Functional Performance and Insights Specialist

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 401391

**Salary**:

- £42,614 - £45,081
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- DWP - Corporate Transformation

**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
Human Resources
Other

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
**Job description**:

- Stakeholder engagement with colleagues across the whole of DWP, including Heads of Functions and cross-functional working group to support collaboration and drive continuous improvement.
- Supporting our functional reform work to embed standards across the department. Each function has its’ own cross-government functional standard. Our role is to bring consistency and assurance to this agenda.
- Leading on GovS001 functional standard and identifying opportunities to improve performance and manage functions more effectively.
- Supporting the wider team with data requirements, including to measure progress against Civil Service reform.
- Supporting the strategic direction and coordination of activity for our diverse network of over 700 Reform Champions by keeping them engaged, gathering insight and managing opportunities for them to contribute to DWP’s reform activity.

**Person specification**:
Essential criteria:

- Able to make data driven decisions and gather a diverse range of insight, identifying data requirements and communicating insight in a clear and accessible way (lead criteria).
- Effective communicator, with experience of managing a wide range of stakeholders at all levels to achieve objectives.
- Ability to consider the bigger picture and adapt approach when required, particularly within an ambiguous environment.
- Taking initiative and proactively identifying opportunities to improve efficiency or ways of working.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Data Analysis

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £42,614, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £12,345 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 (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.

**Things you need to know**:
**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

**Written Sift**:
**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 750**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.

**A 250 word Technical statement** to demonstrate your technical ability in data analysis, which will assess the following criteria:
**_ Ability to make data driven decisions and gather a diverse r