UC Data Lead

This is a fantastic opportunity to enable someone to broaden their knowledge and skills, within a fast-paced environment, transforming services across a range of products and making a difference to our customers every day.
You will drive people engagement across your team, set high standards for people leadership throughout the business and inspire colleagues through difficult situations, transform performance and build high performing teams.
We are looking for people who can demonstrate our values and commitment to leadership which are based around Collaboration, Resilience and Inclusivity. We look for emotionally aware leaders who encourage innovation, creativity, adaptability and flexibility. We want you to be comfortable challenging the norm and finding daring and dynamic solutions that support our values and enable colleagues to shine in whatever role they do.
We welcome applications from candidates who demonstrate inspirational and resourceful leadership to help drive performance and deliver a positive and efficient service to our customers., Leading work to identify and improve Service Delivery, identifying opportunities for Service improvements, changing Operational practices to promote effective end to end delivery within Universal Credit, covering all claimant journeys and Labour Market activities within the business. Developing relationships across Universal Credit and the wider DWP to support the delivery of complex outcomes through others.
Leading data and analysis improvement projects at pace, which will require independent working, delivering to project milestones and engaging with key stakeholders, including senior leaders on high profile work that generates ministerial interest.
Understanding appropriate media to communicate findings as you’ll be responsible for visualising and explaining complex technical information to Senior Leaders nationally, in easy to understand language so they can better run their business.
Manage the quality of the data collated and accuracy of analysis and performance insights with responsibility for identifying gaps in data and analysis, and opportunities to improve data and analysis collation processes, tools and quality.
Extract, Manipulate, Interrogate and analyse data to reach sound conclusions, using extensive analysis and business knowledge to develop tactical recommendations by leveraging stakeholder engagement to influence and challenge where required.
Operates as part of a team focused on agreed goals and priorities to achieve collective commitments, effectively managing resources in an ever-changing organisational structure to drive efficiencies and keep costs down.
Through your behaviour and ways of working develop an environment of inclusivity and trust where people can be their very best. Creating an environment where everyone feels they belong, that their contribution matters and that they can reach their full potential., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Leadership
+ Working Together
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
+ Use of modern analytical languages and version control
+ Use of R, python, SQL, The CV is an on-line tool accessed through the Civil Service Jobsite and there is no requirement to upload your personal CV. Our CV element is short, and allows an initial check of eligibility, so please put the main content of your evidence and skills in your Personal Statement.
Personal statement
When completing your personal statement of 1250 words, please read and understand the Key Criteria thoroughly as this is what your written evidence will be assessed against. Your layout is entirely your preference; you may choose narrative, bullets, etc. You may choose to address each criteria separately, however, one narrative example may cover and evidence several key criteria. You may not be able to meet all the key criteria, but please ensure you evidence: the key personal requirements and what have you done that relates to the requirements. You don’t have to explain the whole process, just what you have done and the skills and experience you have used. Share with us what makes you suited to this role and why, what you can do and the skills you have that are transferable to the key requirements, and the life experience or passion you have that are linked to this role.
1. Written Sift
The written sift will be conducted using evidence from your Personal Statement of 1250 words and will be assessed against the Chosen Key Criteria within the advert. In the event of a large number of applications we will use the Lead criteria set out in the person specification to initially assess your application during the Sift stage. Candidates who pass the initial Sift may be progressed to a full Sift or direct to interview.
2. Interview
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview. This will be a video interview.
The interview panel will be a minimum of two people. The interview will assess: Behaviours and Technical Knowledge. The interview aims to be more of a conversation exploring the candidate’s capability for the role.
To help you prepare and settle into the interview you will be sent the behaviour questions in advance of the interview, up to 5 days prior to your interview. These questions should be treated as confidential. The interview panel may ask you other questions which will not be shared in advance, including follow-up questions, and those about your abilities, and technical knowledge. Candidates will be asked further probing questions to determine suitability for the role.
You will be assessed against:
Leadership - Level 3
Working Together - Level 3
Communicating and Influencing - Level 3
Managing a Quality Service - Level 3
It may help to use the WHO or STAR model to explain:
What the task/ work was, How you approached the task/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?
3. Selection and Feedback
We will notify all candidates as soon as possible. Feedback will only be provided following an interview.
Further Information
Find out more about Working for DWP
A reserve list may be held for a period of 3 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 https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
DWP takes development seriously. Our aim is for our colleagues in these roles to be appropriately skilled and qualified – as determined by the business. To support this aim you may be required to undertake a work based qualification, which may be in the form of an apprenticeship, which will support you in further developing your professional knowledge and skills for this role and your future career development. The qualification can be undertaken in work time, you agree to take this job on the basis that you may be required to undertake a work based qualification; a candidate’s failure to participate fully in the professional programme, once appointed, may be a breach of their employment contract.
Important
If you hold a level 3 qualification (2 A levels or equivalent) then please bring your certificates with you to the interview if you have them.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out., + 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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Working for the Civil Service
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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).
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).

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+ You have the ability to produce and QA data outputs from modern analytical code (R, python, SQL) using appropriate software to visualise data and analysis that informs high profile business decisions with senior leaders in informative and meaningful ways, in a fast-paced environment with challenging deadlines whilst maintaining a high attention to detail. (Lead)
+ Experience of working within and leading fundamental components of high profile projects in an agile environment from discovery to implementation, understanding operational challenges and working to overcome them.
+ You have strong and effective leadership and stakeholder management experience with an ability to communicate complex technical information to non technical audiences, in plain easy to understand language with clarity, conviction and enthusiasm. Using data to influence and gain buy-in from partners and stakeholders to drive positive outcomes.
+ You can build trusting relationships with colleagues at all levels and senior stakeholders, through effective working relationships with multi-disciplinary teams and delivery partners to achieve business outcomes through collaboration and innovative ways of working.
+ Strong decision making, communication presentation skills; with the ability to interpret large volumes of complex data sets; an eye for detail showing confidence when putting forward own views and using sound judgment and remaining resilient in the face of challenge to provide recommendations that support improvements for business change.
+ Experience of working to support large scale Service Delivery, preferably with awareness of Universal Credit and it’s user centred approach to design.
+ You will actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace, demonstrating the DWP core values showing support and care for colleagues and create opportunities to enhance service delivery., Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

+ Learning and development tailored to your role
+ An environment with flexible working options
+ A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
+ A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%