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Wednesday, 1 October 2025

Going Forward into Employment (GFiE): New vacancies in Newcastle - available exclusively to Service Leavers, Veterans and Military Spouses/Partners

 


The following vacancies are now open for applications under the GFiE Scheme, all are Dept of Work & pensions roles, and all have a closing date of 19 Oct:

  • GFIE-461 Business Analyst Officer
  • GFIE-462 Software Engineer
  • GFIE-463 Delivery Manager

All three vacancies are located at Benton Park View, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne

  • Grade: EO
  • Salary: £32,137
  • Contract length:18 months

 

GFiE roles are available specifically to people who served in the Armed Forces, or be in your resettlement period and due to leave the Armed Forces within a reasonable time frame or a Military Spouse/Partner (your current partner must still be serving or was discharged within the last 12 months).

To apply, please submit a completed EOI Form (also see Guidance notes) and an up to date CV to GFIE@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

For more information on the GFiE scheme please go to: A complete guide to GFiE – Veterans, Military Partners/Spouses and Service Leavers – Life Chances – Going Forward into Employment (GFiE) (blog.gov.uk)


GFIE- 461- Business Analyst- DWP

Newcastle upon Tyne - Closing Date: 19th October 2025

This role at The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is available to people who served in the Armed Forces, OR be in your resettlement period and due to leave the Armed Forces within a reasonable time frame OR Military Spouse/Partner: Your current partner must still be serving OR was discharged within the last 12 months. We want you to join us, learn new skills and bring your experience to our organisation. We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference, and we want to ensure that all our staff are equipped with the knowledge and skills to do so. As part of your employment, you will have access to a range of learning and development, and a buddy who can help you to understand the Civil Service and enable you to make the most of the opportunities it offers. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. We are the UK's biggest public service department and administer the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers.

Organisation The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Job Title Business Analyst

Job Grade EO

Positions available 1

Salary £32,137

Location Benton Park View, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne

Contract Length 18 months

Hours 37 Monday-Friday

About the job

DWP’s core strategy is one of “Full Transformation”, however many of the Business Products that are

tenants of at-risk Legacy IT Systems are old policy and/or closed benefit lines. Where a Business

Product is not a suitable candidate for Full Transformation, we have defined a range of additional

treatment options that we can use to mitigate the risks of Technical Debt across our core IT Systems,

protecting our ability to pay Citizens.

The Legacy Tech Debt Programme has been established to facilitate and oversee the work needed to

address our Technical Debt.

The requirement for this role is to work on the projects in scope of the DWP Legacy Tech Debt

programme, to support the delivery of the identified IT treatment plans that will provide the right

solution aligned to the as-is business processing.

Job description

You will be working within a transformational multi-disciplinary team (User Researchers, Developers, QAs etc.). 

● You will translate business problems and user needs into a set of detailed requirements to deliver value and great outcomes for our users. 

● You will lead workshops, interviews, focus groups and utilise other techniques to effectively understand the business problems and user needs.

● You will develop and maintain stakeholder relationships. communicating effectively across both technical and business stakeholders and ensuring the understanding of requirements and acceptance criteria is aligned. 

● You will gain a good understanding of the business processes and activities that impact and that are impacted by the product or service. Selecting the appropriate best practice techniques to model business processes, to identify potential process improvements.

 ● You will take ownership for improving your own knowledge of Business Analysis principles, methods and tools and play an active role within the BA community including coaching and supporting other members, as appropriate. Essential 

● Experience of working as a Business Analyst.

 ● Experienced in analysing and refining user and stakeholder requirements

 ● Experienced in identifying and building strong relationships with stakeholders 

● Experienced in using a wide range of analysis techniques to understand the problem. 

● Able to identify improvements and make recommendations

 ● Experience of working on changes end to end from inception to delivery.

Application Details To apply we will need: 

● A completed Expression of Interest form 

● A copy of your CV This should be sent via e-mail to GFIE@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Requirements and Timeline

Informal conversations with candidates are expected to take place in October and it is hoped that successful candidates start in February following successful security checks.

GFIE- 462- Software Engineer- DWP

Newcastle upon Tyne - Closing Date: 19th October 2025

This role at The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is available to people who served in the Armed Forces, OR be in your resettlement period and due to leave the Armed Forces within a reasonable time frame OR Military Spouse/Partner: Your current partner must still be serving OR was discharged within the last 12 months. We want you to join us, learn new skills and bring your experience to our organisation. We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference, and we want to ensure that all our staff are equipped with the knowledge and skills to do so. As part of your employment, you will have access to a range of learning and development, and a buddy who can help you to understand the Civil Service and enable you to make the most of the opportunities it offers. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. We are the UK's biggest public service department and administer the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers.

