Fraud Risk, Threat and Prevention Systems Specialist - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Cabinet Office

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- £40,850 - £44,260
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Senior Executive Officer
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • CO
  • Public Sector Fraud Authority
    Type of role:
  • Analytical
  • Knowledge and Information Management
  • Risk Management
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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  • Glasgow, NewcastleuponTyneAbout the job

Job summary:


The Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) is a fast paced operational delivery unit and is responsible for working with departments and arms-length bodies to better understand and reduce the impact of fraud against the public sector.

Working in the PSFA is an opportunity to make a difference to the taxpayer by improving how the public sector deals with fraud.

This can reduce the cost of public services and drive fairness in society.

Working in the PSFA offers access to a wide range of stakeholders across government and the opportunity to work with various sectors in a high profile policy area with high media, parliamentary and ministerial interest.


As well as being part of the PSFA, a new authority established in 2022, you will also be part of the Government Counter Fraud Function (GCFF), which has members in all departments, at all levels, in all sectors.


The PSFA is outcome and performance driven, offers a depth and breadth of expertise and works jointly with HM Treasury to tackle fraud in the public sector.

The PSFA, whilst sitting within the Cabinet Office, reports jointly to the Cabinet Office and Treasury Ministers. Maintaining close working relationships with HMT colleagues is key to ensure the PSFA can deliver its mandate effectively. The PSFA will continue to grow during with locations across the country - including York, Glasgow, Newcastle and London.

As a result, hybrid working is fully embraced and teams are encouraged to collaborate in the various Cabinet Office Hubs around the country.


PSFA works collaboratively with fraud experts across the disciplines needed to effectively find and fight fraud, including fraud risk assessment, measurement, prevention, intelligence and investigation and building public sector capability in these via the Government Counter Fraud Profession (GCFP).


Job description:


This post will sit within the Risk, Threat and Prevention team, supporting ministerial departments and public bodies in understanding the risks and threats they face, and mitigating these risks through controls, prevention and deterrence activity.

This role will support the Heads of Service to deliver counter fraud expert support services to ministerial departments, public bodies or specific schemes, including:

  • Conducting initial fraud impact assessments and fraud risk assessments and fraud measurement exercises.
  • Developing and implementing preventative and detective fraud controls.
  • Coordinating 'tiger teams' of fraud experts to analyse a particular fraud problems and support the resolution of that problem.
  • Building and maintaining products that identify trends across HMG's fraud problems and corresponding mitigation.

Responsibilities

  • Use their expertise to inform and support service users to design schemes for the public which are less vulnerable to fraud risk or error.
  • Support the Risk, Threat and Prevention team with the design and implementation of new processes.
  • Collate and report management information reports.
  • Analyse and report on survey data from service users.
  • Manage and continue to develop the team's workflow systems in response to user needs.
  • Work at pace to identify fraud risks and work with experts from across government, the private sector and international partners.
  • Work across PSFA with other business areas, using RTP's collective insight and expertise to refresh products and guidance and create new ones.

Person specification:


  • Proven experience of working in a counter fraud, economic crime or anticorruption role;
  • Experience of managing stakeholders from across a sector, or a variety of sectors and working collaboratively with them;
  • Excellent organisational and planning skills;
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills;
  • Experience of providing expert advice to senior leaders through presentations and written briefings
  • Proven experience of the management and development of work management and/or Customer Relationship Management systems (ideally Salesforce)
  • Experience of conducting fraud risk assessments, fraud measurement exercises or designing preventative controls.
  • Experience of process mapping and developing technical guidance.
  • A counter fraudrelated professional qualification.
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Additional information:

A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Althoug
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