Apply Now
Details
Reference number
Salary
Job grade
Contract type
Business area
Type of role
Audit
Business Management and Improvement
Governance
Knowledge and Information Management
Project Delivery
Risk Management
Working pattern
Number of jobs available
Contents
Location
About the job
Job summary
Do you have an eye for detail and possess analytical skills?
Would you like to support DWPs response to the independent public inquiry about the Covid pandemic?
If so, this may be the perfect opportunity for you.
Due to the recent expansion of the DWP Covid Inquiry Team, DWP is looking to fill one HEO Covid Inquiry Business Analyst role supporting DWPs response to the Covid Public Inquiry. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a high profile cross-government programme. The postholder will work as a business analyst on a range of activities linked to the Inquirys requirements and will be working with a range of stakeholders in support of DWPs Inquiry Witnesses.
Our Mission
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is the UK Governments largest public service provider, supporting over 22 million people and touching every citizen in the country at some time in their life. As a result, we manage Whitehalls biggest annual budget, totalling over £165 billion.
We provide a modern, fair and affordable welfare system that makes a sustainable and positive difference to peoples lives every day. Our role is to support people into work by extending their opportunity, strengthening their personal responsibility and enabling them to reach their potential. We are currently undertaking a once-in-a-generation programme of welfare reform, transforming our services to create real positive impact for UK citizens and our own people. This is where you come in.
Job description
This role involves the collection, collation and analysing of a wide range of data from multiple data sources. The job holder will support the Briefing Hub and effectively engage with internal and external stakeholders to identify evidence relevant to the inquiry, supporting stakeholders to prepare evidence. The role will focus on interpreting large amounts of evidence to maintain a coherent narrative across DWPs response to the pandemic.
This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home.
Who are we looking for?
An individual who:
- Has a working knowledge of: Business Continuity, risk management, resilience capabilities or crisis management.
- Possesses highly developed planning, effective communication, stakeholder engagement and risk management skills.
- Has experience of successfully interrogating, analysing reporting on complex data sets to influence outcomes.
- Has strong planning skills with a proven track record in planning and supporting delivery of large/complex areas of work to meet deadlines and deliver outcomes.
- Is comfortable and capable of working across organisational boundaries including working with senior leaders, policy and legal teams.
- Is highly organised and has the ability to multitask and prioritise competently ensuring attention to detail. Has a demonstrable commitment to promoting diversity & inclusion and personal and team resilience. Enables constructive challenge, can coach and develop people and lead teams through change.
Additional Information:
- It is desirable to have knowledge and experience of Information Management and/or Incident Response and Business Continuity in a large and complex organisation.
- It is also desirable to have knowledge or understanding of DWPs response to COVID from 2020 through to 2022.
- The postholder will require a minimum of Security Check (SC) clearance once appointed so applicants will need to hold this or be willing to undergo SC clearance.
- Due to the nature of this post, it requires the postholder to work out of one of the DWP Change hubs.
- This post will require some travel nationally and this may involve occasional overnight stays.
- For vacancies in Wales, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Person specification
The essential criteria for this role are:
- Proven experience of producing excellent communications with the ability to assimilate and interpret information quickly and explain complex propositions simply and clearly.
- Strong planning and organisation skills with proven track record of analysing data from across large or complex areas of work to deliver outcomes.
- Demonstrable experience of systematically assessing risks, develop plans and draft detailed briefings.
- The ability to lead by example and provide inspiration, direction and support to colleagues and internal/external stakeholders.
- The ability to develop and use a strong and highly effective stakeholder networks across internal and external organisational boundaries and hierarchies.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Things you need to know
Selection process details
As part of the application process you will be asked to provide a personal statement of 1250 words and also provide a CV showing your job history, qualification and experiences (the CV will not be used in the sifting process).
After submission of the first stage of your application you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Work Strengths Test. If you successfully pass the test, you will be invited to complete the final stage of the application.
Please complete the online test and written application as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended), the closing date for the tests is Monday 4 September 2023 at 23:55. If you fail to complete the online test and written application before the deadline your application will be withdrawn. Guidance for the test will be available when you are invited to take the test. The tests are administered online and accessed via the CS Jobs website.
The written sift will be conducted using evidence from your Personal Statement of 1250 words. This will be assessed against the essential criteria within the advert.
When completing your personal statement, please read and understand the Essential Criteria thoroughly as this is what your written evidence will assessed against. Your layout is entirely your preference; you may choose narrative, bullets, etc.
You may choose to address each criterion separately, however, one narrative example may cover and evidence several essential criteria. Please ensure you provide as much evidence as you can to allow us to assess your skills, knowledge and experience.
Share with us what makes you suited to this role. We would like to find out what you can do, the skills you hold and the life experience or passion that you have that could be aligned to the essential criteria.
Please note that when you make your application online you will be asked to complete Diversity Monitoring information.
Information Session
There will be an information session available for prospective candidates on Thursday 17 August 2023 from 14:00 to 15:00. Please contact changegroup.businessmanagementteam@dwp.gov.uk and we will send you the details via e-mail.
The Interview
Interviews will take place remotely by an MS Teams video call. Further details and instructions will be provided closer to the scheduled interview. The interview will take approximately 45 minutes.
All applicants who progress to interview will be assessed against a mixture of behavioural and strengths elements of Success Profiles. The panel is not looking for how much time you have served in a particular field but rather how you performed.
Sift and interview dates are indicated in the candidate information pack.
The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences. If evidence of plagiarism is found, your application will be withdrawn.
Further Information
Find out more about Working for DWP
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.
Any move to DWP from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service or Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action.
Before applying for this vacancy, current employees of DWP should check whether a successful application would result in changes to their terms & conditions of employment, e.g. mobility, pay, allowances. Civil Servants that would transfer into DWP from other government organisations, following successful application, will assume DWP’s terms & conditions of employment current on the day they are posted, unless DWP has stated otherwise in writing.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Reasonable Adjustment
At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce.
We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Contact Government Recruitment Service via DWPrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the Reasonable Adjustments section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
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).
Apply and further information
You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : change.resourcingteam@dwp.gov.uk
- Email : change.resourcingteam@dwp.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dwprecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission. Click here to visit the Civil Service Commission.
