Deputy Director - Counter Fraud

Job summary

HM Land Registry sits at the heart of the property market in England and Wales. For more than 160 years we have protected land ownership and provided the trusted data and services that enable people, businesses and government to make informed decisions. Today, with over 7,000 colleagues and a clear ambition to create a world-leading property market that supports a thriving economy and sustainable future, we are driving significant transformation, improving customer experiences and making greater use of digital services and insight.

The Deputy Director of Counter Fraud is the senior officer accountable for counter fraud within HM Land Registry (HMLR), responsible for setting the organisation's counter fraud strategy and ensuring a proactive, intelligence-led and risk-based approach to fraud prevention, detection and response. As an accomplished leader, you will provide visible and inclusive leadership, building trust, collaboration and a high-performing culture across the team and wider directorate.

As Deputy Director you will play a pivotal leadership role, working closely with the Director of Data & Register Integrity, the Chief Security Advisor and senior colleagues. You will provide expert advice to the Executive Board and ensure counter fraud is embedded within organisational strategy, decision-making and transformation activity. The successful candidate will represent HMLR across government and externally, promoting best practice, supporting the wider government counter fraud agenda and ensuring the organisation remains prepared for emerging threats. You will also role model inclusive leadership, develop capability and resilience, and enable teams and partners to deliver effectively through change.

Remuneration for this role is expected to be between £86,000 to £117,800 per anum

For existing civil servants, the usual policy on level transfer and promotion will apply. If appointed on promotion, you will be appointed to the salary band minimum for SCS1 or receive a 10% uplift on your existing salary, whichever is greater. Individuals appointed on level transfer will retain their existing salary. Standard pay rules apply for existing civil servants.

Job description

We are excited to accept applications for this Senior Level appointment where the successful candidate will be able to add real value to strategic direction of the department.

As HMLR’s Deputy Director of Counter Fraud, you will provide strategic leadership for the organisation’s counter fraud agenda, acting as the principal adviser on fraud risk, economic crime and organisational resilience. You will shape and deliver a modern counter fraud strategy, ensuring effective prevention, detection and response arrangements are embedded across services, programmes and operations. Working as part of HMLR’s senior leadership team, you will influence organisational strategy, support informed decision-making and provide assurance that fraud risks are being effectively managed.

You will lead a high-performing Counter Fraud Group, driving a culture of collaboration, professional excellence and continuous improvement. Through strong leadership and external engagement, you will build capability across the organisation, strengthen partnerships with government, law enforcement and industry stakeholders, and ensure HMLR remains at the forefront of counter fraud practice. This is a high-profile role requiring exceptional strategic leadership, stakeholder management and the ability to deliver lasting organisational impact.

Willingness to work towards a relevant qualification, such as the Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist (ACFS) qualification or equivalent will be advantageous.

Person specification

You will be assessed on the Essential Criteria below

• Significant experience of being a visible and credible senior leader with experience of leading teams through challenging circumstances and a demonstrable track record of driving positive cultural change and fostering a healthy working environment.
• Significant experience, at a strategic level and gained in a similarly complex environment, in counter fraud or a relevant area including land registration, security or intelligence.
• Experience of building highly effective relationships with other senior leaders and stakeholders, with a proven ability to act in a senior advisory capacity, using knowledge and understanding of the broader context to provide expert advice
• Experience of representing the organisation at senior levels, building and sustaining effective partnerships across sectoral and functional boundaries , with a proven ability to positively influence and collaborate, at senior levels
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to absorb and distil complex information – and present it to audiences of varied awareness and understanding
• Demonstrable ability to think strategically, absorbing and distilling complex information quickly, in order to reach sound, logical conclusions

For more information about the role, and the full job description and person specification, please see the attached Candidate Pack.

Behaviours

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

• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £86,000, HM Land Registry contributes £24,914 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry/about/recruitment#what-hm-land-registry-can-offer-you

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 (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

At Application stage, we require a copy of your CV and a Personal statement of a maximum of 1,000 words on essential criteria, more information is provided in the candidate pack.

Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 11:55pm on the advertised date.

The sift will take place shortly after the closing date. For a full timeline of the process, please see slide 11 in the candidate pack.

Please refer to the attached candidate pack for further information on Longlist, Shortlist, Staff Engagement Exercise and Interview (see Slide 10)

Candidates may refer to notes within their interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to share these values. Please ensure all examples provided throughout the recruitment process are representative of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating (including the improper use of artificial intelligence) will be investigated and, if proven, the application will be withdrawn.

Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa. You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.

HMLR expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.

You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website

The post will require a Security Check and will therefore be subject to further background checks, including meeting the UK minimum residency requirement of 5 years.

Further details of the process and checks can be found at: National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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) (opens in a new window)
• 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 (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).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 theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Emily d'Albuquerque
• Email : emily.dalbuquerque@landregistry.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/

Attachments

SCS1 Deputy Director - Counter Fraud Candidate Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 2378kB)