Intelligence Officer
Intelligence Officer
£32,418 - £34,209pa
About us
Newham is a vibrant inner-city borough with excellent transport links to the rest of London and South-East England, including Kent, Essex, Surrey and Middlesex. Proud to be home to one of the youngest and most diverse cultures across the country; 72% of the borough’s population are from BAME communities, contributing to 220 languages being spoken in the area.
Boasting iconic landmarks such as, Green Street, the Olympic Park, Westfield Shopping Centre and the University of East London, Newham is changing rapidly; benefiting from significant investment, creating new jobs, homes and opportunities for all. Newham is an exciting and challenging Borough with high aspirations, committed to putting people at the heart of everything we do.
We are looking for an Intelligence Officer to join our new and dynamic team of fraud investigators and be responsible for the efficient and effective coordination of intelligence gathering, assisting with investigations and providing data analysis; as well as leading on our right to buy verification checks.
An eye for detail, problem solving skills and being able to effectively analyse information will be key to this role. As well as your ability to effectively manage your time working on a number and range of projects will be essential to meet deadlines whilst understanding the needs, timescales and deadlines of others.
With a new leadership team and a collective ethos of improvement, we want to forge a new path at Newham. Ultimately, this is about making everyday life better for over 350,000 people across the borough, as well as millions of workers and visitors.
You’ll have a professional outlook and presence, along with experience in delivering projects in a fast paced, customer focused environment. You’ll have a basic understanding of criminal investigations, managing material obtained and relevant legislation.
The Council is committed to a zero tolerance approach to fraud and the Intelligence Officer role will work with Fraud Investigators to be proactive in identifying and investigating tenancy fraud, corporate fraud and non-benefit related frauds committed against the Council
Closing Date - 25th November 2020
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Additional Information
The London Borough of Newham is a Disability Confident employer. Candidates who declare that they have a disability in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 and meet the essential criteria as specified in the Job Profile will be guaranteed an interview.
Priority consideration on all advertised roles will be given to London Borough of Newham Redeployees.
The London Borough of Newham is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please be aware that a Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) check will be required for any position with access to these groups under the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
In addition, the Authority reserves the right to request employees undertake a basic disclosure check (Disclosure Scotland) where required for the role this includes anyone who has access to (or information obtained directly from) a government database, or has a GCSX account. These posts will be required to have a Basic Disclosure Scotland check as per the requirements of BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standards).
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