Deputy Director Lead Analyst

Are you passionate about supporting policy delivery to make a difference to the lives of thousands of people and are an experienced analytical leader?
We are looking for a Lead Analyst to lead the Work and Health Analysis Division in the Joint Work and Health Directorate (JWHD).
JWHD is a cross-government unit - jointly sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - working across government and the wider public sector to develop solutions that benefit disabled people and those with health conditions in getting into and getting on in work, in recognition of the significant link between work and health.
You will play a key role in delivering better outcomes and work experiences for disabled people and people with health conditions. This role is high-profile, with significant interest from Ministers in our sponsoring Departments and across government, His Majesty’s Treasury, and No 10.
Your work will include a breadth of policy analysis, statistical monitoring and reporting, and a significant programme of research and evaluation. There is also an exciting programme of innovative work and health data linking.
You will also be part of DWP's Analytical Community's Senior Analyst Leadership Team, led by the Chief Analyst and Chief Scientific Adviser, and composed of the Lead Analysts embedded in all key DWP functions. This Team closely collaborates across their areas, sharing knowledge and expertise both within DWP and beyond.
There’s never been a more exciting time to join the Directorate. The Government has ambitious plans around employment, including disability employment, set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper and the Employment Rights Bill and the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill. We know that there is more to do to address the labour market challenges of today and tomorrow., The Deputy Director Lead Analyst for JWHD is responsible for:
+ Setting the overall direction for analytical and research work in JWHD, ensuring a good fit with the direction of work across the Analytical Community, including responsibility for effective business planning.
+ Building and maintaining relationships with Ministers and senior leaders within DWP and DHSC, rapidly generating credibility in order to play a central role in decision making.
+ Establishing a high impact programme of work that drives continuous improvements in the way Government delivers by prioritising and managing work across the Analytical Community to meet customer requirements and ensure relevant impacts, including equality, are considered in policy, operations, and finance projects.
+ Setting a clear overall vision for analytical work in JWHD in collaboration with the Director and other Deputy Directors – championing the use of quality analysis so that it has maximum influence over the work of the department.
+ Developing and maintaining stakeholder relationships that build a broad coalition of support and world leading evaluation approaches to ensure the use of analysis influences departmental work and timely and accurate analysis and research.
+ Ensuring the appropriate publication and dissemination of outputs and identify and mitigate risks to the delivery of analysis.
+ Accountable for analytical and research reports and assessments, ensuring quality assurance and adherence to data handling protocols.
+ Demonstrate strong personal leadership by maintaining and leading a high-performing team, setting a clear vision and objectives for the Division, building capability, effectively managing performance, continuing to push the boundaries in building our collaborative divisional culture and harnessing expertise from all professions and individuals.
+ Joint responsibility with Chief Analyst as members of Senior Analytical Leadership Team (SALT) for leading the DWP Analytical Community to deliver a world class analytical service which adds maximum value across the Department., If you think you have the experience and energy to become our next leader in JWHD, we'd love to hear from you.
To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online application process outlined below no later than 23:55pm on Monday 13th January:
+ A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years;
+ Three statements (maximum 500 words each) answering the 3 pre-defined questions (below), explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities, and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.
1. What has been your most significant leadership challenge and how you did you meet it?
2. How would you balance competing demands of stakeholders to achieve pragmatic as well as high quality analysis to answer questions?
3. How would you build strong, influential relationships with a range of senior colleagues and stakeholders?
For more information about this role and the selection process, please see the candidate pack attached to the advert.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

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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
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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.

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+ Excellent leadership skills; with a strong track record of building capability across multi-disciplinary teams.
+ Outstanding, broad and interdisciplinary analytical skills; with extensive experience of leading analytical projects, scrutinising and challenging methodological approaches, and introducing innovation.
+ Strong communication and influencing skills and an ability to work closely with a range of senior colleagues, including the Permanent Secretary, Special Advisors and Ministers; building and retaining their trust and confidence.
+ Capability in delivering outcomes across departmental, organisational, and sectoral boundaries.
+ Ability to manage complex portfolios of analytical work, covering both current and emerging priorities; maintaining robust quality controls on analysis., + Leadership
+ Seeing the Big Picture
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Delivering at Pace

Alongside your salary, the Department for Work and Pensions contributes 28.97% towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
We also 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 25 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.