The Grants, Risk, Assurance and Fraud team - or GRAFT - is a small, diverse and friendly team of experts that sits within the Finance Directorate in DCMS and was created to provide advice and guidance to ensure the Department and it’s public bodies spend money and manage their risks wisely.
The Fraud team work closely with other professional experts within the department such as governance, project delivery, risk management, commercial and finance to support our policy and delivery teams to ensure appropriate controls are in place to mitigate the risk of economic crime.
The Fraud team also support DCMS Group’s network of counter fraud colleagues to ensure their organisations are aware of the risks associated with economic crime and meet the standards required of public bodies when managing public money.
As part of GRAFT, you will be reporting directly to the Head of the Economic Crime and Counter Fraud Team.
Drive implementation of the department’s Counter Fraud Strategy. This includes overseeing the fraud risk assessment programme within DCMS, deciding which expenditure requires full fraud risk assessments and completing those or bringing in resources to do so.
Provide expert advice to high-profile policy areas, either at design or assurance stage, as well as advising on live cases across DCMS Group.
Identify opportunities and undertake data analysis to highlight anomalies that indicate potential fraud or error and ensure that action is taken and benefits realised.
Manage the relationship with, and reporting to, the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA), including commissioning and quality assuring Action Plans for DCMS and key public bodies alongside any other ad hoc commissions.
A strong track record in utilising recognised counter fraud techniques to identify fraud and reduce risk (Technical Skills)
Ability to work across an organisation, providing high quality advice on different fraud risk areas (Technical Skills)
Ability to manipulate data to identify anomalies for investigation, either using Excel or other analytical techniques
Experience in investigations and intelligence handling
Understanding of fraud and error loss measurement
Alongside your salary of £54,582, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes £15,812 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
We’re committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department. Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working - DCMS staff work on a flexible basis with time spent in offices, and time spent working from home
~26.5 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 31.5 days after 5 years’ service
~ Access to the Edenred employee benefits system which offers discounts to popular retailers and access to various useful resources such as financial and savings advice
~3 days of paid volunteering leave
~ Up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave
~ Staff reward and recognition bonuses that operate throughout the year
~ Occupational sick pay
~ Access to the Employee Assistance Programme which offers staff 24/7 confidential support and resources such as counselling, debt guidance and management advice
~ Active and engaged staff networks to join including the LGBT+, Ethnic Diversity, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality Networks
~ Exceptional learning and development opportunities that you can explore alongside your day to day work
~ Season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and much more!
A Statement of Suitability (max 750 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential requirements highlighted. For support in writing your application and interviewing, please refer to the ‘Application and Interview Guidance’ document attached to the job advert.
The interview process will assess and You will be asked to prepare and deliver a short presentation to test your aptitude for the role, which will look at the technical skills and give you an opportunity to demonstrate your counter fraud experience. Your interview will take place remotely via GoogleMeets.