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Diverse Perspectives and experiences are critical to our success, and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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.

Since launching a new Counter Fraud strategy last year, HSE has made progress in more proactively managing the risks of fraud, bribery and corruption, taking action where it’s needed. We’re looking for someone who will help us to implement further improvements and embed the strategy as we seek to address the risks in a restless and innovative way.

This is an opportunity to work with HSE’s counter fraud lead and other senior leaders and to personally develop expertise in an area which is recognised by government as strategically important.

We are looking for somebody ambitious who wants an opportunity that will help them take their career to the next stage. You will have lots of opportunity in this role to gain insight into how HSE works and to gain some excellent experience to support your career development.

As we seek to comply with the requirements of Government’s counter fraud functional standard in a proportionate way, we’ll be looking to be innovative but it’s also important that we work with other government bodies so we are aware of good practice elsewhere that we can use or emulate. This will include the newly established Public Sector Fraud Authority.

You will support HSE’s Counter Fraud lead to ensure HSE’s Counter fraud, bribery and corruption strategy remains fit for purpose, developing a framework of compliance and assurance checks. It is a ‘hands-on’ role that involves working with colleagues across the organisation and liaising with risk owners and Risk and Assurance functional leads and the wider business as we look to establish new ways of obtaining assurance that tell us whether the controls that mitigate risks of fraud, bribery and corruption are working. You will improve and embed the framework for delivering this and will have the opportunity to report to HSE’s most senior committees.

You will also be expected to become an active member of the civil service counter fraud network, led by Cabinet Office, thus helping HSE learn from others in order to increase fraud detection and prevention measures.

You will be responsible for:

A) Maintaining HSE’s Counter Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Strategy, ensuring that it remains proportionate and in line with current good practice across government and elsewhere. To enable this, you will liaise with other fraud professionals and government bodies.

B) Developing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on annual action plans to take forward the Strategy.

C) Developing HSE’s approach to detecting fraud, bribery and corruption in high-risk areas. This will involve:

• Facilitation (for example, leading HSE’s participation in the National Fraud Initiative, which requires colleagues to undertake work to assess potential matches);
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams across the organisation, often at senior levels to provide support and advice in identifying and documenting the controls in place to prevent and detect FBC;
• Developing and implementing an appropriate level of compliance checking to assure these controls are operating effectively

D) Development and implementation of a proportionate, multi-year plan for assurance activity as a second line function to assess whether prevention and detection controls are operating effectively. This will involve working closely with HSE’s existing Corporate and Regulatory Assurance teams as well as with our Internal Audit provider.

E) Monitoring HSE’s compliance with the Counter fraud functional standard.

F) Developing and reporting on an appropriate suite of outcome-based measures and indicators which are refreshed annually.

G) Owning and maintaining relevant policies (e.g. Fraud response plan) and the functional standard and supporting these with effective communications with the organisation.

H) Providing secretariat support for meetings of HSE’s Fraud Steering Group (comprising senior leaders) and provide updates about counter fraud activities at this forum and others. This will include preparing reports to include the success of measures we have put in place and outcomes to HSE’s Executive Committee and Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee.

Where potential instances of FBC are identified, you will be responsible for agreeing the terms of reference for investigations with the HR Casework team as well as personally undertaking some investigations each year.

At HSE, we are proud to be able to offer our people the opportunity to work in a hybrid way which combines working from home and the office. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your allocated office will be your contractual place of work. There will be a requirement to travel to the office for various activities e.g., collaborative working, supporting and training colleagues. If hybrid working is suitable for you and your role, the arrangements will be determined primarily by business need, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. Therefore, we would encourage candidates to consider if the commute from home to the office is a feasible distance to travel before making an application. Please note that if you are successful, hybrid working will be discussed prior to taking up the post.

This post can be based in any of the advertised HSE locations, for more information on locations please see here.

You will be required to attend our Bootle HQ, Redgrave Court, Merton road, Bootle L20 7HS approximately 2 days per month for team meetings.

You will be a confident communicator, who has experience working to support an organisation in its approach to countering fraud, bribery and corruption. Experience in helping an organisation apply the Government Counter Fraud Functional Standard would be beneficial.

You will have experience of getting messages across to diverse audiences and be able to help colleagues see the importance of taking effective action to prevent fraud, bribery and corruption.

You will be self-motivated and proactive and will strive to continuously improve the service we provide the organisation.

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Competitive rates of pay
• Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme to which HSE contribute 27%, far more than in the private sector.
• Family friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career.
• Carer friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career.
• 25 days annual holiday increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays and 1- day Civil Service privilege leave
• Competitive parental leave benefits

This post is eligible for Excess Fares Allowance. A successful internal candidate currently based at another office may be entitled to Excess Fares Allowance in line with HSE policy (http://intranet/finance/expenses/excess-fares-allowance-policy.htm)

Job contact :

Name :
Andrew Holding
Email :
[email protected]

Recruitment team :

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