Central Digital Review Unit - Digital Reviewer

Job Title - Central Digital Review Unit - Digital Reviewer

Division - Enforcement Market oversight

Department - Digital Services, Learning & Business 

Salary - National (Leeds) ranging from £31,600 to £39,000 and London from £34,700 to £43,000 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair, and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.

The Central Digital Review Unit (CDRU) is part of the Digital Support, Business and Learning Department within Enforcement Intelligence and Specialist Services (EISS). CDRU provide comprehensive digital evidence and disclosure review services to Enforcement and Market Oversight (EMO) using the EDT e- Discovery tool. We provide strategic direction for e-discovery techniques in the processing, review, and production of evidence.

We:

• Review documents and determine relevancy in Criminal, Regulatory, Civil and dual track cases in line with relevant legislation

• Examine large numbers of documents in an expert manner for relevance, responsiveness, privilege, and confidentiality

• Provide strategic advice on digital reviews to EMO case teams in matters of digital evidence

• Provide administration of the eDiscovery supervised machine learning platforms and management of hosted digital evidence

What you will be doing?

• Provide best practice in the use of our eDiscovery tool

• Provide advice and assistance to case teams in the use of our eDiscovery tool

• Ensure quality assurance processes on your cases

• Training and coaching EDT (Evidence Discovery Tool) users when required and attending expert groups when appropriate

• Collaborate and participate in investigation cases cross-divisional and department projects and initiatives when required

What will you get from the role?

• An opportunity to work to in a new and exciting department dedicated in developing our mission as it innovates and evolves through use of supervised machine learning

• 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

• The role provides the ongoing opportunity, environment, and training to develop and enhance your technical abilities and knowledge

Which skills are required?

We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here)

Minimum

• Experience in any of the following areas: regulatory investigations or litigation; investigations involving serious fraud, complex financial crime, or criminal cases

• Experience in conducting Disclosure Review in line with Criminal Procedures in Investigations Act 1996 (CPIA)

Essential

• Ability to positively engage with internal and external stakeholders, working constructively with decisions made by others, bringing best practice to the whole review process

• Ability to assess and examine voluminous and data-heavy bodies of evidence in cases, exercising judgement on the evidence

• A working knowledge of CPIA legislation

• Technically adept in the use of Microsoft office tools and preferably eDiscovery software with a keen interest and willingness to learn and develop in areas of emerging technology including generative AI

Our Values & Diversity
We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture 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.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

Did you know? 50% of our ExCo are women (4 in 8)

The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, minority ethnic, disabled, and neurodivergent candidates for our Associate - Regulatory role.

Benefits of working at the FCA

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

• Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)

• Private healthcare with Bupa 

• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8%

• Life assurance

• Income protection

We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.

Follow this link to see what life is like at the FCA - Life at the FCA

Application Support

We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.

Useful Information and Timeline

This role is graded as Associate - Level 9 - Regulatory

SC Clearance is required for this role - SC Guidance The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting

The successful candidate will be certified in our specific vendor application certification program to document manager standard within 2 months of appointment (specific training will be given) and certified in our specific vendor application certification program in the application of Continued Active Learning for Technology Assisted Review (specific training will be given)

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a 60-minute competency-based interview.

• Advert Closing Date: 2nd December 2024

• CV Review/Shortlist: 11th December 2024

• Competency Based Interview: 17th December 2024

Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time. 

Got a question?

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact: 

• For internal applicants, please contact Louise Nash at [email protected]

• For external applicants, please contact Aaron Ward at [email protected]

Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.