Functional Specialist - PIP - Northern Ireland

Additional Information :

Your working hours: 

While youll be contracted to work 7.5 hours per day 37.5 hours per week (full time) youll be able to agree your actual working hours with your line manager after training. Well consider your worklife balance as well as the needs of the business to try and create a working pattern that benefits both of us. Working patterns can be between the hours of 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday and include an hour for lunch unpaid. For example 8am 4:30pm or 9am 5:30pm. Well also try to give you a minimum of 4 weeks notice of any changes to your rota if they are needed. 

About Capita HAAS 

Capita was awarded two contracts to deliver the Health Assessment Advisory Service (HAAS) assessments in the Midlands and Wales for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and in Northern Ireland for the Department for Communities (DfC). 

HAAS is a new service that will bring together existing assessment services for disabled people and people with health conditions under a single provider in each geographical region. This will make accessing support simpler and easier for some of societys most vulnerable people. 

Capita will deliver assessments for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit (UC) as well as a number of specialist benefits including Child Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Veterans UK assessments. 

Capita has been delivering PIP assessments in the Midlands and Wales since 2013 and in Northern Ireland since 2016. 

Whats in it for you 

• A competitive basic salary of 38500 plus up to 5 training bonus rising to 39900 on achievement of remote approved status plus up to 10 bonus. On achievement of face to face delivery your salary will increase to 41500 plus up to 10 bonus. 
• 25 days holiday (rising to 27 after 5 years) with the opportunity to buy extra leave 
• Annual professional registration fee reimbursed and supported revalidation 
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice 
• Company matched pension life assurance a cycle2work scheme 15 weeks fully paid maternity adoption and shared parental leave paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more 
• Opportunity to purchase discounted benefits designed to suit your lifestyle from discounts on retail and socialising to health & wellbeing travel and technology 
• Refer a friend reward scheme 
• Access to the Headspace app for you and up to 5 family or friends 
• Access to our Employee Network Groups which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open inclusive platform. 

Youll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. Youll be joining a network of 41000 experienced innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and well provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you. 

What we hope youll do next: 

Choose Im Interested to fill out our short application so that we can find out more about you. 

Were an equal opportunity employer which means well consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression ethnic origin nationality religion or beliefs age sexual orientation disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes and were committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees 

As a Disability Confident Leader we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. Adaptations are available on request. For further information or to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may need please contact us on or 0