You will support DWP and the Future of Talent Strategy through: the delivery of DWP and Cabinet Office (CO) talent schemes, supporting the design and running of selection processes, including communications, sifting and interview panel organisation, managing candidate queries, and stakeholder engagement (both within DWP and cross-government) day-to-day management of talent programmes, from scoping content through to delivery, ensuring milestones are reached and work is delivered to a high standard - project management experience would be useful development and delivery of presentations to a wide range of stakeholders and participants at Talent or departmental events on behalf of the team - providing regular feedback to support continuous improvement on work outputs responding to queries from our current on-scheme candidates ensuring a positive participant experience for DWP colleagues on both DWP and CO schemes developing, understanding and utilising data from spreadsheets- being data driven through plans, to report and evaluate schemes to ensure progress against key milestones, drive continuous improvement activity and manage identified risks supporting production of talent dashboards, MI packs, presentations and briefings to senior boards as the team continues building on its great reputation delivering Centre of Expertise internal/external communications, engagement and continuous improvement activity by implementing a communication and engagement strategy and plan aligned to future talent requirements deliver Talent forecasts and scheme budgets, working across teams and with our finance partners identifying any financial actions required gathering information relating to internal and external best practice and work with other functions and professions to support the future of talent activity The successful candidate must have achieved CIPD Associate membership or be willing to work towards this upon commencement of their role. Person specification This is what you will be assessed against and should align your personal statement to.Your evidence will be assessed against the following essential criteria. You must ensure you provide specific examples to demonstrate these criteria in your personal statement. Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following: Essential criteria With experience of delivering talent or development initiatives or strategies, you are an inclusive leader with the ability to lead, support and motivate colleagues. ( Lead Criteria ) You can organise and prioritise workloads, whilst being flexible to changing priorities to deliver high quality outputs and drive activities forward at pace, ensuring positive outcomes. You have excellent communicating and influencing skills, demonstrating a high level in oral and written communication and an ability to communicate effectively and with diplomacy at all levels. You have a proven ability to build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders including senior leaders, to support the delivery of business outcomes. You will be data driven with an ability to gather and use information, data, insight and evidence to plan, report and evaluate schemes to ensure progress against key milestones, drive continuous improvement activity and manage identified risks. You are resourceful, creative and innovative, with a keenness to ask, learn and share and can work with a considerable degree of autonomy. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Leadership Working Together Delivering at Pace Communicating and Influencing Benefits Alongside your salary of 37,497, Department for Work and Pensions contributes 10,862 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, Strengths and Experience. Selection will be by a written sift, followed by a virtual video interview. Sift and Interview dates to be confirmed. Written Application and Sift As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a Personal Statement of no more than 1,000 words detailing the relevant skills and experience you can bring to the role, based on the essential criteria stated above. Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the Lead Essential Criteria (With experience of delivering talent or development initiatives or strategies, you are an inclusive leader with the ability to lead, support and motivate colleagues). Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight 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. When completing your personal statement, please read and understand the EssentialCriteria thoroughly as this is what your written evidence will assessed against. Please ensure you evidence the Person Specification requirements outlined, describing what you have done and how that relates to these requirements. You dont have to explain the whole process, just what you have done and the skills and experience you have used. Share with us why you are most suited to this role, what you can do, the skills you have that are transferable to the key requirements, and the life experiences or passion you have that are linked to this role. Interview Preparing for the interview Interviews will be via video link using Microsoft Teams and you will need to use your personal device to access the video link. You will receive a link to join the interview through the email account you provide us with on your application. The Interview This should take approximately 45 minutes.You will be asked to present photographic identification to the Panel Chair as a preliminary step before the interview commences. You will be asked a mixture ofbehaviour and strength-based questions. A blended interview aims to be more of a conversation offering a more inclusive approach.The behaviour and strength-based questioning explores what you, the candidate, can and have done, but also your potential. Behaviours You will be assessed against the Civil Service Behaviours listed above. An example of a Behavioural question would be: Tell me about a time when youve had to deal with a difficult stakeholder. It may help to use one or more examples of a piece of work you have completed or a situation you have been in, and use the WHO or STAR model to explain: What was the task, How you approached the work/situation and what the Outcomes were, what did you achieve? Or What was the Situation ? What were the Tasks ? What Action did you take? What were the Results of your actions? Strengths It is difficult to prepare for strength type questions, however you can think through your answers, focus on your achievements and aspects you enjoy and decide how these can be applied in the organisation and role. While strengths questions are shorter and we do not expect a full STAR response, the panel is interested in your first reaction to the question and information or reasoning to support this. After the interview Once all interviews have been completed, candidates will be notified of the outcome by email and through their Civil Service Jobs account. The successful candidate for the initial post offered will be contacted regarding their preferred location based on the role being offered. If you are able to accept this provisional offer, pre-employment checks will commence and once they are cleared, the vacancy holder will contact you with details of a start date. Please note that for some of the locations currently listed in this vacancy, we may not be able to immediately offer a position based on the needs of the business at the time. Further Information Find out more about Working for DWP. A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 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. Determine your eligibility at here 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 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.grscabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading. 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 Adjustments 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.grscabinetoffice.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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Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. 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) .