Head of Covid-19 Counter Fraud Operations

7 months ago

London, United Kingdom Department for Business and Trade Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 356564**Salary**:

- £64,432 - £74,825- National: £64,432 - £73,014 London: £67,794 - £74,825- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 6**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DBT - DIME - Business Growth**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, SalfordAbout the job

**Job summary**:
During Covid-19, the government supported over 1.5m businesses with loans through the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), supporting lending of over £46bn.

The goal of the Covid 19 counter-fraud enforcement team is to minimise the government’s loss from fraud arising in that book - either through prosecution of businesses and individuals or by the threat of such action forming a deterrent to such fraudulent behaviour.

We do this by using analytics to identify potentially fraudulent BBLS transactions, triaging those to determine those where enforcement may be the appropriate mechanism, investigating using powers under POCA and PACE, and then passing files for prosecution to the CPS.

**Job description**:
We are recruiting a Head of Counter-Fraud Operations to lead the delivery of the enforcement element of the counter-fraud strategy for the Covid debt schemes.

This role will work closely with the G6 Head of Covid Fraud Policy and the G6 Head of Programme Management, and we expect the postholder to work alongside them to create a leadership function for the wider Counter-Fraud team.

Management of the (originally) c. £46bn BBLS portfolio is a key priority for the department, with a particular focus on fraud in the BBLS scheme where significant amounts of public money are at stake. Our counter-fraud strategy aims to reduce loss to the taxpayer through working with lenders, law enforcement and data analytics experts.

This post is for an experienced counter fraud senior manager to head DBTs operational counter-fraud delivery.

As head of counter-fraud operations the post-holder will be responsible for overseeing both existing counter-fraud resourcing and delivery, as well as developing new enforcement delivery models, both in-house and with delivery partners.

This role will focus heavily on ensuring effective delivery of criminal and civil investigations which make up a key part of DBT’s response to COVID-19 fraud, both in house and through managed contracts with third parties. As such, detailed experience of leading fraud investigations (either law enforcement or in the public sector) is a key essential criteria, as is experience of working within a central government context. Effective contract management experience is also an important requirement for this role.

The key responsibilities will include:

- Operational leader for day-to day DBT counter fraud enforcement work
- Oversight of day-to-day management of the 3rd party contracts (and any successor arrangements)
- Lead the development of the business case for the future DBT operational enforcement model and lead the transition to the counter fraud enforcement model post March 25
- Provide expert guidance to Covid-19 Business Support oversight boards
- Responsible for the design and delivery of the counter fraud enforcement deliverables, and creation of key performance measures and associated KPIs.
- Direct and assure the lawful utilisation of POCA, PACE and other enforcement powers (civil and criminal), ensuring all legal, operational and reporting requirements are adhered to.
- Build effective external partnerships and collaborate with other government departments and public bodies, and wider UK law enforcement, and lead the relationship with key stakeholders involved in the COVID-19 response including the Public Sector Fraud Authority, Counter Fraud Expert Service and the Insolvency Service.

**Person specification**:
**Essential Criteria**
- Knowledge of the operational delivery of counter fraud enforcement and experience of leading counter fraud enforcement teams utilising both criminal and civil powers, either within law enforcement or a public sector body, including demonstrable experience of overseeing and leading civil and / or criminal enforcement activity including, but not limited to, investigations, disruption, intelligence gathering and dissemination.
- Experience and understanding of PACE, CPIA, POCA, IPA and other relevant enforcement legislation
- Experience of operating at a senior level within a public sector body and able to translate departmental strategy into meaningful and measurable activity.
- Experience of change management in terms of stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement.
- Experience of developing, interpreting and acting on key enforcement MI and quality assurance processes

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