Specialist Investigator

5 months ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Specialist Investigator - Virtual Assets Team, it starts with you
- Based at Police National Headquarters, Wellington
- Band H
- Police Employee (Authorised Officer)
- Permanent, full time
- JR 4661372

Mō te tūnga | About the role

The Financial Crime Group (FCG) is made up of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Asset Recovery Units (ARU) and Money Laundering Teams (MLT) with a presence across all Police Districts. The purpose of the FCG is to investigate and deny criminals the opportunity to benefit from their offending or the ability to re-invest in criminal activity and, these newly created Specialist Investigator - Virtual Assets Team will complement these existing teams. The VAT will provide a dedicated internal FCG resource to grow FCG’s capacity and capability to identify and investigate the growing presence of virtual assets, including cryptocurrencies and Non-Fungible Tokens, within FCG investigations.

Increasing the FCGs capability to take appropriate action where virtual assets are suspected or identified in investigations, ensures NZ Police is a step ahead of organised crime and can deliver maximum impact to the criminal environment. NZ Police must work with industry and partner agencies both nationally and internationally to prevent criminals using new technologies to move the proceeds of crime to other jurisdictions.

This position presents an ideal opportunity for someone wishing to develop their skills, knowledge and experience to investigate complex asset recovery investigations involving virtual assets, organised crime groups and individuals involved in money laundering and serious criminal offending.

The Specialist Investigator VAT position includes reviewing and assessing a variety of alleged criminal offending, conducting investigations to identify ownership and/or beneficial ownership of assets, determine and quantify legitimate and illegitimate income on an evidenced basis to advance successful court proceedings to restrain and forfeit assets derived from crime. They will conduct investigations and assist with expertise to identify, trace, seize and restrain virtual assets that have been used to facilitate or are the proceeds of crime.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Investigate complex asset recovery investigations
- Provide expertise in identifying, tracing, and seizing virtual assets
- Connect with workgroups within the FCG, NZ Police and other key partners
- Display behaviours consistent with our core values and contribution towards the strategic goals of the FCG and NZ Police

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring

Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviours, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police. Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

We are looking for an experienced investigator with broad investigative knowledge. The applicant will be able to critically analyse financial and blockchain data to isolate and extract relevant information and present their findings with confidence in written documentation, as well as in a court environment.

**Additionally, you will have experience in**:

- Serious, complex and sensitive investigations.
- Critical decision making and the ability to recognise and manage risk while working in a dynamic environment.
- An understanding, and ability to develop expertise in identifying, tracing and seizing virtual assets.
- Maintaining an understanding of international trends and emerging threats within the Virtual Assets eco-system.
- Communicating and collaborating with a wide variety of internal and external partners.

Whakaritenga motuhake | Special requirements
- Must be able to fulfil the requirements of an Authorised Officer (including PCT fitness assessment)
- Must be eligible to obtain and keep a Government Security Clearance if required
- Pre-employment checks will be undertaken which include reference, drug and alcohol testing and police vetting prior to any written offer being made.

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or e

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