View Vacancy – Assistant to the HMRC Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer (MNE20.448)

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The British Embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking to recruit a full-time Assistant to the HMRC Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer.

The main purpose of the job of local staff assistant to the HMRC Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer (FCLO) is supporting and assisting the FCLO in achieving their objectives as set by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and in maintaining and strengthening the relationship between host agencies and HMRC.

This involves providing essential administrative, logistical and analytical support to the HMRC FCLO’s work in respect of the pursuit of criminal finances and other assets; and reducing threats to UK tax regimes from organised crime, tax avoidance and evasion. 

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Conduct office administration duties under the instructions of the Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer and in accordance with policy and standard operating procedures. Duties include, but are not limited to: records management; vehicle management; maintaining office accounts; maintenance of the asset register and gifts and hospitality register; planning travel and visits; diary management; and organising events;

• Provide language support and translation services to the FCLO as directed, including for exchanges of information and at official meetings and events. This may require occasional attendance at events outside of normal working hours;

• Compile verbal and written briefings as directed, including regular monthly management reporting;

• Provide analytical support to the FCLO, identifying appropriate sources of information, interpreting complex data and compiling relevant and comprehensive reports to ensure that the FCLO is fully sighted on tax fraud, criminal finance and organised crime trends related to the region;

• Provide open source (Tier 1) research support, especially exploitation of information sources in Montenegrin;

• Maintain oversight of regional projects as required including, but not limited to: supporting monitoring and evaluation of their impact; monitoring budgets to ensure value for money; and producing narrative reports to deadlines;

• Monitor the FCLO office mailbox and telephone so that messages are responded to in a timely fashion and / or directed as required;

• Carry out general office management duties as directed by the FCLO when the FCLO is away from post;

• Contribute to the effective running of the British Embassy, Podgorica, including but not limited to active participation in crisis and risk management.

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Montenegrin (minimum C1 level*);

• Knowledge of the various government institutions in Montenegro;

• A flexible approach to work and travel; this may occasionally include travel at short notice, working weekends and on public holidays.

• Excellent IT skills – advanced skills in Microsoft Office;

• 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;

• Constructive, positive and service orientated attitude;

• 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.