About the job

Job summary

This position is based nationally.

Job description

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Job Title            MoJ Counter Fraud Senior Lead

Band    SEO

Business Group    Group Security

Team    MoJ Counter Fraud Centre of Expertise

Location    National

Purpose

Reporting to the MoJ Counter Fraud Head of Operations, but working independently, this role provides support to the MoJ Counter Fraud Centre of Expertise and an assurance and advisory function within the MoJ against the threat of fraud, bribery and corruption to the MoJ and the appropriate response. 

The role is responsible for working with key stakeholders across MoJ and managing the relevant Service Level Agreements. 

This role contributes to the MoJ Strategy, in creating a unified and responsive department collaborating with partners across the justice system and government and creating an integrated MoJ that takes a whole system approach to decision making, working with our partners in an open and outward facing way.

Responsibilities

•    Support the MoJ Counter Fraud Head of Operations in the delivery of the MoJ strategy and management of fraud, bribery and corruption risk.
•    Advise and support stakeholders on the direction of complex investigations, both internal and external, to establish routes for resolution through misconduct, contractual, civil and criminal routes.
•    Deliver improvement activity, including risk assessment, through influencing and advising MoJ stakeholders.
•    Support MoJ to ensure effective systems are in place to recover any money identified as being potentially paid out fraudulently. 
•    Working with change programmes and projects to identify fraud risks, control issues and opportunities to implement designs that reduce the risk of fraud bribery and corruption.
•    Prepare papers and briefings on fraud issues for senior management within the MoJ. 
•    Support the MoJ Counter Fraud Centre of Expertise in the development and delivery of fraud awareness materials and activity.

Desirable Skills / Experience:

•    Risk management – the identification and understanding of risk
•    Experience of working in a counter-fraud environment
•    Experience of working across a business through informal networks to deliver results
•    Excellent written and oral communication skills for a variety of audiences including senior stakeholders
•    Strong planning and prioritisation skills
•    Ability to work across a broad range of areas both operationally and strategically.
•    Flexible and adaptable to change

Civil Service Behaviours 

•    Seeing the bigger picture
•    Working Together
•    Communicating & Influencing
•    Changing and Improving

Person specification

Please refer to job description.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £39,868, Ministry of Justice contributes £10,804 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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 and Experience.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). 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 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) (opens in a new window)
• 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 (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.