Stage 1: Application
Your application will consist of four parts:
1. A Personal Details application form.
2. Employment history - this should contain your work experience and any skills, qualifications and accomplishments relevant to the jobs you have completed.
3. Personal statement - up to 750 words. This statement should be used to provide examples of how you meet the essential criteria below:
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Experience of building strong, collaborative working relationships, establishing trust and credibility through clear communication to support organisational goals and continual improvement.
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Evidence of producing and maintaining high quality portfolio, programme or project reports using a range of digital tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, SharePoint or portfolio management systems), ensuring accurate, timely and accessible information.
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Demonstrable experience in analysing accurate, timely and insight driven reports in a digital or project delivery environment, ensuring information supports effective decision making and is aligned with governance requirements.
4. Technical statement (up to 250 words). The following statement is aligned to the required technical skill of: Portfolio Management. This statement should be used to provide example(s) of how you meet the criterion below:
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Proven working knowledge of how projects, programmes and portfolios are planned, managed and governed, including an understanding of key delivery methodologies, governance structures, assurance processes and the roles involved in successful digital delivery.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Ensure that all examples provided in your statements are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. If you choose to use gen-AI to support your statements, you must follow the guidelines outlined in the Artificial intelligence and recruitment guide.
The sift panel will use the information in your employment history, personal statement, and technical statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge.
An initial sift will be conducted using the technical statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift will be progressed to a full sift.
If you do progress to a full sift, you will be provided with one combined overall assessment score for both your employment history and Personal Statement.
Important Information
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You will be asked to complete your employment history. Any information that you would customarily share on a CV should therefore be entered onto the application form.
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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.
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If your employment history, personal statement or technical statement contain any personal details your application will be withdrawn.
Stage 2: Interview
If youre successful at sift stage you will be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. There, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours and Technical Skills:
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Behaviour: Communicating and Influencing
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Behaviour: Working Together
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Technical Skill: Relationship Management
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Technical Skill: Portfolio Management
Interviews will take place from the end of August 2026 . Interview dates to be confirmed.
Further Information
Find out more about Working for DWP
For Hints and Tips on completing your application visit Applying for jobs at DWP Digital.
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.
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action.
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 youre deaf, a Language Service Professional.
For further information on reasonable adjustments, terms and conditions and how we recruit visit the How We Recruit, page
Feedback
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
