View Vacancy - Assistant to the HMRC Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer (HUN19.204)
The British Embassy in Budapest, Hungary 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 Officer Assistant for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer.
HMRC is the UK’s tax and customs administration. HMRC is responsible for collecting tax revenue on behalf of the UK government, making sure that money is available to fund the UK’s public services and for helping families and individuals with targeted financial support. HMRC is also charged with closing the tax gap and reducing avoidance and evasion. This role involves providing essential office support functions to enable the Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer to operate lawfully and effectively. This is an exciting and challenging role, and the successful candidate will be working in a fast-moving team environment where time critical actions are crucial to success. The Liaison Office is fully committed to the professional development and training of its staff. The successful candidate will join a dynamic team working at the forefront of the fight against organised crime, tax fraud and international money laundering. Reporting to the HM Revenue & Customs Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer, the jobholder will play a pivotal role in facilitating the flow of data between UK-based investigators and key partners within the Hungarian law-enforcement community. The post is based in Budapest, and will involve travel throughout Hungary and sometimes abroad. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent organisational skills, and a practical approach to multi-tasking and problem solving, as well as the ability to quickly grasp complex issues. They will develop an understanding of HMRC strategic priorities on fiscal crime and how we are working to promote them within country.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist the Liaison Officer in gathering relevant information from a wide range of sources; disseminating this information in an accurate and timely manner via clear and concise reports to UK colleagues or via official letters to Hungarian Law Enforcement Agencies. Prioritising their workload against case priorities and being mindful of the requirements of UK & Hungarian legislation;
- Conduct office administration duties under the supervision of the Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer. Duties include record management, vehicle management, maintaining office accounts, planning travel and organising one off events. Must be able to follow standard operating procedures and written processes with minimal supervision;
- Provide both spoken and written translation services for the Liaison Officer when communicating with officials from Hungarian government agencies and ministries. Dealing with senior officials from all levels of government in a professional manner and travel in Hungary and sometimes abroad for official meetings.
- Excellent IT skills – advanced skills in MS products & interrogation / maintenance of databases are desirable;
- Fluent oral and written English and Hungarian;
- Ability to process and understand large amounts of data and information; turning this into concise and accurate reports;
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and confidence in dealing with senior level people;
- Experience of translating in a high pressure environment;
- Constructive, positive and service orientated attitude;
- Experience of working in an area with a high level of personal responsibility and has a track record of being accountable for own actions / decisions;
- Excellent organisational skills for document and record management;
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and to prioritise workloads where required;
- Ability to respect the confidentiality of work issues and understands the personal and professional consequences of lapses in security;
- Flexible approach to work and travel; this may include travel at short notice, weekends and on public holidays.
- Education to university level;
- Working in similar position or previous relevant experience would be an advantage.
This is a two year fixed-term contract, with possibility of renewal. It is a full-time position of 5 days (35 hours net) per week.
Working hours are flexible and staff are entitled to time-off-in-lieu for extra hours worked.
The successful candidate will be subject to confirmation of a background check and security clearance. You must have pre-existing work authorisation for Hungary in order to apply.
Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy are subject to terms and conditions of service according to Hungarian employment law.
Visa/passport requirements: the successful applicant must currently hold the independent right to live and work in Hungary 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 Diplomatic Missions are not able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor costs connected with relocation if offered a job.
This opportunity is closed to applications.
