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G7 Counter Fraud Team Leader

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Birmingham, England

Today

50305 - 57760 GBP ANNUAL

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

www.beis.gov.uk

London, United Kingdom

Sarah Munby

Unknown / Non-Applicable

Government

2016


Job Description

Details

Reference number

265739

Salary

£50,305 - £57,760

Job grade

Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

BEIS - Corporate Services - Corporate Services - Finance Directorate

Type of role

Audit
Policy
Strategy

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

2

Contents

    Location

    About the job

    Benefits

    Things you need to know

    Apply and further information

Location

Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Salford

About the job

Job summary

Our Mission

At BEIS, we are leading the UK’s recovery from coronavirus and are building a stronger, greener country. Our varied work makes a real difference to people across the UK and internationally. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of the BEIS team and our exciting mission!

We lead on the UK’s commitments to tackle climate change and drive green economic growth. We support businesses to create jobs and increase opportunity in regions across the UK. We also encourage investment and innovation to make the UK a science superpower producing research that will improve lives.

Our Inclusive Environment

We are building an inclusive culture to make BEIS a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

We actively welcome applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion. We will fully support candidates with a disability or long-term condition who require adjustments in our recruitment process.

Job description

The BEIS Counter Fraud team is looking for a counter fraud professional with the experience, skills and personal qualities for a Grade 7 manager. The individuals will be part of the team managing the delivery of counter fraud activities across all BEIS 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.

We lead on a range of areas, from the business support measures designed to protect the entire economy to the safeguarding of the country’s critical energy infrastructure. We are the lead department on Net Zero, the UK’s commitment to a net zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2050. Overall, this makes BEIS an exciting and varied place to develop a career.

Person specification

Maintain and evolve BEIS counter fraud strategy, aligning to central function principles to direct and drive counter fraud response across BEIS and its Arms Length Bodies.

To lead on the roll-out of the BEIS action plan and to demonstrate compliance with HMG wide standards.

Leading on the 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 BEIS and its arms-length bodies.

Leading improvements to performance reporting and accountability for counter-fraud performance across the BEIS group, working closely with investigation colleagues, the Public Sector Fraud Authority, arms-length bodies and other government departments to deliver maximum value from current activities and achieve best practice.

Advising and supporting BEIS partner organisations to develop and meet Government Counter Fraud Functional Standards to improve the prevention, detection and reporting of suspected frauds.

Advising and supporting BEIS partner organisations to develop and embed Initial Fraud Impact Assessments and Fraud Risk Assessments to improve the prevention, detection and reporting of suspected fraud.

To support the development and implementation of professional standards in counter fraud and grant administration in BEIS and its partner organisations, including the Public Sector Fraud Authority.

To advise colleagues on the management of fraud and abuse of taxpayer support through well designed policies and lessons learnt from the post assurance activities.

To develop cross cutting skills to support and influence colleagues to achieve VFM and compliance with managing public money.

Briefing 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.

Representing the Department in cross-Departmental discussions on counter fraud issues. 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, BEIS and external stakeholders.

Leading a programme of counter-fraud awareness-raising and training events, guidance materials, use of internal/external communications and culture change activities.


Skills and Experience

Experience of working in a counter fraud environment, particularly in the areas of fraud risk assessing, raising fraud awareness and Government Functional Standards.

Desirable:

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
  • Developing Self and Others
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

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

  • Fraud management - How would you drive cultural change to improve fraud management in BEIS
  • Fraud strategy and policy - Using the fraud triangle of Prevent, Detect, Deter discuss these steps and how you would use them to influence BEIS’s fraud policy and strategy

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

  • Fraud management - How would you drive cultural change to improve fraud management in BEIS

Benefits

BEIS 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 average employer contribution of 27%.

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.

A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40-60% of their time in the office (minimum of 40%) over a month with flex dependent on balancing business and individual need (from September 2021, depending on how the public health guidance evolves).

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

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 1250 words) to explain how your skills and experience meet the key requirements of this role.

Applications will be sifted on personal statement, CV and any technical skills required.

In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the lead technical skill (Fraud Management). 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, technical and strength-based questions.

Expected Timeline subject to change

Sift dates: w/c 27th February 2023

Interview dates: w/c 6th March 2023

Interview Location: MS Teams.

Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process.

Further Information

Reasonable Adjustment

If a disabled person is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

  • Contact Government Recruitment Service via beisrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
  • Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

We are proud to be a disability confident leader, more information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that BEIS offers to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our candidate guidance document. A plain text version of the guidance is also available.

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.

After interview, a single merit list will be created and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order.

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 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 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

BEIS 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).

BEIS cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. BEIS 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.

Feedback


Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
  • relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
  • certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

    Name :
    Danielle Stevens
    Email :
    danielle.stevens@beis.gov.uk

Recruitment team :

    Email :
    beisrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance BEISRecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints


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