Disability & Health Support G6 Roles

The DWP has two stretching and interesting posts to fill in Policy Group in the Disability and Health Support Directorate.

The Directorate is responsible for designing and delivering disability and health benefits that provide support for disabled people and people with long term health conditions through income replacement due to being unable to work and/or contributing to extra costs that arise from the condition. To ensure continual improvement, DWP considers ways of improving the service and customer experience.

One post is responsible for policy on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and will have responsibility for work ranging from policy development and policy maintenance for PIP, DLA, and Motability to managing corrective exercises arising from administrative error or a court judgement.

The second post focuses on system design to ensure health and disability benefits work effectively together and the Government's manifesto commitment to reform or replace the Work Capability Assessment.

These are exciting, fast paced roles driving forward policy improvements to stabilise health and disability benefits.

These roles involve leading teams of several G7s responsible for different aspects of policy. As a senior leader you will be responsible for planning and prioritising work in your team so we deliver a professional and efficient service and respond effectively to changing demands. As part of a senior team you will work to create a collaborative, supportive team culture that builds inclusiveness and resilience and empowers team members to excel and to drive forward work at pace.

You will develop capability and expertise in your teams by supporting individuals to clarify policy problems, evaluate uncertain or conflicting evidence, and draft submissions to Ministers to inform decision making. You will engage with private office to ensure open avenues of communication. There are opportunities to present to senior officials and to Ministers.

You will develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders to solve problems, develop consensus about solutions and test potential solutions. You will be able to explain complex systems to people who may be unfamiliar with them, be able to listen and seek ways forward where there are differing views.