prosecution counsel and SFO case team at court as required
• To liaise and work with the Witness Care Officer as required

For more information about the role and for a full list of key responsibilities, please see attached Job Pack.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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

Application Process:

You will first need to successfully complete the Civil Service Verbal test. Following this, as part of the application process you will be required to provide:

• A personal statement of no more than 500 words that explains how your skills and experience meet each of the essential experience criteria as listed in the job pack.

"Experience of working in law enforcement within a casework environment" is a lead criteria; this criteria will be assessed first and candidates who do not meet the required standard will not have the remainder of their application considered.

• A supporting CV outlining your job history and qualifications.

It will not be possible to provide feedback to applicants who are unsuccessful at the application stage.

Interview stage

Behaviours and experience criteria as outlined in the job pack will be tested at interview.

Full details of the interview process will be made available to shortlisted candidates in the invite to interview.

Sift to take place from 28 October

Interviews are expected to take place from 9 November

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. To be eligible you must meet the following residency requirements dependent of the level of security vetting required:

• SC: 5 years residency in the United Kingdom preceding this application.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.