Length of employment: Job Summary: As the UK's largest public services department, DWP supports people to enter and thrive in employment. We steward the UK's workplace pensions system, administer the State Pension, and deliver social security to around 23 million people. DWP is one of the few government departments that is both a policy department and a front-line delivery organisation. This is an opportunity to make a real difference to people's lives. Finance Group sits at the heart of the department, influencing and shaping the policy and delivery of our front-line services. This role sits in performance reporting branch and the post holder will be joining an energetic, vibrant team, which plays a vital role in gathering, interrogating and presenting intelligence and data to understand and assess performance against the departmental plan. You will expertly manage your work, and your teams to ensure objectives are met. You will draw on a range of knowledge and experience to lead performance reporting and help to drive through on-going evolution of the department's performance dashboard to reflect the priorities of the Government and Department. This work will include providing assurance and active constructive challenge to information provided and being pro-active in identifying how best to evolve the dashboard and ensuring proposed changes land.This will include two core strands: leading a team to collect, analyse and, if required, challenge, data, draft literate and compelling narratives and producing a performance dashboard for the department's most senior leaders. You will also deliver associated briefings and ad-hoc products as required. support work across the branch and wider department (including Implementation Unit and Outcome Boards) to update the dashboard, identify where new measures need to be added, old ones removed or updated and pro-actively drive changes forward. This will require collaboration with stakeholders at working and senior level. Job Description: The main elements of this role will include the following: Leading and managing key elements of the quarterly performance dashboard including analysing data, challenging where applicable, drafting content and overseeing drafting of content, engaging with key stakeholders, and pro-actively managing the clearance process for directors and directors general. Own discrete elements of performance areas, building expertise and a wide network to maintain and expand understanding and effectively report against these. Support the production of accompanying reports and briefings for the quarterly dashboard, including the \"view from planning" document which sets out the team's assessment of performance each quarter, briefing for the Executive Team and background briefing for the Director and Deputy Director. Support work across the team to drive forward the evolution of the dashboard. Pro-actively identifying areas where the dashboard can be strengthened or updated and working closely with key stakeholders in the Implementation Unit and on Outcome Boards to determine relevant metrics to include within the dashboard and ensure standards, targets and trajectories, as applicable, are in place. Line management responsibility. Hybrid working 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. This role can only be delivered from the UK. DWP 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. [Lead criteria] A strong background in understanding, assessing and presenting data is essential for this role, as is an ability to put data reporting into wider economic and/ or department context and a confidence to challenge data providers if information provided appears counterintuitive. Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to work well as part of a team, and with a variety of colleagues, with experience of developing and maintaining strong and influential relationships across the business with senior stakeholders across DWP and working together to develop and deliver against shared objectives and outcomes. Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to summarise and explain complex technical performance succinctly to a non-technical audience. Plus, an ability to build and manage effective relationships at senior levels and operate successfully in a political or complex environment. Proven experience of operating in high profile and pressurised environments, and delivering quality outcomes at pace against challenging requirements, alongside being a visible, confident, inspiring and empowering leader with an ability to work under ambiguity and in a rapidly changing environment. Sift stage: As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a Personal Statement of no more than 1000 words and CV where you will provide a work history for the last 5 years. The sift panel will use your Personal Statement to assess your skills and experience against the essential criteria listed for this position. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. In the event of a high level of applications, we reserve the right to conduct the application sift based on a single Lead Criteria, as indicated in the Person Specification section. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview. Interview stage: If you have been successful in sift stage, you will be invited to an online interview via Teams. You will need to produce evidence of ID at the video interview. The interview will take a blended approach, and you will be assessed against the behaviours outlined in the job advert, as well as strength-based questions.Candidates invited to interview will be asked to make a short presentation on a topic that will be provided in advance. DWP may consider increasing the overall pass mark at sift or interview stage in order to manage applications and outcomes. Further information will be provided to those who are invited to interview and feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview. Application sift is planned to be carried out WC: 7th July 2025 Interviews are planned to be carried out WC: 4th August 2025 Please be advised that the above dates are indicative only and are subject to change. AI We recognise that AI may be helpful when applying for this role, but it is important to use it in the right way. Read our guide here on how to make the best use of GenAI while ensuring your application remains authentic and effective. Further Information Find out more about Working for DWP A reserve list may be held for 6 months from which further appointments can be made. Any move to DWPfrom 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. 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This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's 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. 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. The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. 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