Current Vacancies

From time to time we publish job vacancies on our website, in the national press and, depending on the nature of the vacancy, in the local or the professional/trade press. Some jobs are first advertised internally within the Civil Service. For information about recruitment within the civil service generally visit http://www.civil-service.gov.uk/jobs/.

Working for the SFO

The SFO is a skills based organisation. We seek to be staffed by the best professionals in their own fields. All bring invaluable knowledge from their legal, accountancy, Police, administrative and IT backgrounds.

As an accredited Investors in People organisation we are committed to developing and training our staff as a priority.

Benefits

Working for the SFO has many benefits. These include:

• challenging, interesting and varied work
• ongoing training, including opportunities for personal development and promotion
• an effective appraisal system, in which the employee is fully involved
• a salary structure and reward and recognition package which rewards performance
• generous annual leave provision, plus 10.5 days public & privilege holiday per year
• flexible working hours
• a range of family friendly policies, eg paid paternity leave, adoption and enhanced maternity leave (subject to qualifying length of service)
• access to health care schemes
• interest free loans for season ticket purchase for permanent staff

Managing Diversity

The SFO is committed to opportunity and diversity in all employment practices, policies and procedures. No employee or potential employee will receive less favourable treatment due to their race, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, religion, gender or marital status.

Pensions

Permanent appointments are pensionable under the Nuvos Pension Scheme which is a defined benefit pension scheme with a pension age of 65 and benefits which reflect pay throughout career.

Representation

The SFO encourages all staff to join a trade union.

Appointment of counsel

Guidelines are available regarding the appointment of counsel to work on SFO cases.

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The Serious Fraud Office's recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners' Code which can be found at www.civilservicecommissioners.org. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Code and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact Lesley Dugdale - HR Manager in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Serious Fraud Office you can contact the Office of the Civil Service Commissioners.