HMRC - Criminal Investigator 2019

u get paid from day one so don't worry as the training is part of our role , I'm an internal working as same grade as this but in FIS they pay extra allowance which is the bonus that's probably the reason most of the internal guys applied for it , if u apply for multiple location you then only need to do SJT for each application.

Allowances are paid day 1, £3.3k for base which everyone gets, upper tiers is dependant on you wanting it and then being put on a wait list. (Not everyone wants to do extra 250 / 350 hours, as well as be on call and called out at night)

Work can be very varied, depending on what team you join. It can be a small business case or part of a larger investigation team investigating a wealthy individual or a big business. You could go out every week or you could go out once every fortnight to do visits, take statements, go to court ect, dependant on what team you join.

Training is all paid for. A foundation course will be given to all, roughly a 6-8 week residential course to bring everyone up to speed and to prepare you for the job ahead.

You'll leave on the Sunday evening (To HMRC designated training location - It was a mixture of Lincoln and Newcastle for me but it can be all in one location) and go back home on the Friday evening. There will be a week where it will be back in the office where you are based so it's not completely away.

For those who can't do the residential then I think it is the end of the road. You can't do the job if you can't do the residential training.

The residential bit for most (all?) training at HMRC isn't required. If the location is close enough for you to travel daily, you could do that.

Anyone applied for Nottingham? Looking at the timeline within the candidate pack they are planning interviews for April - so I can’t see them taking too long to communicate with successful candidates.
Also do they take into account the scores from all of the online tests of just the SJT?

I applied for Nottingham! Current status is under review so fingers crossed!

From looking at threads from previous campaigns it seems the SJT score is the most important.

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