Practice Standards and Capability Administration Officer


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£29,727 - £31,518
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Manchester
Job type:	Temporary
Posting date:	7 Aug 2026
Closing date:	21 Aug 2026

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Summary

The Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) is responsible for working with departments and arms-length bodies to better understand and reduce the impact of fraud against the public sector. Working in the PSFA is an opportunity to make a difference to the taxpayer by improving how the public sector deals with fraud. This can reduce the cost of public services and drive fairness in society. Working in the PSFA offers access to a wide range of stakeholders across government and the opportunity to work with various sectors in a high profile policy area with high media, parliamentary and ministerial interest.

The Team

As well as being part of the PSFA, a new authority established in 2022, you will also be part of the Government Counter Fraud Function (GCFF), which has members in all departments, at all levels, in all sectors.

The PSFA is outcome and performance driven, offers a depth and breadth of expertise and works jointly with HMT to tackle fraud in the public sector.

The PSFA, whilst sitting within the Cabinet Office, reports jointly to the Cabinet Office and Treasury Ministers. Maintaining close working relationships with HMT colleagues is key to ensure the PSFA can deliver its mandate effectively. The PSFA will be c.150 in 2023/24 with locations across the country – including York, Glasgow, Newcastle and London. As a result, hybrid working is fully embraced and teams are encouraged to collaborate in the various Cabinet Office Hubs around the country.

The team offers opportunities for fraud experts across the disciplines needed to effectively find and fight fraud, including risk assessment, measurement, prevention, intelligence and investigation. The range of opportunities allows for constant professional development and means that collaboration is always at the heart of what we do.

The role sits within the Performance, Standards & Capability team bringing expertise together to define practices, develop standards and increase capability across the public sector through the Counter Fraud Profession (GCFP). As part of the Practice Standards and Capability team, you’ll join a small and dynamic team providing a range of central business and operational support services for PSFA and the Government Counter Fraud Profession (GCFP) Board.

The GCFP board is committed to growing this offering and is now seeking an experienced individual to develop further standards to support the implementation of a consistent approach to fraud investigation in the public sector.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is looking to join a growing team and would suit someone with an interest in counter fraud activities and who enjoys helping to create direction and structure.

As the Practice Standards and Capability Administration Officer, you will deliver varied workforce admin tasks to ensure PSC has the right capacity to deliver its priorities. You will play a key role in managing and supporting the governance of our engagement boards, providing secretariat support and working with the team to deliver our commitments to the Government Counter Fraud Profession’s Board and Members across government and beyond. A core part of supporting members is accurately maintaining the membership records and producing essential MI and analysis of the data for use by the team and GCFP board.

If you enjoy taking ownership of your own work, communicating proactively and delivering good quality then we’d love to hear from you!

Key tasks

Supporting the GCFP Membership Registrar with maintaining and updating the members register (transitioning to a new membership platform). This includes working with membership managers across member organisations to assure the accuracy of data and producing essential management information and reports as required.
Support the organisation of GCFP member events such as annual conferences and CPD sessions.
Providing Secretariat support for the PSC team including creating agenda’s, compiling slides for meetings and producing high quality notes.
Compilation and formatting of documents using word to a high standard;
Liaising with stakeholders across government and at senior levels to co-ordinate meetings and key activities for the Government Counter Fraud Profession.
Demonstrating flexibility to work on other activities within the PSC team to develop skills and meet business needs. This will include supporting on our learning activities, conferences and other projects;
Supporting other PSC team members.

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