Central Digital Review Unit Lead Investigator - Leeds
Central Digital Review Unit Lead Investigator - Leeds
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Central Digital Review Unit Lead Investigator Leeds
Do you want to play a leading role in helping to shape and develop The Central Digital Review Unit (CDRU)
The team/ department
The Central Digital Review Unit (CDRU) is a specialised review unit providing a comprehensive digital evidence review service to Enforcement and Market Oversight (EMO). We support case teams in investigatory reviews on regulatory civil criminal dualtrack and disclosure cases.
CDRUs core function is the review of digital evidence using the EDT eDiscovery tool. Analysis of a large numbers of documents in an expert manner in line with the review protocol. Strategic direction for eDiscovery techniques in the processing and review of digital evidence. Guidance and advice on the administration of the EDT eDiscovery platform and the eDiscovery supervised machine learning platforms and management of hosted digital evidence.
What you will be doing (the role)
This is a permanent position to oversee CDRU Leeds:
Manage and develop your team demonstrating accountability for the work for both the team and be responsible for how the team prioritises work in line with wider FCA objectives
Manage day to day resourcing of conflicting demands and motivate team to stay focussed and achieve demanding timescales
Be accountable for driving quality assurance on all cases across the team including training developing and coaching team members and colleagues when required to ensure maintenance of proficiency and quality of team
Provision of accurate statistical representation of CDRU quantitative and qualitative performance
Ongoing liaison with Investigation Case Teams Criminal Disclosure Unit and others to provide regular updates advice and provide effective eDiscovery techniques including acting as point of escalation for complex issues
Provide assistance to the Manager in the development and planning of the team strategy and priorities team planning and evaluation the eDiscovery proof of concept work and any other projects and initiatives when required
What you will get from the role
An opportunity to gain further management experience in a new an exciting department within a supportive environment committed to learning and development
The opportunity to help shape and develop the CDRU digital review service it provides to EMO and the wider FCA
Innovate using supervised machine learning and enhance your technical abilities and knowledge in eDiscovery/EDRM
You will work on investigations that really matter supporting the aims of the organisation in the regulation of financial services in the United Kingdom and its economy
Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.
Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:
25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
Private healthcare with Bupa
A noncontributory Pension of at least 8 of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age up to 12 a month once you reach age 35
Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
Income protection
We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60 of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.
The skills and experience you will have
Minimum
We are a signatory to the Governments Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme should they meet the minimum criteria for a role.
Experience in any of the following areas: regulatory investigations or litigation; investigations involving serious fraud complex financial crime or criminal cases
Previous experience and utilisation of eDiscovery/EDRM and achievement and maintenance of eDiscovery certifications in our vendor specific application (training will be provided)
Previous people management/leadership experience with proven evidence of monitoring/reviewing performance and coaching and mentoring to support development
Essential
Experience of managing coaching and mentoring a team
Proven ability to assess and evaluate voluminous amounts of digital data in complex cases and balance conflicting demands to ensure delivery
Ability to identify and solve issues through effective Quality Assurance mechanisms
Demonstrate ongoing proficiency in document review outcomes and able to endorse those judgements where appropriate including to senior management and presentation in court or tribunal
An open and flexible management style and the ability to communicate and influence to a wide range of audiences/stakeholders with differing skills and perspectives
Experience in developing effective review strategies including identifying key risks and putting in place steps to mitigate those risks
A knowledge of both Civil and Criminal disclosure rules and evidential standards
Knowledge of the eDiscovery Reference Model (EDRM) process and understanding of artificial intelligence and continuous active learning (CAL)
About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 50000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do our threeyear strategy can be found here.
The FCAs Values & Diversity
Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths views and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation one that makes better decisions drives innovation and delivers better regulation.
The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisations. Given this we particularly welcome applications from women disabled and minority ethnic candidates for our role.
Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working parttime staggered hours and job shares. We cant promise to give you exactly what you want but we wont judge you for asking.
Multilocation
As part of the FCAs ongoing commitment to develop our national presence most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh Leeds or London role will primarily based within the Leeds office but you may be required to work at other locations to meet the needs of the business.
Useful information
Applications for this role close at 23:59 on 19th March 2025.
This role is graded as Lead Associate Regulatory.
This is will be primarily be based in Leeds.
Online application: please submit your CV and answer the following:
Can you describe a situation where you successfully led a team through a challenging project or task What was your approach and what were the outcomes and (ii) Describe a project where you had to work closely with colleagues from different departments or disciplines. How did you ensure effective collaboration communication and confidence across teams
Your answers should relate to the criteria listed above covering your relevant skills knowledge and experience with no more than 250 words for each answer. Your application will not be accepted without both your CV and your answer.
What to expect from our interview process
The process will be over one or two stages where your key competencies will be assessed.
Application support
We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.
If you have an accessibility requirement disability or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible.
Security Clearance/Vetting (as
The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting. (If applicable to role)
Please note that all applications must be submitted through our online portal applications sent via email will not be accepted.
Employment Type
Full-Time
