Job summary
The Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) is a new shared corporate service, launched in July 2023. It will provide 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.�
Our Inclusive Environment�
We are building an inclusive culture to make the Department 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.�
Find Out More�
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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 various 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, these roles will suit those who excel at team working and influencing to deliver through others.
Person specification
Key Responsibilities
1. 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.
2. 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.�
3. To support the development and implementation of professional standards in counter fraud and grant administration in Departments and its partner organisations.
4. To advise colleagues on the management of fraud and abuse of taxpayer support through well designed policies and lessons learnt.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Contributing to requests for evidence from the National Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee inquiries as appropriate.
9. Building and maintaining strong working relationships with policy colleagues, analysts, other government departments, and external stakeholders.
10. Delivering a programme of counter-fraud awareness-raising and training events, guidance materials, use of internal/external communications and culture change activities.
11. Identifying lessons learned arising from fraud issues identified and sharing best practice
Skills and Experience
Essential Criteria:
12. Recent experience of working in a counter fraud environment, particularly in the areas of fraud risk assessing, raising fraud awareness.
13. Experience of drafting high quality, accurate reports.
14. Experience of stakeholder management and evidence of networking across teams.
15. Experience of designing and delivering a programme of training events, guidance materials, use of internal/external communications and culture change activities.
Desirable Criteria:
16. Understanding of Government functional standards.
17. Member of the government counter fraud profession or;
18. Experience of writing fraud risk assessments and initial fraud impact assessments.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
19. Delivering at Pace
20. Managing a Quality Service
21. Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
Alongside your salary of �40,950, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero contributes �11,056 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
22. A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
23. Automatic enrolment into the, with an average employer contribution of 27%.
24. A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
25. An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
26. 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.