JOB SUMMARY

This role is within the Public Sector Fraud Authority, based in the Cabinet Office but working between the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury.
The Public Sector Fraud Authority has approximately 150 staff. The Public Sector Fraud Authority works with officials and fraud experts across government and is the centre of the Counter Fraud Function. The Counter Fraud Function has 14,000 staff working in public bodies across government. It also works closely with policing and other sectors dealing with fraud. This role will directly impact on these staff, who work in a variety of departments, arm’s length bodies and local government.
The activities led from the Public Sector Fraud Authority includes developing policy, delivering operational units and programmes of work, setting standards to prevent, deter, disrupt and discover fraud. It covers all fraud -including all Government payments, services and income.
This role will be one of the six SCS1 leads of the PSFA and will focus on setting standards, developing and delivering learning programmes, and leading day to day the Government Counter Fraud Profession, established in 2018, and which has 7,600 members across 70 organisations. The Profession is led through a board with representatives of 15 key organisations. Membership extends beyond central government, and often involves working with experts across sector to inform development of products and guidance. This role holder will continue to delivery of the current strategy, introducing a professional structure for those working to understand, measure and prevent fraud and then shape the next phase of the Counter Fraud Profession.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This role will work with experts across sectors in the UK with a focus on advancing the way public sector fraud is managed and making a measurable difference. This role will provide leadership across central government (and other sectors) in developing and implementing professional standards and best practice, designing, implementing and providing high quality counter fraud learning programmes including apprenticeships and building on an existing community of practice. This will include setting the vision for and agreeing the overall strategy for the Government Counter Fraud Profession. This role will be a member of the PSFA’s Executive Committee, accountable for the delivery of their areas but also for the wider effective working of the PSFA. In addition, the role holder will lead elements of the day-to-day work of the Function’s Centre of Expertise, which includes:

• Building strong relationships across government, as a centre of expertise – including with HM Treasury.
• Building the PSFA’s reputation as a leader and innovator in fighting public sector fraud.

Other responsibilities include:

• Leading across a team and a wider network of public servants and experts from other sectors to shape the Professional home for over 14,000 public servants, ensuring it develops their capability and brings them recognition;
• Leading the delivery of high-quality products and processes to support and assess the capability and professional competence of members of the Profession;
• Shaping the strategy and plans for delivery of the Profession and being accountable for their delivery;
• Advising Ministers and Senior Officials in Cabinet Office, HM Treasury and across government on the level of capability in the public sector - where the best gains to outcomes can be made and how;
• Co-leadership alongside other SCS leads of c150FTE mixed grades and specialisms within the counter fraud area. There will be 18FTE in your dedicated Practice Standards and Capability area;
• Managing a multi-million-pound budget and ensuring value for money.

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

This role will work with experts across sectors in the UK with a focus on advancing the way public sector fraud is managed and making a measurable difference. This role will provide leadership across central government (and other sectors) in developing and implementing professional standards and best practice, designing, implementing and providing high quality counter fraud learning programmes including apprenticeships and building on an existing community of practice. This will include setting the vision for and agreeing the overall strategy for the Government Counter Fraud Profession. This role will be a member of the PSFA’s Executive Committee, accountable for the delivery of their areas but also for the wider effective working of the PSFA. In addition, the role holder will lead elements of the day-to-day work of the Function’s Centre of Expertise, which includes:

• Building strong relationships across government, as a centre of expertise – including with HM Treasury.
• Building the PSFA’s reputation as a leader and innovator in fighting public sector fraud

Other responsibilities include:

• Leading across a team and a wider network of public servants and experts from other sectors to shape the Professional home for over 14,000 public servants, ensuring it develops their capability and brings them recognition;
• Leading the delivery of high-quality products and processes to support and assess the capability and professional competence of members of the Profession;
• Shaping the strategy and plans for delivery of the Profession and being accountable for their delivery;
• Advising Ministers and Senior Officials in Cabinet Office, HM Treasury and across government on the level of capability in the public sector - where the best gains to outcomes can be made and how;
• Co-leadership alongside other SCS leads of c150FTE mixed grades and specialisms within the counter fraud area. There will be 18FTE in your dedicated Practice Standards and Capability area;
• Managing a multi-million-pound budget and ensuring value for money