Associate Data Manager Newcastle upon Tyne, England
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Do you want to use your skills and experience to help deliver integrated citizen services to deliver improved outcomes for the most vulnerable in society?
Are you looking to enable maximum value from data assets as DWP modernise its data functions and move to cloud?
Do you have an interest in information security?
If so, come join us as an Associate Data Manager.
One vacancy is based on the Data & Analytics Data Security Team. they are responsible for data security over-sight including data access, compliance, and risk management. The remaining two vacancies are based on the Centric team, they are looking for enthusiastic, skilled, and adaptable people to support citizen focused data products and services.
We provide comprehensive training, and provide access to tools, materials and expertise that encourage continuous self-development to enable our people to reach their potential and help DWP meet its strategic goals.
Job description
What will the successful candidate be doing?
- Provide a professional service to ensure that that information governance is adequate and proportionate to help inform decision making.
- Undertake data transfers in line with security guidance and requirements.
- Can interpret complex information and apply attention to detail in a fast paced environment.
- Provide advice & guidance to teams and projects.
- Produce datasets and products to agreed timescales that add value to DWP and Other Government Departments in support of their business objectives.
- Understand basic data issues and checks that the data and analysis look right.
- Understand the concept of data being fit for purpose and understands the context of the data.
- Aware of the importance to consider developing process efficiency and the common ways in which processes are optimised
- Supports specific activities to improve development processes. Able to spot or identify obvious deficiencies.
Person specification
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
Benefits
- An employer pension contribution of up to 27% For further information please click here.
- Annual leave rising up to 30 days, (based on your working pattern).
- Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
- Learning and development tailored to your role this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring.
- An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.
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. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
Salary Information
Salary for this role is £28,117.
Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary.
Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the next grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater.
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Selection process details
Your application will consist of two parts:
1. A Personal Details application form.
2. Behaviour statements (up to 250 words each). These include:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the lead behaviour: Managing a Quality Service.
Candidates who pass the initial sift will be progressed to a full sift.
For Hints and Tips on completing your application visit our blog Getting Hired at DWP Digital .
Important information
- Personal details that could be used to identify you including your name, contact details and address must be removed for your application to be considered.
- If your behaviour statements contain any personal details your application will be withdrawn.
Stage 2: Interview
If you’re successful at sift stage you will be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. There, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
Interviews will take place from late-May 2023. Interview dates to be confirmed.
Other information:
A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made.
Reserve list candidates will be posted in merit order by location.
You must meet the security requirements before you can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
For meaningful checks to be carried out, you will need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time, to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. Whilst a lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance, and expectation of UK residency may range from 3 to 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements needed for the role may result in the withdrawal of provisional jobs offers.
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
Security Information
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 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 [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
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 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.
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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 [email protected] 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 you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences. If evidence of plagiarism is found your application will be withdrawn.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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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).
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