Are you looking to join a friendly, inclusive and hardworking team, working at the heart of Government's welfare spending and strategy? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
About the team
The Welfare Spending and Reform team (WSR) are the spending team for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which makes up more than 20% of all government expenditure. We work on high-profile and sophisticated policy and spending priorities for working age benefits, including Child Benefit, disability benefits, Housing Benefit and Universal Credit. Our team has an excellent team spirit and are committed to diversity, inclusion and personal development.
About the role
Universal Credit (UC) is the main benefit supporting working age adults on low incomes and costs around £80 billion a year. Working on this in HM Treasury, we are at the heart of policy and spending decisions that affect the living standards of millions. We also have a meaningful role in managing government spending and improving economic growth by supporting people in work.
key accountabilities include:
1. Develop the expertise of yourself and your team so you can act as HM Treasury’s key point of contact on UC policies.
2. Lead HM Treasury’s work around the fraud and error in the benefits system which cost £9.7bn in 2023/24.
3. Jointly run senior stocktake meetings between HM Treasury and DWP to supervise delivery of programmes re...