HEO Authors
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 16 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £37,497 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 29 Mehefin 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Leeds |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 408508/1 |
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DMA Leeds is a motivated, friendly and supportive team and 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 and ensures people can develop a wide range of key skills and behaviours.
DMA Leeds is a team of experts that provides specialised services to help manage DWP’s legal risks, ensuring that Social Security Benefits and Child Maintenance are administered in compliance with the legislation, whilst effectively reflecting their intended policies. It sits within DWP Services and Fraud Group, managing all DWP appeals to Upper Tribunal and the higher courts and publishes legal guidance for Decision Makers in the Advice for Decision Making (ADM), Child Maintenance Decision Makers Guide (CMDMG) and the Decision Makers Guide (DMG). We also operate a complex case guidance service for Decision Makers.
The team works closely with policy colleagues, lawyers, operational delivery staff and the tribunal services to help achieve accuracy, fairness and consistency in decision making.
Supporting welfare delivery and reform is another significant area of the unit's work. In advance of drafting legal guidance, this involves scrutinising ministerial submissions, instructions to lawyers and drafting regulations to ensure that they are accurate and correctly reflect case law and policy intent.
We are looking to fill 3 different roles:
Role 1. Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Author
PIP is a constantly evolving benefit at the heart of ongoing Welfare Reform. The role of the PIP Author requires knowledge of disability benefits and understanding of the legislation and case law. It involves the handling of complex statutory appeals and cases on a range of topics covering entitlement to payability of PIP. The candidate will be required to effectively triage legal risk in each case and provide ongoing support to the EO Technical Team, whilst working closely with operational, policy and legal colleagues in managing Upper Tribunal appeals, supporting frontline decision making and policy delivery.
Role 2. Capital & Benefit Cap Author
This role deals with how capital is treated across all means-tested Social Security benefit lines and the imposition of the Benefit Cap in Universal Credit (UC). Additional responsibilities include supporting service modernisation colleagues in UC and overseeing legal guidance for the Introduction and Evidence topics in UC. The candidate will be required to provide ongoing support to the EO Technical Team and should have a good understanding of the underlying legislation and accompanying case-law. The candidate will work closely with operational, policy and legal colleagues in managing Upper Tribunal appeals, supporting frontline decision making and policy delivery.
Role 3. Team 3 Author
This is a multi-skilled role which deals with the treatment of all capital, income, student income and earnings rules in all means-tested Social Security benefits, Additional responsibilities include supporting service modernisation colleagues in UC and overseeing legal guidance for the Introduction and Evidence topics in UC and contribution conditions in Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA). The candidate will work closely with co-authors in a busy hub environment and be required to provide ongoing support to the EO Technical Team. The candidate should have a good understanding of the underlying legislation and accompanying case-law and will work closely with operational, policy and legal colleagues in managing Upper Tribunal appeals, supporting frontline decision making and policy delivery.
Key Functions:
- Drafting and publishing updates to the department’s legal guidance to reflect changes to legislation by way of statutory updates or updated interpretation created by case law.
- Supporting EO Technical Team members on the management of complex or sensitive appeals to the Upper Tribunal, ensuring quality standards and deadlines are met. Providing feedback to Technical Team members on the quality and accuracy of their submissions.
- Guiding and supporting EO Technical Team members in the handling of complex case queries from front line operational staff.
- Training, supporting and developing new EO recruits through coaching.
- Stakeholder management – developing and nurturing stakeholder relationships with a range of senior stakeholders (including lawyers, policy & operational staff). Understanding their priorities, where we overlap and where we can provide a professional and valuable service to help them achieve their aims.
- Supporting Policy colleagues when introducing new legislation or making changes to existing legislation through Questions and Answers (QA) and discussion.
- Represent DMA Leeds at meetings with a range of colleagues.
- Developing and delivering solutions to issues, using case-law and guidance to improve the quality of decision making.
To understand more about DWP and Policy Group – and full information on applying for this vacancy - you must read the attached Candidate Pack.
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