View Vacancy - Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer Assistant (NLD19.225)
The British Embassy in The Hague is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking to recruit a full-time Liaison Support Officer for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer (FCLO).
HMRC is the UK’s tax and customs authority and is responsible for making sure that money is available to fund the UK’s public services and for helping families and individuals with targeted financial support. We do this by collecting tax and customs duties on behalf of the UK government from the honest majority of UK taxpayers as well as bearing down on those that commit tax evasion and fraud. HMRC’s overseas network of FCLOs is an integral part of the way that we do this.
This role involves providing essential support functions to enable the FCLO to operate effectively and lawfully. This is an exciting and challenging role, and you will be working in a fast-moving environment where time critical actions are crucial to success.
The successful candidate will join a dynamic, global team working at the forefront of the fight against organised crime, tax fraud and international money laundering. Reporting directly to the FCLO, you will play a pivotal role in facilitating the flow of information between UK-based investigators and key partners within the region’s tax, customs and law enforcement community.
The role will be varied however, the successful candidate will take a lead on operational support to the FCLO. This will require an aptitude to analyse a wide range of information, and prepare draft reports of findings and conclusions often within challenging time frames. This aptitude may be tested as part of the selection process at interview stage.
The role will involve the following core responsibilities:
Gathering relevant information from a wide range of sources, identifying and analysing the impact of this on the UK and regional partners and then disseminating the information in an accurate and timely manner.
Engaging with local and international partners on behalf of the FCLO in a professional manner, mindful that they represent the UK government.
Searching and monitoring open source and media reporting to identify anything relevant to the aims of HMRC in region.
Under supervision of the FCLO, working closely with all partners in the British Embassy The Hague and the wider British Government presence in the region to advance the aims of HMRC.
Manage the Liaison Office on behalf of the FCLO. Duties include: record management; maintaining office accounts; planning outward and inward visits in the region and, on occasion, organising events.
Play an active part in the British Embassy The Hague including representing the FCLO at key meetings.
Excellent organisational skills and a practical approach to multi-tasking and problem solving as well as the ability to quickly grasp complex issues.
Strong IT skills – interrogation and maintenance of databases as well a good skills in all MS products.
Ability to process and understand large amounts of data and information; turning this into concise and accurate reports.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Excellent organisational skills for document and record management.
Ability to work with minimal supervision, prioritise workloads and be accountable for own actions and decisions.
A clear understanding of the need for confidentiality in this area of work as well the consequences of personal and professional lapses in security.
Fluent written and spoken English and Dutch.
Experience of working in a law enforcement or intelligence environment.
Project management skills.
Experience of engaging with senior stakeholder on a regular basis.
Full driving license.
The successful candidate will initially be offered a 12 month fixed-term contract at A2 level. The base salary for this position is € 3,020.71 gross per month, based on a working week of 36 hours. In addition, an 8% annual holiday bonus and a monthly travel allowance are payable. The Embassy currently applies a performance based bonus pay model for local staff.
Applicants must be legally entitled to work in The Netherlands.
The successful candidate will undergo a professional background check; Any job offer is also provisional to a successful security clearance check.
The Embassy encourages a culture of continuous learning. All employees have access to the Civil Service Learning platform which gives access to training to improve job specific skills. Employees are entitled to a minimum number of annual training days.
Visa/passport requirements: Must currently hold the independent right to live and work in The Netherlands and be prepared to ensure that right remains throughout the scope of the contract.
Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”. We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.
Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.
Please be advised that the British Embassy will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a position.
This opportunity is closed to applications.
