After submission of the first stage of your application you will be invited to complete a Customer Service Skills Test. If you successfully pass the test, you will be invited to complete the final stage of the application.
Please complete the online tests and written application as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended), the closing date for the tests is 02/03/2023 at 23:55. If you fail to complete the online test and full written applications before the deadline your application will be withdrawn. Guidance for the test will be available when you are invited to take the test. The tests are administered online and accessed via the CS Jobs website.
Guidance for the test will be available when you are invited to take the test. The tests are administered online and accessed via the CS Jobs website. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/preparing-for-the-customer-service-skills-test#taking-the-test
If you successfully pass the test, you will be invited to complete your application using one behaviour which will comprise of 250 words at Level 1 on
Managing a Quality Service
Please note depending on the volume of applications we may choose to invite those who pass the skills test straight to interview and dispense with the sift stage. For this reason, the timeline for post Skills Test is subject to change depending on the approach we chose to take.
This will consist of three behaviour based questions based on the three behaviours listed above which will last approximately 30 minutes. Further details regarding the process will be included in the invite to interview.
Interviews will be held via digital platform.
Behaviours
We'll assess you at Level 1 against these behaviours during the selection process:
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Managing a Quality Service - Sift (in the event or large number of applicants) / Interview
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Communicating and Influencing – Interview
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Making Effective Decisions – Interview
Who to contact.
If you have any questions about applying for this role please contact: [email protected]
Proposed Sift and interview dates:
Sift Period – 03 March 2023 to 17 March 2023
Interviews if Sift Undertaken – 27 March 2023 to 14 April 2023
Interviews if Sift not Undertaken – 13 March 2023 to 31 March 2023
Please note: If you will not be available to attend an interview within these dates please do not apply as we have no capacity to hold interviews outside that period.
The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences. If evidence of plagiarism is found your application will be withdrawn.
Further Information
A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
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
Find out more about Working for DWP
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.
Security Information
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
Before applying for this vacancy, current employees of DWP should check whether a successful application would result in changes to their terms & conditions of employment, e.g. mobility, pay, allowances. Civil Servants that would transfer into DWP from other government organisations, following successful application, will assume DWP's terms & conditions of employment current on the day they are posted, unless DWP has stated otherwise in writing.
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 you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.