JOB SUMMARY

The Official Receiver Services Directorate (ORS) has vacancies for HEO Trainee Insolvency Examiners.
The Insolvency Service is a leading Government agency which plays a crucial role in providing essential services to the public and to business. The work we do is important to the proper functioning of markets, the economy in general and support for thousands of people each year who are in financial difficulty.
Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups underrepresented in our workforce. The Insolvency Service strives to ensure that the agency is a safe, inclusive, and welcoming place for everybody to bring their true self to work and to help the agency to achieve its diversity objectives. We have 10 active employee network groups available to join or become an ally, these include, Carers Network, Disability & Health, FACES Network Group, Grass Roots, LGBT+, Mind Matters, No Limits, Part Time Workers, The Shed, and Women’s Network Group.
We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people. We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about, whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.
The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career!

JOB DESCRIPTION

Some of the main tasks you will perform are:

• Analysing, interpreting and reviewing accounting records and other third party information to draw conclusions
• Identifying, protecting and realising assets to enable funds to be returned to creditors
• Visiting trading premises of sole traders and limited companies to conduct physical inspections, and in some cases close the business down
• Ensuring that those who are responsible for financial wrongdoing are identified and appropriate enforcement action is taken

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Offline Case Scenario
• Assessment Centre Mock Interview

We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:

• Offline Case Scenario

OFFLINE TECHNICAL SKILLS CASE SCENARIO GUIDANCE

Once you have submitted your application and the advert closes on 4th August 2025, you will be sent a Technical Skills case scenario via email containing information based on a company in liquidation. You will then be asked to:

• provide a 500 word report focusing on any areas where you want to know more information.
• submit a 250 word interview plan setting out in bullet points any areas/questions you would like to ask the director of the company, focusing on areas of concern or potential assets.

Once you receive the case scenario, you will have three days to consider and complete the tasks and email your write-up and interview plan to ORS.Recruitment@insolvency.gov.uk with your candidate number, the campaign reference and your chosen office location in the title.
Any scenario write-ups received after the specified deadline, or which do not include your candidate number, campaign reference or chosen office location will not be considered and will be marked as ‘failed’ during the sift.
Full instructions will be included for the case scenario which will be marked as part of the sift, along with your personal statement. No prior insolvency knowledge is required for this exercise.
If successful at the sift stage, you will be invited to an assessment centre where you will undertake an interview of the “company director” (played by an actor) using the interview plan you submitted as part of your application. The focus of the mock interview will be to identify what further action may be required to realise assets for creditors and highlight wrongdoing in the running of the company.

Following the mock interview there will be a standard interview where you will be assessed on the following:

• Behaviours - assessed through:
• Behaviour 1 – Making Effective Decisions
• Behaviour 2 – Communicating and Influencing
• Behaviour 3 – Delivering at Pace
• Strengths

The Assessment Centres will last approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes and will be held in our London (Stratford) office.
Please see the candidate additional information pack for more details.
We are holding a Teams call on Monday 28th July @ 12:00pm where we will share further insight into the role. If you would like to join please copy and paste the Teams link below or use the meeting ID and password.
MS Teams Call
Meeting ID: 384 435 287 304 8
Passcode: A7xD7yB3
Expected Timeline: As an indicator only and subject to change.
Sift - w/c 11 August 2025.
Assessment Centre including interview - w/c 08 September 2025
Results: approx w/c 22 September 2025
Location - London (Stratford) office
Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

TYPE OF ROLE

Analytical
Corporate Finance
Debt Management
Insolvency
Investigation
Operational Delivery

RESPONSIBILITIES

Are you a naturally inquisitive and curious person? Do you like to ask questions and get to the details? Are you eager to learn new things?
The Insolvency Examiner role is key to driving forward our business.
As an Examiner you will regularly conduct probing interviews with bankrupts and directors to investigate reasons for insolvency.
You will need to communicate effectively and sensitively with a wide range of customers to gain information, and you will have access to a variety of tools and resources to locate bankrupts, company directors and assets.
Successful candidates will be required to complete an internal training programme to the required standard within 12 months of appointment. We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working, and we are committed to supporting all employees in meeting this requirement and will work with the successful candidate to agree a suitable development plan that aligns with their working pattern.
We are recruiting 31 Trainee Examiners nationwide; therefore, the number of posts may increase at some locations as we will make final decisions on exact numbers per office once all the campaigns conclude.

Some of the main tasks you will perform are:

• Analysing, interpreting and reviewing accounting records and other third party information to draw conclusions
• Identifying, protecting and realising assets to enable funds to be returned to creditors
• Visiting trading premises of sole traders and limited companies to conduct physical inspections, and in some cases close the business down
• Ensuring that those who are responsible for financial wrongdoing are identified and appropriate enforcement action is take

We want you to have a good work-life balance and want to support you in all that you do, so we offer a great benefits package including:

• flexible working arrangements and flexi-time
• full time new entrants to the Civil Service and those Civil Servants on modernised terms and conditions will be entitled to 25 days leave increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years’ service
• in addition to this you are entitled to 8 public/bank holidays plus an additional day of privilege leave
• competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
• 5 days paid leave for learning and development
• 5 days paid for volunteering
• a Cycle to work scheme
• staff have access to an employee assistance programme, Workplace Wellness, for confidential, independent support and advice during difficult times in either their professional or personal lif