Senior Human Intelligence Officer

If youre interested in making a difference to peoples lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.

We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a cross-government hub bringing people together to tackle key national issues while working closer to the communities we serve.

The Sensitive Intelligence Unit oversees the management, development, and distribution of OFSIs intelligence. The Human Intelligence Unit (HIU) manages all HUMINT and Whistleblower material for OFSI. It collaborates with various government and law enforcement partners to share, evaluate, protect, and advance this information. The HIU also sets standards and oversees governance related to HUMINT and Whistleblower material, aiming to identify and disrupt the most serious cases of financial sanctions circumvention, evasion, and breaches.

Personal Specification:

• Provide leadership and managerial oversight to one HEO, ensuring the effective management and assessment of intelligence derived from HUMINT and Whistleblower material.
• Identify new and manage ongoing relationships with law enforcement and government partners that operate in the HUMINT and Whistleblower space.
• Ensure OFSI operates and complies with all necessary legislation by maintaining, reviewing and updating operational policy to ensure that HUMINT and Whistleblowing material is stored, handled and disseminated in line with legislation and policy.
• Identify and confidently lead on key debriefing opportunities, ensuring that operational policy is followed to ensure the safety of OFSI Officers.
• Proactively seek new opportunities to improve HIU capabilities in the HUMINT and Whistleblowing space.

We are looking for candidates with proven expertise in intelligence operations who demonstrate strong leadership abilities and are prepared to contribute immediately. Ideal applicants will exemplify our organisation's values and display a genuine motivation to become part of our team. This role provides a unique opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of sanctions, a complex and sensitive policy area, and understand their connection to criminal and civil enforcement, as well as broader HMG national security goals. You will lead on high-profile casework, collaborating with a range of senior stakeholders and deliver at pace in a dynamic environment.

Owing to the sensitive nature of this post, it is only open to UK Nationals. You will need to have or be willing to obtain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance. Candidates may start in post once Security Check (SC) security clearance is obtained, while DV is in progress.

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date for applications to find out more about the job, please contact [email protected]

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Application Stage

Application Form

Applications should consist of a CV including your employment history, and a 250-word statement demonstrating evidence of each of the below shortlisting criteria. Your CV and employment history wont be scored. Its used to give context to your application and support discussions at interview.

The panel will review applications and invite those that best demonstrate evidence of the shortlisting criteria below for interview. Please keep this in mind when writing your application.

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

1. Making Effective Decisions - Ability to analyse complex, incomplete and sometimes conflicting information and make evidence-based recommendations that are robust, defensible, and aligned to wider organisational priorities
2. Experience Evidence of leading and managing the collection of HUMINT or Whistleblowing Intelligence and strong knowledge of relevant legislation.
3. Communicating and Influencing - Ability to deliver clear, structured and impactful communication tailored to a diverse audience that influence and drive decisions and outcomes.
4. Delivering at Pace - Ability to lead delivery across multiple competing priorities and maintain pace and quality of outputs despite shifting demands.

The lead criterion is: Making Effective Decisions

If we receive a high volume of applications, well first sift using the lead criterion only. Those meeting the minimum score will then be assessed against all remaining criteria.

Interview Stage

If you are successful at the application stage, you will be invited to interview where you will be assessed against the following criteria:

• Strengths
• Behaviours:
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership