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Job summary
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is the UKs biggest public service department, leading the development of policy and delivering essential services on welfare, pensions, and child maintenance.
What we do matters: we change the futures of millions of people in the UK by getting people into sustainable work, by supporting people with disabilities and ill-health to live independently, by ensuring pensioners have a reasonable income in retirement and by encouraging separated parents to work together to make family-based financial arrangements for their childrens welfare and security.
We are continuing to transform the Department and introducing once-in-a-generation reforms to the welfare state including the introduction of the new State Pension, embedding major reforms to the Child Maintenance system, and embedding the flagship new benefit for working age customers Universal Credit.
The role of DWP is to support many of the most vulnerable people in society, to do that we need to ensure all in DWP have the key skills they needed to perform their roles effectively.
The DWP Skills Unit is the team with accountability for looking at how we gather data to help us understand the skills we have in the department, the flexibility that may bring, the skills we need going forward and gaps we need to address. This work is critical as we look to transform the way that we provide services to our customers.
There is a requirement for close working with stakeholders across DWP areas and Civil Service wide, to ensure that DWP are represented in cross government conversations connected to the skills agenda ensuring our departmental voice is heard.
Offering an exciting development opportunity for a person with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.
A fantastic opportunity for those who really enjoy the challenge of supporting complex change. Requires excellent stakeholder engagement as well as strategic thinking.
Job description
As a Skills Assessment Manager your role will be to build, share and communicate people capability assessment models across the department. Youll establish professional department-wide relationships through which to implement strategies and plans, identify associated risks and dependencies, evaluate and resolve issues efficiently.
Youll influence and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to deliver high quality outcomes that meet customers needs and give value for money.
Key responsibility:
- Understanding the strategic drivers for skills assessments and how they link into the organisational priorities, Capability and People Strategies.
- Creation of an evaluation strategy which provides insight and key measures, including on impact and value for money.
- Develop an approach to how capability assessments can be built, shared and communicated to the wider department.
- Using technology to increase efficiency.
- Working with others to identify areas for improvement and simplify processes to use resources efficiently.
- Encouraging collaboration and teamwork within own team and across other groups.
- Establishing professional relationships with a range of stakeholders to successfully deliver high quality outcomes that meet the customers needs and gives value for money.
- Identifying risks and resolving issues efficiently.
- Involving a diverse range of colleagues, stakeholders, and delivery partners in developing suggestions for improvements.
- Line management responsibility for a geographically dispersed team.
Person specification
Key Criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of strategic visioning and implementing change delivery. The ability to plan and organize work effectively, use evidence and knowledge to support accurate, expert decisions to successfully implement change. (Lead criteria)
- Be able to demonstrate how you use evidence and knowledge to support accurate, expert decisions and advice. Have the skills to analyse and interpret complex data/information to carefully consider alternative options, implications, and risks of decisions.
- Demonstrate excellent planning and organisational skills to deliver service objectives with professional excellence, expertise, and efficiency. Strong ability to develop and communicate approaches and identify areas for improvement and utilizing technology for efficiency.
- Experience of building close working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including working collaboratively with senior leadership teams to meet diverse customer needs against challenging deadlines.
Desirable Criteria
- Associate CIPD.
- Experience in developing a Skills Assessment Framework.
- If the successful candidate is based in Wales, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Assessment Criteria
The selection process will assess candidates behaviours, strengths, and experience.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview via MS Teams.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Benefits
£10,854 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- 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%
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Selection process details
Assessment Process
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and a personal statement.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
The written sift will be conducted using evidence from your Personal Statement (max.1250 words) and will be assessed against the Key Criteria within the advert.
In the event of large numbers of applications, an initial sift may be conducted using the information provided in your Personal Statement, in relation to the lead criteria. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progress straight through to interview.
The CV is an on-line tool accessed through the Civil Service Jobsite and there is no requirement to upload your personal CV. Our CV element is short, and allows an initial check of eligibility, so please put the main content of your evidence and skills in your Personal Statement.
When completing your personal statement, please read and understand the Key Criteria thoroughly, as this is what your written evidence will be assessed against. Your layout is entirely your preference; you may choose narrative, bullets, etc. You may choose to address each criteria separately, however, one narrative example may cover and evidence several key criteria. You may not be able to meet all the key criteria, but please ensure you evidence: the key personal requirements and what have you done that relates to the requirements. You dont have to explain the whole process, just what you have done and the skills and experience you have used.
Share with us what makes you suited to this role and why, what you can do and the skills you have that are transferable to the key requirements, and the life experience or passion you have that are linked to this role.
The final stage of the assessment process is a blended interview where behaviours and strengths will be assessed. This will consist of a live interview conducted over MS Teams. Which should take approximately 45 minutes.
Sift and Interview dates to be confirmed.
Further Information
Find out more about Working for DWP
A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 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.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : DWP Skills Unit
- Email : dwp.skillsunitgovernanceandreportingteam@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.
