FED Data Strategy Lead
| Posting date: | 22 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,557 to £66,058 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 June 2025 |
| Location: | S3 7UF |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 406304/2 |
Summary
Data and AI are a key enabler to driving down fraud and error in the welfare system. This forms an essential strand of the directorate’s ‘plan for prevent’, work endorsed by the Executive Team.
The post holder will be responsible for leading our strategic response on how data can be used in the fraud and error landscape.
Role responsibilities include:
- Providing strategic leadership for FED Data Transformation, ensuring its alignment with the goals and objectives of the DWP. Support the planning and delivery of the programme workstreams, ensuring their timely and successful completion.
- Lead and maintain relationships with a core working group of both internal and external stakeholders engaged in the specialised field of data and AI, to develop a clear strategy for the operationalisation of data into DWP benefits to reduce fraud and error.
- Provide support to senior leaders and the department by providing informed insights on data usage to prevent fraud and error. Prepare detailed reports and presentations to clearly communicate findings and recommendations, addressing a wide range of queries and opportunities.
- Lead on external, ministerial, and other government department (OGD) engagement and briefing on FED data and AI policy.
- Establish strong connections and ensure alignment with broader Departmental strategies and programmes. Advocating and influencing from the FED perspective and whilst identifying opportunities for collaborative development.
- Collaborating with the Change community and others to develop a comprehensive business case for future spending review bids and fiscal events. Including the development of a strong benefits case to secure ongoing investment and support in the FED data space.
- Oversee the strategic delivery of the Fraud Prevention Fund, ensuring effective allocation and utilisation of resources to drive innovative initiatives aimed at reducing fraud and error across the department.
An understanding or experience of data or digital strategy would be advantageous in this role.
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