Support the development of the Reward Strategy project product set in support of its activity across DWP and wider as needed, while also ensuring innovation and improvement is at the heart of continuous improvement. Help to develop and maintain qualitative reporting tools, including a Strategic Reward Dashboard to deliver clear key metrics for senior leaders and track progress against Departmental and Director led Priorities. Support the delivery of plans, risks, and reporting, capturing decisions and dependencies to support the robust governance of our work, developing the holistic view and forward look on Reward Strategy team activity. Ensure governance is planned in, templates are completed, and secretariats engaged where appropriate. Provide support for daily stand ups across the team to ensure actions are owned, progressed, and unblocked in a timely fashion, building credible trusted relationships to get the most of this engagement Assist checkpoint meetings across this team and our partners in the Pay team to help drive increased connectivity across our work, including developing and maintaining a joint plan with critical milestones captured and tracked. Support the risk lead for the team, engaging with risk experts and other stakeholders as needed to ensure escalation / mitigation activity is taking place. Manage and maintain the Information management process across the team ensuring it is upheld in line with Departmental Policies - ensuring the relevant record keeping is undertaken (registered files and internal audit trails), DPIA is held and updated accordingly. Provide secretariat activity for the expected Steering Group structure that will be put in place. As a member of P&C, actively participate in the people activity of the directorate. Person specification Proven experience of developing and maintaining robust plans, risks and action / decision logs, and timely reporting. (LEAD CRITERIA) An understanding of the HR remit, ideally in the reward space, to enable critical friend activity. Proven experience in managing change and engaging stakeholders with that change. Evidence of the ability to engage colleagues with planning and reporting methodologies and influencing across a range of stakeholders. Experience of delivering to challenging timescales and working through ambiguity. Ability to build strong, credible, and trusted relationships quickly. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Managing a Quality Service Working Together Seeing the Big Picture Benefits Alongside your salary of 44,447, Department for Work and Pensions contributes 12,876 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. 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 23 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (prorata 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 years 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 Womens Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience. Written Sift: To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online application process outlined below: A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. 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 but is not scored so please put the main content of your evidence and skills in your Personal Statement. A personal statement (maximum 1000 words), explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities, and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role against the essential criteria in the person specification. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. If we receive a large number of applications, we will conduct an initial sift on the lead criteria: Proven experience of developing and maintaining robust plans, risks and action / decision logs, and timely reporting. (LEAD CRITERIA) If you pass the initial sift, you may be progressed to a full sift or directly to interview. 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. Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use. For these vacancies, we strongly recommend that applicants consult with an immigration specialist or qualified advisor to assess their eligibility for Visa Sponsorship before deciding to apply. Please note that while we consider sponsorship requests in accordance with current DWP guidance and Home Office policy, sponsorship cannot be guaranteed. Interview: Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview lasting up to 60 minutes. This will take place face to face in Benton Park View, Newcastle. The interview panel will be a minimum of two people and will assess behaviours and experience. The interview aims to be more of a conversation exploring the candidates capability for the role. During the first 5 minutes of your interview, you will be asked to deliver a presentation. Please note that visual aids will not be permitted. To help you prepare and settle into the interview you will be sent the behaviours questions and presentation topic 5 days prior to your interview. These questions should be treated as confidential. The interview panel may ask you other questions which will not be shared in advance, including follow-up probing questions. Sift and Interview Dates Sift week commencing 29th September 2025 Interviews week commencing 13th October 2025 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; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website. 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/Disclosure Scotlan) 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 New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. 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. 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. 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 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. 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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). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window). Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window). Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : Joe Tugwell Email : psr.wfprecruitment@dwp.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : dwprecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk Further information A personal statement (maximum 1000 words), explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities, and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role against the essential criteria in the person specification. 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