Organisation The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Job Title Software Engineer

Job Grade EO

Positions available 1

Salary £32,137

Location Benton Park View, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne

Contract Length 18 months

Hours 37 Monday-Friday

About the job

DWP’s core strategy is one of “Full Transformation”, however many of the Business Products that are

tenants of at-risk Legacy IT Systems are old policy and/or closed benefit lines. Where a Business

Product

is not a suitable candidate for Full Transformation, we have defined a range of additional treatment

options that we can use to mitigate the risks of Technical Debt across our core IT Systems, protecting

our ability to pay Citizens.

The Legacy Tech Debt Programme has been established to facilitate and oversee the work needed to

address our Technical Debt.

The requirement for this role is to work on the projects in scope of the DWP Legacy Tech Debt

programme, to support the delivery of the identified IT treatment plans that will provide the right

solution aligned to the as-is business processing.

Job description As a Software Engineer you will develop and maintain software products that make up citizens and organisations facing services and contribute towards their design. You will be responsible for the operational stability of the products you build and be in a position to affect change in the on-going robustness and resilience of those products. You will work within, and contribute to, the overall Software Development Lifecycle Process as part of a multi-functional Agile delivery team focused on one or more products. Essential

 ● Experience in writing software in an open source language of Javascript or Java

 ● Ensure system robustness, resilience and stability.

 ● Design and develop reusable libraries and services and promote reuse across the Department.

 ● Produce comprehensive suites of automated unit and integration tests to ensure code quality. 

● Identify and resolve issues preventing delivery or continuation of software engineering activities

. ● Produce comprehensive technical documentation for wider consumption.

 ● Carry out agreed infrastructure maintenance tasks.

Application Details To apply we will need: 

● A completed Expression of Interest form 

● A copy of your CV This should be sent via e-mail to GFIE@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Requirements and Timeline 

Informal conversations with candidates are expected to take place in October and it is hoped that successful candidates start in February following successful security checks.

GFIE- 463- Delivery Manager- DWP

Newcastle upon Tyne - Closing Date: 19th October 2025

This role at The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is available to people who served in the Armed Forces, OR be in your resettlement period and due to leave the Armed Forces within a reasonable time frame OR Military Spouse/Partner: Your current partner must still be serving OR was discharged within the last 12 months. We want you to join us, learn new skills and bring your experience to our organisation. We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference, and we want to ensure that all our staff are equipped with the knowledge and skills to do so. As part of your employment, you will have access to a range of learning and development, and a buddy who can help you to understand the Civil Service and enable you to make the most of the opportunities it offers. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. We are the UK's biggest public service department and administer the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers.

Organisation The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Job Title Delivery Manager

Job Grade EO

Positions available 1

Salary £32,137

Location Benton Park View, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne

Contract Length 18 months

Hours 37 Monday-Friday

About the job

DWP’s core strategy is one of “Full Transformation”, however many of the Business Products that are

tenants of at-risk Legacy IT Systems are old policy and/or closed benefit lines. Where a Business

Product is not a suitable candidate for Full Transformation, we have defined a range of additional

treatment options that we can use to mitigate the risks of Technical Debt across our core IT Systems,

protecting our ability to pay Citizens.

The Legacy Tech Debt Programme has been established to facilitate and oversee the work needed to

address our Technical Debt.

The requirement for this role is to work on the projects in scope of the DWP Legacy Tech Debt

programme, to support the delivery of the identified IT treatment plans that will provide the right

solution aligned to the as-is business processing.

Job description

The programme will use a hybrid approach to delivery. The teams delivering the new services arelikely to be working in a waterfall fashion as we need to build full services from the outset due tothe requirements but releasing the new service in an agile way (Private Beta focusing on a small number of users to prove the new service and then Full Beta once confidence is built), however the day-to-day team dynamics will draw upon aspects of agile ceremonies (stand-ups, retro’s, velocity and capacity planning etc). 

They will work as a Delivery Manager to support at a project level – 

● Manage project deliverables end-to-end, ensuring delivery to agreed parameters of quality, time and cost, in line with departmental delivery standards.

 ● Assist in managing plans, risks, issues and governance for their work.

 ● Encourage collaboration and good communication within their team, dealing with conflict and helping to establish a positive team culture.

 ● Work effectively with stakeholders to create and monitor plans and approach, proactively identifying risks and issues

. ● Track and manage progress and budget, contributing to accurate reporting to more senior project managers and/or governance boards. 

● Assist consistent communication across internal and external project stakeholders, ensuring consistency with broader project/digital messaging.

 ● Support the removal of blockers or impediments that affect the delivery plans and be able to develop a plan for difficult situations. Essential

 ● Experience of delivery in a digital project management environment. 

● Experience of leading a team. 

● Experience of working collaboratively across boundaries.

 ● Experience of communication, and tailoring messages to a range of audiences.

 ● An awareness of the importance of planning and forecasting and the different ways to develop a plan.

Application Details To apply we will need: 

● A completed Expression of Interest form 

● A copy of your CV This should be sent via e-mail to GFIE@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Requirements and Timeline 

Informal conversations with candidates are expected to take place in October and it is hoped that successful candidates start in February following successful security checks.