Executive Support Manager, Ethics & Integrity Commission

Job summary

The Ethics and Integrity Commission (EIC), established on 13th October 2025, promotes the highest standards in public life and reports to the Prime Minister on matters concerning ethical standards.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new organisation at the heart of the standards landscape. The successful applicant may also be asked to work on areas beyond the responsibilities described below according to the team’s needs and the Commission’s priorities.

Purpose

The Corporate Support Team (CST) ensures the EIC’s operational excellence by overseeing its core governance and administrative frameworks. From long-term strategic planning to day-to-day resilience, the team maintains the essential systems, processes, and contracts that keep the Commission functional. Additionally, the CST provides dedicated support for the Chair and Commission members, managing high-level scheduling, meeting logistics, and Commission papers.

The Executive Support Manager role sits within the CST and is responsible for delivering high calibre executive support to the Chair, Commission Members and the Chief Executive. The post holder will also support delivery of the full Commission governance cycle, from forward scheduling and paper coordination to meeting delivery and action tracking. It is a pivotal role at the centre of EIC, combining executive judgement, governance discipline and relationship management in a fast-paced environment.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Executive Support

• Diary Management: Under the direction of the Chief of Staff and/or the Head of Corporate Support, manage the diaries of the Chair and CEO, prioritizing appointments to align with strategic objectives.
• Logistics: Coordinate meeting logistics for the Chair and CEO, including travel arrangements and technical set-up.
• Business Support: Provide administrative support to the Chair, Commission Members and CEO.

Commission Secretariat

• Papers Coordination: Under the direction of the Chief of Staff and/or the Head of Corporate Support, coordinate the production and delivery of papers for the monthly Commission meetings, including forward planning deadlines, tracking paper progress, and ensuring all materials are distributed to Members on schedule.
• Meeting Secretariat: Act as Secretary for Commission meetings, ensuring the production of accurate records of decisions and maintaining a robust system for tracking actions and accountability.
• Information Management: Ensure governance documentation and records are version-controlled and stored in compliance with record-keeping standards.

Correspondence

• Communications Triage: Manage the Chair’s inbox and the public-facing inbox, triaging correspondence and drafting high-quality responses on behalf of the Chair and Commission.
• Statutory Compliance (FOI): Lead the Freedom of Information (FOI) process. Log, track, and draft accurate, compliant responses within statutory deadlines and maintain a comprehensive FOI register.

Project Coordination

• Special Projects & Monitoring: Support the CEO and Chief of Staff on ad-hoc strategic projects and briefing, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure all project milestones are met.

Person specification

• Senior Executive Support: Proven background in providing high-level administrative support to a Chair, CEO, or Board, including complex diary management.
  
  
• Committee Secretariat: Proficient in managing the full lifecycle of Board or Commission papers, including senior-level minute-taking and formal record-keeping.
  
  
• Workflow Coordination: A track record of monitoring project timelines and deliverables, ensuring multiple contributors meet strict deadlines for senior meetings.
  
  
• Information Governance: Skilled in managing Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and maintaining auditable document registers or record-keeping systems.

• Stakeholder Management: Experienced as a primary point of contact for diverse external stakeholders, with the ability to triage and manage complex public correspondence.
  
  
• Written Communication: Strong drafting skills with the ability to produce clear, concise, and accurate content for a variety of audiences.
  
  
• Discretion & Integrity: Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with absolute professionalism and sound judgment.

• Attention to Detail: Exceptional focus on accuracy, particularly regarding version control, document management, and tracking actions to completion.
  
  
• Technical Proficiency: Good IT skills, ideally within Google Workspace (Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Drive)

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:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

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

• Diary and inbox management

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £40,974, Cabinet Office contributes £11,870 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, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Application process

Candidates who wish to be considered for this vacancy should submit the following:

• Anonymised CV (maximum 3 A4 pages) detailing your experience, skills and subject expertise.
• Statement of Suitability (up to 750 words) setting out evidence of how you meet the person specification.

All applications will be evaluated against the person specification. It is critical that your application sets out your experience and skills clearly. In particular, we are looking for:

• evidence of providing high-level administrative support to senior leaders (Ministers / Permanent Secretary / Chief Executive / Board Chair or equivalent , including complex diary management;
• evidence of providing Committee secretariat services;
• strong communication skills; and
• previous examples of things you have achieved which are relevant to this role

Should a large number of applications be received, only the Statement of Suitability will be scored, and your CV will not receive a score.

Selection process

Candidates who are successful at the initial sift will be invited to an in-person interview, where they will be asked to complete a short test to assess their diary and inbox management skills before being interviewed by a panel. The test will be assessed against your technical skills. The panel interview will include strength-based questions followed by questions testing the Civil Service behaviours.

Behaviours: Seeing the Big Picture, Communicating & Influencing, Managing a Quality Service

Strengths are unsighted to candidates.

Information about Civil Service Success Profiles can be found here.

Expected timeline (subject to change)
Expected sift date – w/c 8 June
Expected interview date/s – w/c 22 June
Interview location - 100 Parliament Street, London SW1A 2HQ

Current Civil Servants (all contract types) will need to ensure that they are still employed as a civil servant at the point of starting in the relevant new post. If their contract ends (e.g. end of FTA contract or resignation) at any point during the recruitment/onboarding process for the advertised role, they will no longer be eligible and may be withdrawn.

Further Information

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.

Reasonable Adjustment

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 cabinetoffice.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.

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

Please note that this role requires CTC clearance, which would normally need 3 years’ UK residency in the past 3 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.

Please be aware the levels of national security clearance are changing which may impact on the level needed for this role by the time of appointment. All efforts will be made to keep candidates informed of any changes and what that will mean in terms of vetting criteria. For more information please See our vetting charter

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

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

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 counter-terrorist 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 : Peter Kelleher
• Email : peter.kelleher@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/.

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