Sanctions Adviser

Are you looking for an exciting, fast-paced, diverse role that will provide opportunities to work on high-profile financial sanctions issues? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

About the Team

HM Treasury implements financial sanctions in the UK, and the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) fulfils this role on its behalf. It leads on the implementation of UN and UK financial sanctions and domestic terrorist asset freezing, providing a high-quality service to the industry and guidance to help them follow the law. OFSI works closely with law enforcement, intelligence agencies and policy colleagues across Whitehall and beyond to help ensure that financial sanctions are accurately understood, implemented, and enforced.

You can read more about OFSI on our gov.uk pages: ( ) and in the OFSI Annual Review ( ).

About the Job

We are recruiting for roles in OFSI's Enforcement and Maritime Services Ban and Oil Price Cap teams. Successful candidates will be allocated a role as an enforcement caseworker or doing International Engagement and Monitoring of the Oil Price Cap.

In Enforcement you will:

• Carry out investigations into potential breaches of financial sanctions and make informed enforcement action recommendations in line with UK government policy and OFSI's published framework.
• Manage a portfolio of casework where you will plan and lead evidentially sound, proportionate investigations into breaches of financial sanctions across a wide range of sectors and industries.
• Engage regularly with law enforcement and other agencies about reports of financial and economic sanctions breaches.

In International Engagement and Monitoring of the Oil Price Cap you will:

• Work on our international engagement strategy - challenging it, updating it, implementing it. As part of our implementation of novel sanctions on Russia, the post holder will support the planning of, and take part in, international engagements to ensure these sanctions are effective. This includes our G7 allies including the US, Australia, and those we would want to help us combat circumvention.
• Support a lead analyst to produce high quality analysis on the monitoring and effectiveness of the Oil Price Cap. You will work closely with the lead analyst to ensure our engagement is evidence based, maximising our impact with both domestic and international stakeholders.

For a more detailed list of key accountabilities please review the advert on Civil Service Jobs.

About You

We are looking for people who have an attention to detail and a structured approach to managing their work, who have the right set of skills for these roles, who demonstrate the values of our organisation, and who can demonstrate an ability to quickly develop an understanding of a complex and sensitive area. These roles will suit candidates with experience of casework, investigation, analysis, or policy implementation, but no specific experience is required, just motivation and an interest to come and work with us!

HM Treasury is proud of a diverse and inclusive work environment, committed to fairness and the promotion of equality of opportunity for all. We know that having a range of experiences, ways of working and thinking makes us a stronger organisation, better at developing policy that is reflective of the communities we serve. We embrace different views and experiences and value the fresh perspective that people from a variety of circumstances bring to the work we do. We welcome applications from candidates who have not previously worked for the Civil Service, mid- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances regardless of disability, ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King's birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 27%
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports, and social club) and diversity (e.g. women in the Treasury, ethnic minority network, LGBT network, faith and belief network)

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at