Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Senior Manager, Investigation and Disruption
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About Us
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research.
The agency is made up of approximately 1,300 staff working across two main centers and peripatetically across the UK and abroad.
The agency consists of Corporate, Digital & Technology, Enablement, Healthcare Quality & Access, Partnerships, Safety & Surveillance, and Scientific Research & Innovation.
About the Role
We are currently looking for a Senior Manager, Investigation and Disruption to join our Criminal Enforcement Unit within the Safety & Surveillance group.
This is a permanent full-time opportunity. The role is a home-based role but will require occasional travel to 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf London, E14 4PU or South Mimms, Hertfordshire. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas.
What’s the Role?
The ‘Senior Manager, Investigation and Disruption’ role is a Grade 7 post working within the Investigation Command. The post holder’s core responsibility is to lead one of the Investigation and Disruption Teams, delivering criminal justice and other PURSUE interventions enabling it to meet its strategic aims. They will ensure that investigative resources are prioritized effectively, develop collaborative approaches to tackling medicines crime, and provide the insight, governance, and organizational capability required to support intelligence and operational led enforcement activity.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the CEU’s investigations and disruption capability, directing complex, intelligence-led activity and multi-agency operations to deliver successful prosecutions and reduce serious criminal threats.
- Build and strengthen professional capability, leading people, resources, and continuous improvement while ensuring the highest standards of investigative practice, governance, and compliance.
- Provide strategic leadership and influence, developing strong partnerships across government, policing, the CPS, and international law enforcement to strengthen the MHRA’s criminal enforcement response.
Who Are We Looking For?
Our successful candidate will:
- Have recent management experience within an investigative law enforcement environment, with a strong understanding of complex criminal investigations and enforcement.
- Demonstrate recent experience in leading multidisciplinary teams and building effective partnerships across law enforcement, regulatory, and multi-agency environments.
- Have a proven track record of leading serious and organized crime investigations and delivering impactful criminal justice, disruption, and threat-reduction interventions.
- Use performance frameworks, management information, and key performance indicators to drive operational effectiveness, continuous improvement, and organizational performance.
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Person Specification
Method of assessment: A=Application, I=Interview
Behaviour Criteria
- Working Together (I)
- Changing and Improving (I)
- Managing a Quality Service (I)
Experience Criteria
- Leading a multidisciplinary team activity within a serious and complex crime operational environment (A, I).
- Developing and maintaining effective partnerships with a range of internal and external stakeholders (A, I).
- Delivering organizational improvement, innovation, or change initiatives that have improved effectiveness or efficiency (A, I).
Technical Criteria
- Current PIP2 (Manager) accreditation, or equivalent recognized investigative management qualification (A, I).
- Significant recent experience of leading teams responsible for the investigation and disruption of serious and complex crime, including the strategic management of complex criminal investigations and prosecutions (A, I).
If you would like to find out more about this fantastic opportunity, please read our Job Description and Person Specification! [https://mhra-gov.filecamp.com/s/d/OiBhGR8eG9FEQ6LB]
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The Selection Process
We use the Civil Service Success Profiles to assess our candidates, find out more here [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles].
- Online application form, including questions based on the Behaviour, Experience, and Technical Success Profiles. Please ensure all application questions are completed in full; your application may not be considered if any responses are left blank. Our applications are CV blind, and our Hiring Managers will not be able to access your CV when reviewing your application.
- Interview, which can include questions based on the Behaviour, Experience, Technical, and Strengths Success Profiles.
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