Head of Health Controls and Assurance - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions
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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £69,869 - £77,740
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  • Grade 6
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • DWP
  • Finance Group
    Type of role:
  • Finance
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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  • Birmingham, Blackpool, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, NewcastleuponTyne, SheffieldAbout the job

Job summary:


As part of the Places for Growth Programme, we are committed to delivering a more geographically diverse Civil and Public Service that will better serve the public and ministers.

As part of this initiative, we are continuously reviewing how we recruit into each location.


At DWP we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve.


We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us, and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at DWP accessible to you.


As one of the largest government departments, almost every individual in the UK is a direct customer of DWP at some point in their lives.

DWP's mission is to improve people's quality of life, both now and in the future. We do that by focussing on delivering excellent services that make a difference to millions of people.

We trust and empower our people to deliver these services to customers every day, including the most vulnerable in society.


We seek to be an exemplar of the modern Civil Service, and to build on our achievements for the benefit of those we serve.

When we are at our best, we care, we deliver, we adapt, we work together and we value everyone, and we seek to ensure that these values guide the way we serve our country, our communities, and our fellow citizens.

Contract Management and Partner Delivery (CMPD) is a Corporate Team within DWP. It's an incredibly exciting time to be working in CMPD.

The role of CMPD is to ensure that our contracted employment and health providers deliver the outcomes that the customer needs and play a vital part in shaping the future of contracted employment, Health and European Social Fund (ESF) payments and provisions.


The Directorate sits within DWPs Finance Group and works closely with a wide range of colleagues including DWP Operations, Commercial, Finance, Strategy and contracted suppliers.


Job description:

The following are examples of key tasks that the post holder may be responsible for:

  • Being an active member of the CMPD senior leadership community, communicating a clear and compelling vision to teams, partners and suppliers, supporting delivery of CMPD and DWP aims and objectives and role modelling a culture that strives for excellence.
  • To provide inspirational and visible leadership to a team of around 50 generalists, health professionals and assurance specialists, actively promoting diversity and inclusion, and supporting staff health and wellbeing.
  • To maintain, develop and champion effective controls for DWP's health assessment contracts including
  • Managing an operational process delivering over 2,000 audits each month ensuring appropriate feedback is given to the Assessment suppliers, with a keen focus on quality and delivery.
  • Working with internal stakeholders and suppliers, delivering an operational programme to validate costs submitted by the Health Assessment suppliers, to provide assurance to Health Account Directors that costs paid are accurate, allowable and appropriate.
  • Chair the working group for health that supports the Department's Validation and Assurance Board.
  • Designing and delivering a programme to test contracted suppliers' systems of internal control, to assess their ability to manage risk to DWP.
  • Promote an environment of continuous improvement and work to ensure that any DWP future health contracts include effective controls and assurance processes.
  • Engaging with stakeholders from across the Department and external suppliers of contracted provision, to ensure that the controls environment is considered and impacted at every stage of policy design and the operational process.

Person specification:

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Lead Criteria. A proven ability to build, lead and inspire large, high performing, multi-disciplinary teams with a supportive, open and engaging leadership style and a track record of prioritising staff wellbeing.

  • Experience of building highly effective, trusting relationships and working collaboratively with senior leaders (internal and external), using relationships and networks to influence and deliver efficient and effective services for the organisation.
  • A successful record of delivering results within demanding timescales, operating in a fastmoving, flexible, and varied environment while managing a range of competing deadlines delivering for the short and
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