Length of employment: Job Summary: Do you have strong analytical and problem-solving skills? Could you work in our busy and fast paced Digital Chief Operating Office? If so, this could be the job for you! The role of Data Manager sits within the Digital Chief Operating Office function within DWP's Digital directorate. The Chief Operating Office (COO) plays a central and critical role in supporting the Chief Digital and Information Officer and the Digital Executive Team. COO's teams work across a diverse set of disciplines including Financial Management, Workforce, Planning Recruitment, Capability, Spaces, Engagement and Portfolio & Delivery Assurance. The Data Manager role provide analysis and insight on Digital's workforce and recruitment activities to enable evidence-based decision making. The team works with multiple data sources to provide high quality insight for a range of internal and external stakeholders and boards. You will be required to undertake business-as-usual reporting, respond to ad hoc data requests, sometimes at pace, and develop the workforce management tooling. Job Description: As a Data Manager within DWP Digital key tasks include: Responsibility for the collection and cleansing of workforce data from multiple data sources including the Department's People Management Information system and DWP Digital's own recruitment and resourcing system. Analysing large and complex workforce data sets to provide insight and trend information. Providing data for departmental and Government-wide returns, such as the creation of the annual Digital Workforce Plan and the Government Digital and Data (GDaD) returns to Central Digital and Data Office (see: https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk ) Responding to a variety of ad hoc requests for data. Being able to quickly identify the requirements of the request and formulate the best way to respond based on the data available to you. Working with colleagues across Digital to continuously improve the quality of data collect and generate new insights. Developing dashboards and data visualisations to enable self-service access of data sets where appropriate. Being open to innovating with technology and work methods to improve our current ability to carry out reporting. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours. Generous annual leave - at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro-rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave. Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme. Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly). Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year's continuous service. Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes. An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women's Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more. 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. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. Salary Information New entrants to the Civil Service will join on band minimum. Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary. Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater. When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line withessential criteriabelow: Proven ability to work with and interrogate large, complex data sets from multiple sources to help provide tactical information to aid in the strategic decision-making process. Detailed working knowledge and understanding of a variety of data visualisation and communication techniques, knowing when it is best to use them and with what audiences. Strong verbal and written communication skills, with experience of summarising and explaining complex data succinctly to a wider audience. Influential and able to build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders and the wider community. If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact caicy.sandford1@dwp.gov.uk. Stage 1: Application Your application will consist of three parts: 1. A Personal Details application form. 2. Employment history - this should contain your work experience and any skills, qualifications and accomplishments relevant to the jobs you have completed based on the essential criteria. 3. Personal statement - up to 1000 words. This statement should be used to provide examples of how you meet the essential criteria listed in the Person specification. The sift panel will use the information in your employment history and personal statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge against the essential criteria. You will be provided with one combined overall assessment score for both your CV and Personal Statement. For Hints and Tips on completing your application visit Applying for jobs at DWP Digital. Applications will be sifted at regular intervals from the date the posts are advertised. Please apply as soon as you can, do not wait until the end of the campaign. Important Information You will be asked to complete your employment history. Any information that you would customarily share on a CV should therefore be entered onto the application form. Personal details that could be used to identify you including your name, contact details and address must be removed for your application to be considered. If your employment history/personal statement contains any personal details your application will be withdrawn. We recognise that AI may be helpful when applying for this role, but it is important to use it in the right way. Read the DWP AI Candidate Guide to understand how you can make the best use of GenAI while ensuring your application remains authentic and effective. Stage 2: Interview If you're successful at sift stage you will be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. There, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours: • Communicating and Influencing • Delivering at Pace • Seeing the Big Picture You will also be assessed on strengths. You will also be asked to do a 5-minute presentation on the following topic: Please tell us about a time when you created a dashboard / visual representation of a piece of data analysis you had undertaken, to present to stakeholders. Further details will be provided to candidates invited to interview. Questions in Advance To help you prepare and settle into the interview you will be sent the Behaviour questions in advance of the interview, 7 days prior to your interview. These questions should be treated as confidential and should not be shared. The interview panel may ask you other questions which will not be shared in advance, including follow-up questions, and those about your experience, strengths, and technical abilities. Candidates should be asked further probing questions if their response is deemed to require further information to determine suitability for the role. Candidates are strongly encouraged to secure their interview slot promptly to ensure fairness in preparation time with the questions provided in advance. Interviews will take place from the mid August 2025. Interview dates to be confirmed. Other information: If high application volumes are received, the benchmark for candidates to proceed to the next stage may be raised. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to advance all candidates applying under the DCS who meet the minimum standard. However, we may only progress those candidates who best meet the required standards. All successful candidates and those placed on reserve will be posted in merit list order by location. Further Information: Find out more about Working for DWP A reserve list may be held for a period of 6months from which further appointments can be made. Reserve list candidates will be posted in merit order by location. 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. 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 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 you're deaf, a Language Service Professional. For further information on reasonable adjustments, terms and conditions and how we recruit visit the How We Recruit page. Feedback