EO Logistics Officer

Job summary

In 2023 the Crisis Management Excellence Programme team (referred to as CMEP) was launched in the COBR Directorate and focuses specifically on professionalising and building crisis management capability across Government. Operating across the UK Government, your work as part of this team will be key in driving readiness at both the national and local level for the biggest risks that threaten the UK. You will be part of a small and highly dedicated team working to enhance the UK’s crisis management capabilities through the provision of world class training.

CMEP’s work is varied, interesting and impactful. Our vision is Enabling Excellence in Crisis and our objective is to deliver constantly high standards and professional expertise in central government crisis management.

As a department, the Cabinet Office is committed to building and working in an inclusive and supportive working environment and will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive. This role is an entry level role into the civil service and specifically for those who are enthusiastic about resilience and the core practice of continued professional development. As part of the role, you will be given the support and guidance to help you become a competent trainer and training designer, delivering training to a broad range of learners and producing training that will contribute to the continued strengthening of crisis management skills across the UK.

Responding to emergencies

COBR Directorate on call rota: you will be asked if you wish to join a formal COBR Directorate on-call rota for civil emergencies, to monitor emerging risks and form the backbone of initial responses where necessary, for which an allowance is payable.

Whether you join the COBR Directorate on call rota or not, as a member of the COBR Directorate, in addition to your normal day-to-day role, you may be called on to fulfil roles to assist the Government’s response during crises. On these challenging occasions, you may help the response to an evolving situation, often contributing outside your normal area of responsibility.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Your core responsibilities will fall into two core areas:

• Coordinating the administration of all of CMEP’s training courses, including:
  • Monitoring and responding to the CMEP Mailbox’s incoming and outgoing correspondence.
  • Coordinating and managing logistical arrangements for training and exercising e.g. booking meeting rooms, welcoming visitors, arranging catering, submitting reception lists.
  • Working closely with internal and external providers to manage the CMEP website and automated platform for training booking within that.
  • Supporting the Training Team and Exercising Team in handling all the necessary logistical requirements for in-person and virtual training delivery.
  • Managing relationships with Private Offices across government to support the logistics and delivery of the Top Crisis Leaders Programme and COBR Tradecraft for Ministers, which are part of CMEP’s portfolio of training.
  • Support the delivery of in-person community events across HMG
• Developing skills, knowledge and behaviours in training design and delivery.
  • Work towards becoming a competent trainer, delivering training to a broad range of learners.
  • Producing training that will contribute to the continued strengthening of crisis management across the UK.

Person specification

Your role will be hands on, where the ability to work adaptably as part of a team and juggle competing priorities is essential.

You should be:

• Highly organised, efficient and able to manage a varied work-load.
• Have strong verbal and written communication and IT skills.
• Demonstrate accountability with strong judgement and decision-making skills.
• Ability and experience working autonomously and collaboratively with both the wider team and with departments across government and working with the private sector to support delivery outcomes.
• Inspire others through your positivity, drive and energy to achieve outcomes.
• Ability to remain calm and effective in a fast-paced environment.
• Have the ability to meet tight deadlines and effectively prioritise.
• Have a passion for resilience and look to grow that passion within the role.
• Have an interest in training design and delivery with an appetite to grow these core skills through the role.

You will be expected to obtain Security Clearance (SC) prior to starting the role, unless you already hold this or a higher level of national security vetting. The Cabinet Office will provide this vetting if you are the successful candidate.

Additional information:

Cabinet Office policy is that a minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. For some roles, due to their nature and the business need, this may be up to 100%. Requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,279, Cabinet Office contributes £9,930 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Application Process:

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and a 750 word (maximum) personal statement providing examples of how your skills and experience match those in the essential experience specification.

Interview Process:

During the interview we will assess you against these behaviours:

Managing a Quality Service (Lead)

Communicating and Influencing

Delivering at Pace

Finally, there will be a 10 minute presentation required of each candidate on a topic provided on successful sifting to the interview stage.

Expected timeline (subject to change)

Expected Sift Date - w/c 20 April 2026

Expected Interview Date - w/c 4 May 2026

Location - Your interview is expected to be conducted face to face, however there may be occasions where this will change. You will be notified of the location if you are selected for interview.

Reasonable adjustments

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Contact Government Recruitment Service via cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section in the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Further information

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.

This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.

Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Any move to Cabinet Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : SCT@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
• Email : SCT@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact Government Recruitment Service by email at : cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at info@csc.gov.uk. For further information on the Recruitment Principles and bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk.

Attachments

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