Senior Crime Reviewer x2
Post Title: Senior Crime Reviewer x2
Contract type: Permanent
Rank/grade: E
Salary: Starting Salary E Grade £40,910 plus £6,710 London Weighting
Directorate/department: NFIB – Crime Services
Vetting level required: MV/SC (find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels)
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This role is open to all Police Staff / external candidates who meet the essential criteria of the person spec, regardless of current grade.
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
Who are we?
As City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, one of the most important and dynamic environments in the UK and globally. London City is the smallest borough in London, so does that make our job any less challenging? Absolutely not – because there’s so much going on.
City of London Police play a vital role in keeping the City of London diverse community safe. As a Police Staff Member you will be helping to making the city safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work and visit the City.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equality of opportunities and continuously strive for inclusivity within our Force. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly from those with disabilities and long-term conditions, those with Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds, female candidates, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
About the team
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) sits alongside Action Fraud within the City of London Police which is the National policing lead for economic crime.
The NFIB receives all the Action Fraud’s reports. Millions of reports of fraud and cybercrime are used by the NFIB to identify serial offenders, organised crime groups and find emerging crime types.
What the NFIB do with Action Fraud reports
- The reports are assessed and analysed by NFIB experts.
- Data matching allows reports from different parts of the country to be linked through analysis, identifying the criminals behind the frauds.
- Reports are sent to local police forces/law enforcement agencies for investigation.
- Bank accounts, websites and phone numbers which are used by fraudsters can be taken down by the NFIB.
- Not every report results in an investigation, but every report helps to build a clear picture. This contributes to making the UK a more hostile place for fraudsters to operate in and helps to keep other potential victims safe.
The NFIB gets it data through three main channels
- Reports from individuals and small businesses (coming either directly or via a police force) made to Action Fraud on the phone or online.
- Fraud data from industry and the public sector which includes banking, insurance, telecommunications and government departments.
- A variety of intelligence sources including, but not limited to, national and international police crime/intelligence systems.
About the role
To manage a team of Crime Reviewers and be responsible for their training, professional development, and recruitment.To be responsible for the day-to-day review, assessment, quality assurance and dissemination of crime function for the NFIB.This would include monitoring crime trends and making referrals to other business areas within the NFIB.
The Senior Crime Reviewer will take responsibility for working with the fraud & cybercrime reporting system to ensure that the reviewers have the required functionality from the system to do their job.Identify and broker any potentially complementary data sets for ingest into the system to improve the quality of products produced.This person would also work with cross sector partners in the fraud & cybercrime landscape to share knowledge and contribute towards joint action to prevent these crime types.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will be:
- Responsible for the crime review function, providing leadership and support for a team of crime reviewers so that they can deliver their role
- Day to day management for the completion of the review function, professional guidance on what steps to take in reviewing a network, give prioritisation and direction as well as quality assuring the output and determining where the product needs to go.
- Devise, maintain, review, and manage the standard operating procedures used by the reviewers.They will also take the lead in representing the crime review function in review of the scoring model.
- Responsible for audit of work carried out and the creation and management of performance management statistics for both internal and external purposes.
- Oversee the receipt and record of referrals from Action Fraud daily, ensuring appropriate procedures are in place and complied with, they will be the first point of query for technical guidance from the crime reviewers and they will record all discovered issues and lead on the engagement with the NFIB IT providers to resolve them.
Requirements
For this role, we need you to have experience of:
- Ability to quickly assess complex crime summaries and decide upon required steps.
- Good decision-making skills and the ability to communicate decisions to stakeholder groups and effectively manage their expectations.
- Good supervisory skills to manage a team of Crime Reviewers and Police Officers.
- Experience of fraud and cybercrime investigation is preferable.
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK.
If you would like to discuss the role please contact: DI David Box (David.box@cityoflondon.police.uk)
Selection Process
As part of the initial application process, you will be asked to evidence how your experience, skills, and knowledge demonstrate your ability to meet the person specification of the role.
The application and interview will be tested under Level 2 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
The closing date for applications is 25th May 2025 at 23:59pm
Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, to be held week commencing 2nd June 2025.
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Benefits:
- LGPS Pension Scheme -Local Government Pension Scheme explained - Which?
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme -Welcome to Blue Light Card
- Discounts within the Square Mile specifically for City of London Police employees
- Free access to our Force Gym (with dedicated time for female colleagues throughout the week), Personal Training Instructors with a range of specialisms, and a large variety of fitness and wellbeing programmes
- 29 days’ annual leave + bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with continuous service
- Season Ticket Loans
- Cycle to Work Scheme
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it’s vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
The Force has a number of Staff Support Networks that can offer you support and advice. Applicants are very welcome to contact the networks directly if they need any support or ask any question before they apply. For further information on the networks and their contact details please visit: