Senior Counter Fraud Officer
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 21st October 2024
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Job summary
The Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) is a new shared corporate service, launched in July 2023. It provides corporate services (HR, Finance, Digital, Commercial, Security and Estates) across the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT).
Our team of just over 300 professionals will be leading the way in how these functions will be delivered in the future. Our ambition is to be the leading provider of integrated corporate services for government and set the standard for quality, efficiency, and innovation in our field.
We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
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Job description
The Counter Fraud Expert Services (CFES) team is looking for a counter fraud professional with the experience, skills and personal qualities for a Senior Executive Officer. The individuals will be part of the team managing the delivery of counter fraud activities across all CFES schemes including, but not limited to, the Energy Schemes, COVID19 schemes, Local Authority Grants Schemes as well as managing Arms Length Bodies and a range of internal and external stakeholders.
The individual will engage with a wide range of stakeholders both inside and outside the Department to help CFES and our delivery partners identify and develop effective counter fraud policies and processes.
The post holder will join a small friendly team working at the forefront of the Government’s Counter Fraud Profession. As the key link between policy teams, delivery organisations and law enforcement, this role will suit those who excel at team working and influencing to deliver through others.
Person specification
Key responsibilities
Leading on discrete areas of work to develop and implement policies and procedures to manage potential for fraud, bribery and corruption.
Proactively raising the profile of counter-fraud work to support policy teams across CFES and its arms-length bodies.
Contribute to improvements in performance reporting and accountability for counter-fraud performance across the CFES portfolio, working closely with internal and external Grants teams, the Public Sector Fraud Authority, arms-length bodies and other government departments to deliver maximum value from current activities and achieve best practice.
To support the development and implementation of professional standards in counter fraud and grant administration in Departments and its partner organisations.
To advise colleagues on the management of fraud and abuse of taxpayer support through well designed policies and lessons learnt.
Develop, project manage and deliver discrete strands of counter-fraud policy development work as directed, quality assuring your contributions. This work may involve working with other government departments to deliver legislative change and delivering bespoke recommendations reports and support to policy teams in across departments.
Contributing to briefings for Ministers, senior officials, internal and external stakeholders and providing high quality written and oral presentation of policy options and counter-fraud advice, based on the best data and intelligence available.
Prepare timely, accurate and well drafted responses to PQs, Parliamentary briefing, Freedom of Information requests and Ministerial correspondence, liaising with stakeholders as appropriate to produce accurate and comprehensive responses. Contributing to requests for evidence from the National Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee inquiries as appropriate.
Building and maintaining strong working relationships with policy colleagues, analysts, other government departments, and external stakeholders.
Delivering a programme of counter-fraud awareness-raising and training events, guidance materials, use of internal/external communications and culture change activities.
Identifying lessons learned arising from fraud issues identified and sharing best practice
Skills and experience
Essential Criteria:
- Recent experience of working in a counter fraud environment, particularly in the areas of fraud risk assessing, raising fraud awareness
- Experience of drafting high quality, accurate reports
- Experience of stakeholder management and evidence of networking across teams
- Experience of designing and delivering one or more of the following: a programme of training events, guidance materials, use of internal/external communications and culture change activities.
Desirable Criteria:
- Understanding of Government functional standards
- Member of the government counter fraud profession or
- Experience of writing fraud risk assessments and initial fraud impact assessments
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
- A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
- Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
- An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
- Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
Office attendance
The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.
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Selection process details
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please use your personal statement (in no more than 750 words) to provide evidence against the essential and desirable criteria.
Applications will be sifted on CV and Personal Statement.
In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the personal statement.
Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
The interview will consist of behaviour questions.
Interviewees will be asked to deliver a presentation; further details will be provided nearer the time.
Sift and interview dates
Expected Timeline subject to change
Sift dates: w/c 28/10/2024
Interview dates: 04/11/2024
Interview Location: MS Teams.
Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process.
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Reasonable Adjustment
We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.
Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our DESNZ Candidate Guidance. A DESNZ Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.
We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Any move to the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
DESNZ does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).
DESNZ cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. DESNZ holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service/Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Lotti Parfitt
- Email : lotti.parfitt@ics.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : desnzresourcing.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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