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Could you be the next Leader within DWP Policy? DWP is looking to fill SCS2 Director, Young People and Skills Strategy role within the Policy directorate. The role sits at the heart of the Governments ambition to improve outcomes for young people as outlined in the Get Britain Working White Paper. This role was established in response to the Governments strategic priority to reduce the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). The post-holder will lead the cross-government Youth Guarantee strategy and delivery, working closely with senior leaders across DWP, the Department for Education, HM Treasury, and key external partners. This includes supporting the delivery of locally led trailblazers, contributing to the development of a new national jobs and careers service, and ensuring the successful implementation of the Youth Guarantee. Want to know more about DWP and the role?Join our Live Engagement Event on 24th March 2026 at 11:10am This virtual session is an opportunity for you to find out more about the role and what it's like leading within DWPs Policy Directorate. You'll get the opportunity to hear directly from the vacancy holder, Katherine Green and HR Director, Joanne Lanham, who will provide an overview of the role and hold a Question & Answer session. Click apply for more information and joining instructions on our advert on Civil Service Jobs. Job description: This Director post plays a high profile and critical role within DWP, working within a fast paced and dynamic environment, combining responsibility for leading the response to the challenge of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET), with responsibility for overall skills strategy. The Government has made a clear commitment to improving outcomes for young people - and this role is central to delivering on that ambition, leading on strategy, policy delivery and working in collaboration with the Department for Education, HM Treasury, and other key partners to shape plans to address the barriers to employment for young people. This position is critical to establishing the new adult skills function, supporting integration with DfE colleagues and policy delivery work transitioning from DfE. The role requires significant collaborative working with senior officials within DWP and DfE, ministers and external stakeholders.? You will need the credibility and confidence to engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders including influencing decisions across the organisation, being able to build relationships of influence at senior levels, and the ability to win the trust of senior officials and Ministers.? You will: • Provide strategic leadership on youth employment policy, ensuring alignment with departmental and cross-government priorities, working closely with senior leaders across DWP, the Department for Education, HM Treasury, and other key stakeholders.?, • Oversee the delivery of the Youth Guarantee, a core component of the governments commitment to using innovative solutions to reduce Youth unemployment and improve transitions into work, education, or training, acting as the senior responsible officer for relevant programmes., • Provide leadership to the Skills Hub, working across the new Labour Market and Skills Group., • Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders across government, local authorities, and the voluntary and private sectors., • Provide high-quality advice to Ministers and senior officials, including regular briefings and submissions., • Represent DWP at senior cross-government forums and in public engagements as required., • Strategic Policy Leadership: Proven experience in leading complex policy development and strategy at a senior level, ideally in in a cross government, multi agency or large-scale organisational context., • Cross-Government Collaboration and Influence: Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective relationships with senior stakeholders across government, including HM Treasury, DfE, and local authorities, • Ministerial or senior leadership Engagement: Ability to build partnerships and trusted relationships across senior leadership and high-profile stakeholders and to gain the confidence of and influence ministers or board level stakeholders., • Programme Delivery: A track record of working across boundaries to improve service delivery with a strong focus on outcomes, innovation and value for money., • Leadership and People Management: Strong leadership skills, with experience building inclusive, high-performing teams and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement., • Labour Market and Youth Policy Insight: An understanding of labour market dynamics and the challenges facing young people, particularly those not in education, employment or training (NEET) would be an advantage., • Adult Skills Insight: An understanding of the adult skills operating environment and the wider issues impacting access to adult skills opportunities.DWP have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:, • A generous pension where DWP contributes over £28,970 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme., • Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours., • Generous annual leave at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (prorata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave., • Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme., • Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to joinHASSRAa first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly)., • Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 years continuous service., • Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. 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Join us as a Careers Adviser : Empower Futures! Check all associated application documentation thoroughly before clicking on the apply button at the bottom of this description. Do you want to work for a company where wellbeing is more than a word, it's a commitment? Somewhere where the person matters as much as the professional? Well at Progress Careers, that's just the approach we take. Our top-notch benefits go beyond the basics-enjoy access to discounted gym memberships, a free wellbeing app that is jam packed with fitness, yoga and mindfulness resources and dedicated counselling support. Your work-life balance matters. That's why we offer generous holidays and flexibility wherever possible. And why do we do this? We want to invest in your personal and professional growth.. But that's not all, we also offer... • Professional Development: Support for professional qualifications, in-house training, including paid qualifications. Last year we invested approx. £3.5k per colleague!, • Financial Security: Death in Service Insurance providing four times your salary., • Family-Friendly Policies: Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave., • Health and Wellbeing Cashback: Access to Medicash for you and your dependants, covering the costs of eye tests, optical, dental, prescriptions, and holistic treatments up to £900 annually., • Recognition Awards: Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual Recognition Awards., • Referral Bonus: £500 for referring top talent., • Exclusive Discounts: MiRewards benefits platform, offering loads of discounts and rewards, • Weekly drop ins with Senior Leaders: Connect, clarify and communicate with weekly drop-ins with our Managing Director and organisation SLT, • To conduct client-focused, impartial, personal career guidance interviews, supporting students / clients to make informed, realistic career decisions. Delivered in 1:1 interviews and group sessions advisers are expected to encourage clients to demonstrate self and opportunity awareness, raise aspirations, motivate, and generate ongoing career conversations., • Use expert knowledge of careers information and labour market information and Intelligence to enable students / clients to identify, access, interpret and utilise valid and current information that is relevant to them, including the appropriate use of information technology, e.g. social media and web-based information sources., • To provide advice to the Careers Leader on the range of resources and the role of opportunity providers, other education, training and employment providers and relevant others e.g. Enterprise Co-ordinator/Adviser in the development and delivery of the career guidance programme in school and the achievement of the Gatsby Benchmarks and where appropriate the Quality in Careers Standards Award., • To facilitate career-related learning activities in groups with students / clients., • To refer to specialist services if required to support specific needs of students / clients e.g. young people with SEND., • To communicate with relevant external agencies and networks for the benefit of students / clients and the enhancement of the career guidance programme., • To abide by the relevant legislation, codes of professional practice, eg the CDI Code of Ethics and school policies., • To abide by all measures to safeguard young people., • To actively promote equality and diversity and challenge stereotyping., • To hold an appropriate qualification in careers guidance (level 6 or above) or working towards L6., • Experience of working within an IAG setting., • IT literate particularly around MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and capability with other technology platforms., • Ability to work to tight timelines and able to produce high quality work whilst under pressure., • Strong organisation skills with the ability to prioritise and manage several different work streams at once without close supervision., • Confident with working across multiple educational settings., • Confident with presenting to large group sizes., • Proactive and innovative in approach, thinks ahead and anticipates and deals with issues without being prompted., • Numerate with a strong attention to detail, sets high standards for own work, • Good communication skills including written and verbal., • Ability to build strong working relationships with senior members of staff within schools., • Keen to learn and develop new skills and capabilities., • Collaborative team player, supportive of colleagues and committed to the company mission., • Ability to demonstrate awareness and compliance with GDPR legislation., • Ability to work flexibly - potential for occasional evening responsibilities., • Experience of creating learning resources and lesson planning, • Existing registration on the CDI Professional Register

Group Data Manager Location: Home based / Remote Department: JMG Group Job Type: Full time Contract Type: Permanent JMG Group is a Private Equity backed insurance broking group based in Guiseley, West Yorkshire with strong regional office representation around the UK. We are a top 30 broker, growing rapidly having completed numerous acquisitions since our MBO in 2020. We place over £350m+ of Gross Written Premium into the market annually and our teams are very well respected in the market. Customer excellence is the backbone of our business, which means that our people, systems, and processes are central to our success The Role We’re accelerating our data strategy to support sustained organic and acquisitive growth. As Data Manager, you will own the group’s data platform, governance, and analytics enablement—ensuring reliable, secure, and timely management information (MI) and unlocking value with SQL, Power BI, and applied AI. The role blends hands on technical leadership with stakeholder engagement across the Group. Our environment You’ll work closely with colleagues across the IT team and wider Group functions; the role is hands on and outcomes‑focused, supporting leadership with consistent, actionable insights as we scale. Key Responsibilities Data platform ownership: Lead the design, operation, and evolution of our SQL Server data warehouse. Establish best practice standards for schema design and performance tuning in SQL Server/SSMS. ETL/ELT & integration: Define and manage pipelines (e.g., SSIS & Power Query) that consolidate sources including core broking systems (e.g., Acturis) and newly acquired businesses; deliver prompt, accurate, and comprehensive integration into group reporting. Power BI enablement: Own datasets, semantic models, DAX development, row‑level security, gateway/configuration, and performance. Partner with BI Developers/Analysts to deliver automated, actionable dashboards for leadership and frontline teams. AI for analytics: Introduce and steward responsible AI use to enrich insights and automate MI. Data governance: Implement policies and controls for data quality, develop and maintain step-by-step documentation of key weekly and monthly processes, embed validation and exception reporting so errors are identified and resolved promptly. Stakeholder management: Build strong relationships across group, including Finance, Compliance, Operations, Insurer Relations and business units; translate requirements into robust data solutions and ensure MI is understood and used. Team leadership: Mentor, develop and utilise a small team (BI Developers/Analysts) to deliver data strategy. Acquisition reviews: identify potential synergies. Roadmap & delivery: Maintain a roadmap covering platform improvements, AI use‑cases, new acquisitions integration, and reporting simplification; track benefits and adoption. Key Skills Required Advanced SQL: stored procedures, views, window functions, temp tables, CTEs, query optimisation; confident with advanced SSMS query writing. Significant experience delivering Power BI models and dashboards (DAX, Power Query, RLS, performance). Advanced Excel: advanced formulas, Pivot tables, Power Pivot. ETL/ELT tooling (SSIS/Power Query) and dimensional modelling (Star Schema). Practical AI/ML exposure (e.g., Python notebooks, Azure ML, or equivalent) and the ability to operationalise models responsibly within reporting workflows. Proven track record integrating disparate systems post‑acquisition and delivering reliable and consistent group MI. Excellent communication at all levels across the business from entry level to director. Stakeholder engagement, and the ability to translate complex data into clear business actions. Team management experience: Confident in leading, managing and developing a small team of analysts. Nice to Have skills: Experience with Acturis data extraction and automation of broking MI. Microsoft Fabric/Azure experience. Implementation, management and usage of API pipelines for reporting. Experience of working in the insurance industry. SSIS administration; Power BI governance at tenant level. Project management experience. Qualifications Degree in a quantitative field (or equivalent experience). Microsoft certifications (DP‑203, PL‑300) advantageous. Evidence of continuous learning in data engineering, BI, and AI. What we offer Competitive salary commensurate with level of experience Hybrid working options considered following training & probation completion Free parking Company Pension scheme Generous holiday entitlement & Birthday off Death in service scheme REF-(Apply online only)