Change & Mobilisation Synergy Design Analyst
| Posting date: | 20 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £42,614 to £45,081 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Civil servants applying on promotion will usually be appointed to the salary minimum or within 10% of existing salary. External recruits will start on the band minimum. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 September 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 419169/4 |
Summary
The Change & Mobilisation Team is part of the Payments, Systems & Financial Control Directorate in DWP Finance. The focus of the team is to co-ordinate and lead on the Departments support of the Synergy Programme which exists to transform shared services across DWP, MoJ, Defra, Home Office and their Arm's Length Bodies (ALB). Specifically, the team works across all the Finance Global Processes to support the design of future shared services and the new Enterprise Resource Planning system they will operate as well as supporting transformation and business readiness for new ways of working. The transformation will support new ways of working for over half of the Civil Service, impacting around 250,000 Public and Civil Service employees.
Synergy’s mission is to make working lives easier and help deliver crucial services by providing systems that are smarter, faster, more intuitive, and are designed around the needs of the user. Transforming the way we deliver corporate services in government, simplifying the way we do things, joining up functions, and showing how deep the benefits of partnership run.
Synergy’s objectives are to:
- Simplify and operate through an optimised Shared Services Centre.
- Improve user experience.
- Improve data quality and reporting.
- Provide service continuity and foundation for service enhancements.
- Demonstrate value for money.
We are looking for applications from people who can demonstrate a passion for transformation to deliver an efficient and high performing Finance function for DWP. You will be part of the DWP team working alongside the other cluster departments and our ALBs to bring your skills to one of the biggest changes to the administration of the Civil Service in decades.
This is an exciting opportunity for people with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills to work in a fast-paced environment over both Finance and Project Management functional disciplines. The role offers the opportunity to use existing Finance knowledge to broaden your experience in a major change programme.
The SEO role will be responsible for co-ordinating activity while supporting business change and implementation across Finance process areas. You will be an advocate for the changes the programme is looking to deliver and be responsible for building and maintaining strong working relationships both within DWP and across Synergy.
Responsibilities include:
- Work closely with the Subject Matter Experts to co-ordinate the implementation of the Synergy solution across DWP.
- Build and maintain strong effective relationships with stakeholders and colleagues to confidently represent, challenge, influence and negotiate positive outcomes and solutions.
- Identify, plan and successfully implement change delivery activity.
- Prioritise, change, adapt, iterate and improve at pace, responding to changing priorities.
Locations
You will be asked for your preferences for up to 3 locations, these will tell us where you would prefer to work if you are successful. Please do not select a location unless you are prepared to accept a role in that location.
Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles here.
Successful candidates will be posted in merit order based on your location preferences, where appropriate, and the geographical requirements of the business. Dependent on your position on the merit list, if none of your location preferences remain at the point we make a job offer DWP may offer you a role at an alternative advertised location. If we are unable to offer you a role in any of your preferred locations, and you are unable to accept a role at an alternative advertised location, we will add you to the reserve list if one is being held.
The roles available will be based in:
Birmingham 3 Arena Central, Bridge Street, Birmingham B1 2AX
Blackpool Peel Park, Brunel Way, Blackpool FY4 5ES
Leeds Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7UA.
Manchester 2 St Peter’s Square, Manchester, M2 3AA.
Newcastle Benton Park View, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE98 1BA.
Sheffield Hartshead Square, Sheffield, S1 2FD.
Some travel may be required.
Hybrid working
This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home.
This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account.
This role can only be delivered from the UK.
Visa sponsorship
For these vacancies, we strongly recommend that applicants consult with an immigration specialist or qualified advisor to assess their eligibility for Visa Sponsorship before deciding to apply. Please note that while we consider sponsorship requests in accordance with current DWP guidance and Home Office policy, sponsorship cannot be guaranteed.
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