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Private Office: Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions

London, UK £50,731 a year permanent Posted 25 August 2026 Apply by 1 October 2026

Home Office register entry: Department for Work and Pensions, Sheffield

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About this role

Job summary The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is recruiting for the role of Private Secretary to the Secretary of State. The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible forsocial security, labour market, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UKs biggest public service department, we administer the State Pension and a range of working age, disability, and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. What we do matters to millions of people every day. Pr…

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Last verified against our ingestion on 1 September 2026; sponsor register dataset 2026-08-25.