Assistant Investigator


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£32,027 to £32,027 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Liverpool
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	23 Oct 2026
Closing date:	6 Nov 2026

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Summary

Are you an organised and inquisitive individual with experience applying investigative skills and techniques to achieve positive outcomes?

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy analysing information and evidence, and have the confidence to manage competing priorities?

Would you like to play a key role in investigations that help protect lives, support environmental protection and uphold maritime legislation across the United Kingdom?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

As an Assistant Investigator within the Regulatory Compliance Investigation Team (RCIT), you will work alongside experienced investigators and regulatory compliance professionals supporting criminal and regulatory investigations into significant breaches of maritime legislation. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to high-profile investigations, support enforcement outcomes and help improve safety, environmental protection and compliance across the maritime sector.

No two days are the same. You could be gathering evidence, supporting interviews, reviewing intelligence, assisting with financial lines of enquiry, undertaking compliance assurance activity, or helping prepare evidential case files for enforcement action and prosecution.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implements the government’s maritime safety policy in the United Kingdom and works to prevent the loss of life and occurrence of pollution on the coast and at sea.   

Safer lives. Safer Ships. Cleaner Seas.   

Our vision is to be a world-leading organisation, accelerating the transition to sustainable shipping with non-negotiable safety standards. We put our people, our customers and our planet at the heart of everything we do.  

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about what it's like working at MCA roles: MCA Homepage | Civil Service Careers

Working within the direction of Lead Investigators, you will support all aspects of the investigative process and contribute to ensuring investigations are conducted professionally, lawfully and in accordance with regulatory requirements.

You will support regulatory compliance investigations into significant breaches of maritime legislation, contributing to enforcement action and prosecutions where authorised. You may also assist with the preparation of evidence for court proceedings and support Lead Investigators throughout the prosecution process where required.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

Assist in investigations by undertaking a wide range of tasks under the direction of supervisor/line manager.
Assisting in interviewing of suspects under caution.
Assisting in the completion of criminal files of evidence by undertaking allocated.
To aid the RCIT’s Lead Investigators by obtaining statements of evidence for criminal investigations.
To assist in the examination, preservation and continuity of evidence and exhibits such as CCTV recovered during an investigation in accordance with procedure.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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