Details

Reference number

467570

Salary

£37,922 - £41,992

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

CO - Public Sector Fraud Authority

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

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

Location

Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York

About the job

Job summary

The Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) is the UK governments Centre of Expertise for the management of fraud and associated error against the public sector. It leads the Governments Counter Fraud Function, which brings together the c.16,000 people who work in ministerial departments and public bodies to fight fraud.

The PSFA sits at the heart of government, reporting to HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office; sharing best practice across the public sector including devolved administrations and local governments.

Our Mission is to:

Modernise the fraud and error response by widening access and use of leading practices, tools and technology - better protecting taxpayers money.
Build expert-led services that collaborate with experts in Departments and Public Bodies to better fight fraud and error through risk, prevention, data and enforcement techniques.
Develop capability in the public sector to find, prevent and respond to fraud and error - both organisationally and individually.
Put performance at the heart of the public sector fraud conversation - focusing on investments and outcomes.
Be seen as a beacon of fraud and error expertise and a destination for those wanting to make a difference in fighting public sector fraud.

More information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-sector-fraud-authority/about

The PSFA oversees, develops and operates the Government Counter Fraud Profession (GCFP). The GCFP builds pathways for counter fraud talent development across government. The GCFP team works with cross-sector experts to build training where there are identified gaps. It has established the GCFP Centre of Learning to deliver against the PSFA mandate for the GCFP learning delivery.

Job description

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 Governments 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 Training and Assurance Coordinator to support our Centre of Learning Delivery Manager and our Membership Assurance Manager with planning, administration, and the coordination of a wide variety of activities to ensure learning programmes and assurance activities are delivered on time and within budget. You will act as a key liaison between team members and external stakeholders, managing documentation, monitoring progress, identifying risks, and performing administrative tasks to ensure efficiency and successful delivery.

You will be passionate about increasing public sector capability, and have the skills to manage learning-related activities. Working across multiple organisations, both within the public sector and beyond, you will have the ability to engage confidently and competently with a range of stakeholders both in-person and online. You will have experience in administration or programme coordination and excellent organisational, communication, and time management skills.

The role includes working with a team of fraud learning specialists. It is interesting, demanding and fast-paced. You should enjoy taking ownership of your own work, communicating proactively and supporting the development of others.

Key deliverables and responsibilities of these posts will include:

Learning Programme planning and coordination: assisting in developing learning programme plans, setting timelines, and ensuring all tasks are executed efficiently on time and to high quality.
Assurance Programme planning and coordination: being the point of contact with stakeholders subject to assurance review, ensuring timelines are clear and on track and all documentation is handled correctly.
Support the External Quality Assurance (EQA) strategy: collaborating with delivery partners, ensuring evidence requirements, validation, and independent oversight of outcomes are in place.
Support process integrity: for membership applications, including eligibility checks, accreditation decisions, and appeals/exit processes, in coordination with the Head of Assurance.
Monitoring and Reporting: Support on tracking programme progress and managing and maintaining documentation, supporting on progress reports, and monitoring deadlines ensuring all records are kept up to date.
Stakeholder Communication: Act as a primary point of contact for external stakeholders, facilitating meetings, and ensuring clear communication.
Administrative Support: Handling some administrative tasks such as booking events and meetings, travel, taking minutes, managing and maintaining databases.
Risk and Quality Management: Support on identifying programme delivery and quality risks, escalating and communicating them to senior colleagues.
Budgeting: Support on budget queries and updating budget tracker where required.
Customer Contact: Dealing with Centre of Learning and Assurance enquiries, and overseeing the management of the Centre of Learning email inbox.
IT skills: Working on relevant task and programme management software, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel) Google Suite (Sheets, Docs) and bespoke learning delivery platforms (e.g. Aula).
Further duties within the scope of the grade and within the limits of their skill, competence and training.
Travel, as required, to UK locations including the PSFA bases (currently Glasgow, London, Newcastle, York and Manchester) and our training delivery sites e.g. currently Cranfield University.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Strong prioritisation, planning and delivery skills in steering multiple pieces of work to a successful conclusion. (lead)
Comfortable working at pace whilst managing competing priorities.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience of engaging across sectors.
Excellent written and oral presentation skills, able to communicate complex information succinctly.
Excellent IT literacy, including the use of the Google Suite.
Ability to work with accuracy and close attention to detail.
Strong organisational skills and adaptable/flexible to new tasks at short notice.
Ability to work on own initiative

Desirable Criteria

Knowledge of the Government Counter Fraud Function/Profession.
Hold a project delivery, finance and/or administration-related qualification.
Experience within a Capability environment supporting learning programme delivery.
Experience of EQA activities.

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:

Delivering at Pace
Managing a Quality Service
Working Together

Technical skills

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

Presentation

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,922, Cabinet Office contributes £10,986 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

After submission of the first stage of your application you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Work Strengths 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 7th July 2026. 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.

Our online test supplier will be performing scheduled maintenance between 4 pm and midnight on 28th June. You will be unable to access tests during this period.

If you are in the middle of a test when the maintenance begins, your progress will be paused. You will be able to resume your test from where you left off via your application centre once the downtime has ended. Please note that you will not be able to launch any new tests while the system is offline.

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Application process: you will be required to submit a CV & complete a Civil Service Work Strengths Test

Selection process

For the interview you will be required to complete a 5 minute presentation & interview on behaviours below.

Deliver At Pace
Manage Quality Service
Working Together

Reasonable Adjustment

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Contact Government Recruitment Service via cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the Assistance required section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Further information

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

Any move to Cabinet Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service/Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Feedback

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

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)
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

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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 .

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.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Ricky Reed-Killick
Email : ricky.reed-killick1@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact Government Recruitment Service by email at : cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at info@csc.gov.uk. For further information on the Recruitment Principles and bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/.

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