Performance, Assurance and Evidence Counter Fraud Insights Lead

About this role

Details

National: £39,250 - £43,462

London: £42,409 - £46,844

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Business area

CO - Public Sector Fraud Authority

Type of role

Analytical

Other

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Compressed hours

Number of jobs available

2

Contents

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

About the job

Job summary

Performance, Assurance and Evidence team

The purpose of the Performance, Assurance and Evidence (PAE) team is to oversee the performance of ministerial departments and public bodies in understanding and reducing the impact of fraud.

The team does this by monitoring the performance of public sector organisations, maintaining the evidence base for counter fraud and undertaking a range of assurance and review activities on behalf of the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA).

This is an outward facing role working closely with a range of partners, both across the PSFA and in ministerial departments and public bodies.

Job description

Working within an enthusiastic, friendly and diverse team you will support the work of the PSFA. This role within the PAE Team will cover a number of counter fraud products, supplemented by short term projects.

PAE Counter Fraud Insights Leads are responsible for leading on the collation, validation and assurance of counter fraud performance reporting data, which is frequently used to inform published communication products and reports across the whole of the PSFA and the Government Counter Fraud Function.

This role will offer significant exposure to working across the Counter Fraud Function and will suit someone who is confident working with a range of senior leaders, both internally and externally, as well as part of a team, and who will apply a flexible and agile approach whilst working to multiple deadlines and competing priorities.

Job description

As part of this role, you will

• Be responsible for the collation and review of fraud and error performance reporting data submitted to the PSFA, including information provided by departments and public bodies through for example their Consolidated Data Returns (CDR), Counter Fraud Action Plans and High Fraud Risks.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders, both internal and external, in order to both understand and help define counter fraud performance metrics and the reporting requirements against those metrics.
• Support the PSFA’s Performance Leads to be able to confidently engage with and understand different forms of counter fraud performance data. This will include supporting Performance Leads to interpret and communicate counter fraud performance data for their organisations.
• Work collaboratively with Project and Product teams to enable them to measure and assess outcomes (for example, what good looks like and how it will be measured)
• Know how and when to use your initiative to work independently, but still know when to seek guidance when necessary.
• Be adaptable in applying analysis techniques and tools across a range of different products, including at times making assessments to Performance Leads on how best to collect and collate counter fraud reporting data.
• Be able to interpret both data and narrative from a variety of sources, with attention to detail.
• Embrace continuous improvement and support the management of projects with good organisation and prioritisation skills.

Technical skills

• Conducting Analysis and Insight. Apply analytical techniques to clean, process and summarise data under guidance. Assist senior analysts by identifying simple trends and patterns, and contribute draft insights to support wider decision-making processes.
• Communicating Analysis and Insight. Translate data outputs into clear, simple visualisations and summaries. Present findings clearly to internal team members and support the preparation of briefing materials for stakeholders, ensuring accuracy in reporting both positive and negative outcomes.

Soft skills

• Organisation and Prioritisation. Effectively manage competing priorities and workloads with attention to detail in order to support the team to meet tight deadlines.
• Flexibility and Multitasking. Adaptability to manage different tasks simultaneously within a fast paced and changing environment.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

• Experience in a role where attention to detail and numerical information are critical.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, in order to be able to engage and maintain relationships with a range of stakeholders at often senior levels across government.
• Evidence of effective organisational, time management and prioritisation skills and using these to successfully deliver outcomes.
• The ability to both accurately interpret and communicate data and narrative in a way which is both appropriate to the audience and easily understandable.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Power BI or other data visualisation software.
• Experience in counter fraud and/or economic crime.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience having used data in a performance setting previously and/or equivalent qualification(s).
• Supporting the management of projects.

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.

Behaviours

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

• Changing and Improving
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

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

• Presentation

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £39,250, Cabinet Office contributes £11,370 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 Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Application process

You will be required to complete the below for the application stage.

• 1 Test (Judgement)
• CV
• Personal Statement to include suitability against the essential criteria (750 words)
• 3 Behaviours (changing and improving, seeing the big picture, communicating and influencing).

After submission of the first stage of your application you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Judgement 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 18/10/2026.