Senior Security and Fraud Risk Manager


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£57,946 to £68,205 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	NE98 1YX
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	18 Sept 2026
Closing date:	11 Oct 2026

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Summary

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

Come and help us secure one of the biggest digital transformation projects in Europe.

We are looking for Security/Fraud Risk Managers who can use their expertise in fraud & error, security and digital delivery to help design public services that are secure by design, resilient to fraud & error and trusted by the people who rely on them.

This is an opportunity to play a visible and influential role in safeguarding public money, protecting citizens from identity theft and shaping how Universal Credit (UC) and Working Age Services respond to emerging security and fraud & error risks.

You will join a multi-disciplinary group of fraud & error, and security specialists supporting more than 25 agile portfolio and feature teams. Working closely with delivery, product, fraud & error and security colleagues, you will help ensure new features are designed to be inherently secure and resilient to fraud & error from the outset.

You will identify, assess and respond to security and fraud & error risks across Universal Credit and Working Age Services feature teams, provide clear and pragmatic risk advice, and maintain the UC Security and Fraud risk register to support well-informed decision making.

We are looking for people with strong analytical skills, excellent attention to detail, sound judgement and the confidence to explain complex issues clearly. You will be collaborative, independent in thought and able to influence others while valuing the strength of a multi-disciplinary team over hierarchy.

Depending on experience, successful candidates will be supported to work towards a Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) qualification.

You must have one of the following qualifications to be eligible to apply for the role: Certified Information Systems Security Manager (CISSP), (Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (GRCP) or an equivalent security qualification.

This is a critical role co-ordinating and delivering a Digital security and fraud risk management programme of work, with risk driving delivery priorities. The role forms a vital first line capability within the HMG three-lines of defence model.

To be successful, the postholder requires a unique combination of knowledge of citizen identity, counter fraud measures, business security practices and technical security including vulnerabilities, threat, secure design principles as well as personnel security.

The post holder needs to be able to interpret a range of sometimes conflicting technical and esoteric information and present it in a format that is understood by a wide range of audiences. They also need strong facilitation, interpersonal and negotiation skills. Reducing fraud & error is one of our core principles and therefore a priority activity.

Specifically you will:

Ensure that all areas identify fraud & error, information security risks, technical security risks and vulnerabilities, issues and incidents are identified, triaged, prioritised, actioned and continually managed within the risk management lifecycle.
Support and ensure consistency in approach for risk-informed decisions regarding prioritisation of deliverables, protection of assets and security architecture.
Manage and lead the identification, assessment and remediation of business security/technical security/fraud & error risks.
Identify, capture or contextualise risks, enabling risk owners and risk managers to take responsibility for the management and maintenance of their security and fraud & error risks.
Work closely with business/technical security and fraud stakeholders contributing to the delivery of common goals.
Work closely with delivery managers to design out fraud & error and minimise business/technical security risks at every level of design and delivery.
Identify, assess and measure emerging business/technical security and fraud risks, or report to programme and senior stakeholders based on current trends and issues across DWP and the external environment.
Provide risk expertise, advice and support to business managers, Senior Risk Owners and Executive Team Leads within UC/Working Age Services and the wider DWP.
Ensure the implementation of the Governance Risk and Compliance methodology and day to day utilisation of the risk management toolset.

Knowledge of working age benefit systems would be beneficial to the role.

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