Assurance Lead for the Government Counter Fraud Profession (GCFP)

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Details

National: £57,204 - £63,953 London: £62,988 - £68,558

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Business area

CO - Public Sector Fraud Authority

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

About the job

Job summary

Government Counter Fraud Profession (GCFP)

The Government Counter Fraud Profession comprises more than 9,000 members drawn from around 85 public bodies working to fight fraud across the public sector. The GCFP brings together individual and organisational learning from across the public sector, enabling us to take our next steps in the fight against the constant threat of fraud.

The establishment of the GCFP and continued investment in counter fraud resources demonstrates the Government’s commitment to finding and dealing with fraud across the public sector.

The Profession sets out to tackle fraud head on by committing to invest in this group of highly skilled people, who are at the forefront of protecting public services and fighting economic crime. By providing the standards, guidance and tools for GCFP members to develop their knowledge, skills and experience, we will not only ensure public sector organisations benefit from a common understanding of the skills needed to counter fraud, but also recognise those professionals who lead the fight.

Through the empowerment of its members, throughout their careers, the community created around the GCFP will continue to grow and develop, to protect public services and fight economic crime.

Job description

We are looking for a GCFP Assurance Lead with a strong understanding of assuring occupational competency in a counter fraud context.

You will be passionate about increasing public sector fraud capability, and share our desire to take innovative approaches to learning, assessment and assurance. Working across multiple organisations, both within the public sector and beyond, you will engage with a range of stakeholders.

The role includes working with a team of fraud learning specialists. It is interesting, demanding and fast-paced. If you enjoy taking ownership of your own work, communicating proactively and supporting the development of others then we’d love to hear from you!

Key deliverables and responsibilities of these posts will include

• Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing operation of the GCFP assurance framework (governance, risk management, quality assurance, performance monitoring).
• Lead a review of the current application process for organisational membership and make recommendations for continuous improvement and efficiency, ensuring this does not impact our robust assurance requirements.
• Lead the External Quality Assurance (EQA) strategy in partnership with delivery partners, ensuring evidence requirements, validation, and independent oversight of outcomes are in place.
• Oversee assurance activities for training providers, curricula, progression routes, and membership approvals; ensure consistency with GCFP standards.
• Manage processing integrity for membership applications, including eligibility checks, accreditation decisions, and appeals/exit processes, in coordination with the Head of Practice and Standards.
• Serve as the primary interface for assurance stakeholders; chair or participate in assurance review panels as required.
• Ensure information governance, privacy, and security requirements are observed in all assurance activities.
• Facilitate bespoke training to “GCFP Assurance Advisory Panel Members”
• Facilitate drop in sessions and bespoke meetings for potential new members of the GCFP

Person specification

Person specification Essential

• Proven ability to design and manage assurance frameworks for occupational competency
• Hold (or be willing to work towards) relevant level 4 qualification in Assessment, Internal or External Quality Assurance
• Significant assurance, internal audit, or quality management experience.
• Experience of working in a counter fraud, economic crime or bribery & corruption environment, as a practitioner or capability expert.
• Experience of senior stakeholder engagement and cross-organisational, cross-sector collaboration.
• Ability to brief seniors concisely, and at pace, on complex assurance and assessment issues.
• Knowledge of the GCFP and its standards and processes for organisational membership
• Hold (or work towards) relevant level 4 qualification in Assessment, Internal or External Quality Assurance

Desirable Criteria

• An understanding of the Government Counter Fraud Profession’s learning landscape

Additional information

Cabinet Office policy is that a minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. For some roles, due to their nature and the business need, this may be up to 100%. Requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

Technical skills

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

• Presentation

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £57,204, Cabinet Office contributes £16,571 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

Application process

At the application stage you will be required to complete the below.

• Civil Service Test - verbal reasoning
• CV
• Personal Statement to include suitability against the essential criteria (500 words)

After submission of the first stage of your application you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Verbal Test. If you successfully pass the test, you will be invited to complete the final stage of the application.

Please complete the online tests as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended), the closing date for the tests is 23:55 on 23rd August. If you fail to complete the online test before the deadline your application will be withdrawn. Guidance for the test will be available when you are invited to take the test. The tests are administered online and accessed via the CS Jobs website.

Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be undertaken using CV against the l**ead criteria, which is A strong understanding of processes to assure occupation competency in counter fraud (lead).

Selection process

The interview will be assessed on the below.

• A 10 minute presentation, followed by 10 minutes of questions. Then further questions relating to the candidate’s experience in the essential criteria listed.

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