** NP - Senior Ministerial Visits and Events Manager to the Home Secretary

Job summary

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.

The Home Office Ministerial and Events team is at the heart of delivering the Government’s Plan for Change.

Whether it is leading on our Safer Streets mission to tackle knife crime and violence against women and girls, the work to secure our borders or protect national security, we deliver visits and events that support Ministers to demonstrate the important impact of our policies.

We pride ourselves on delivering visits and events, domestically and internationally, which meet the highest of standards, are engaging and maximise the relationship that the Home Office has with stakeholders across the board. An exciting and rare chance to lead this high performing team is now available.

Job description

The post involves working closely with Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and their offices as well as policy and communications teams, frontline services, such as the police and Border Force, charities and third sector organisations - to identify ministerial visit and event opportunities to support communications plans and policy priorities.

The Senior Ministerial Visits and Events Manager to the Home Secretary post involves working closely with Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and their offices as well as policy and communications teams, frontline services, such as the police and Border Force, charities and third sector organisations - to identify ministerial visit and event opportunities to support communications plans and policy priorities.

As a Senior Ministerial Visits and Events Manager to the Home Secretary, you will be planning and delivering high quality private, public and media facing events, visits and overseas trips. The key purpose of the role is to ensure that these engagements deliver on the Home Secretary’s priorities and personal preferences, enhance HM Government (HMG) objectives and support positive media coverage.

This is a high profile, demanding and fast-paced role, with a large degree of autonomy. You will be responsible for working with policy, communications and external teams, to design and deliver visits, primarily for the Home Secretary.

We will be looking for someone who uses their initiative and is able to be a self-starter. You will need to be resourceful and able to think on your feet; managing risks, weighing up options and making recommendations to senior officials and Ministers that will deliver a high-quality service. You will need to be resilient and able to manage competing priorities, often working at pace to deliver visits at short notice. You will also need to be familiar with the domestic political and media landscape and the Home Secretary’s priorities in order to ensure visit programs support objectives of HMG.

The team is a flexible resource, and the post-holder will be expected to support other colleagues during busy periods.

Reporting to the Head of Ministerial Visits & Events, the key responsibilities are:

• Plan, co-ordinate and lead on high quality strategic, media facing visits for Ministers that deliver on the Home Secretary’s priorities and personal preferences.
• Project manage, plan and deliver large-scale Home Office Ministerial events including speeches, receptions and summits, working with communications and policy colleagues across the department, as well as external partners.
• Work as part of a team and individually to identify, recce and advance venues ahead of Ministerial visits, in the UK and internationally, when required.
• Work closely with Ministers, Special Advisors, Private Office, communications and policy colleagues from within the Home Office and across government to deliver visits and events.
• Proactively build peer-to-peer and senior relationships, both within the department and with external partners, to ensure the successful delivery of Ministerial visits and events and to help support future visit opportunities.
• Work as part of a team, as well as individually, to proactively maintain the team’s planning, evaluation and business tools and ensure these are up to date and accurate.

Note: The post-holder may be required to carry out other duties within the scope of the grade and within the limits of their skill, competence and training.

Working pattern

Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis. Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% office attendance and attending other locations as required by the role will count towards this.

Travel

The post holder must be willing to regularly travel within the UK to recce and to deliver visits and events, as well as staying overnight when required. There may be a requirement to travel internationally occasionally, according to business need. There may be a need for some early starts and late finishes, according to the requirements of specific visits and events.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Excellent planning and organisational skills and proven track record to lead multiple projects and challenges, to deadlines and often under pressure.
• Excellent drafting and oral communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills, comfortable influencing at senior levels both internally and externally.
• Perseverance and a strong sense of team – we support each other, in a lively and highly-visible team.
• Ability to grasp complex or unfamiliar information quickly and communicate it with confidence.
• Experience of working at pace, either in a lively office or communications environment.
• Confident communicator – ability to brief and lead Ministers and senior colleagues, challenging those when necessary.
• Experience of planning and delivering media facing VIP visits and events, or similar.
• The post-holder will be responsible for line managing and mentoring 2-3 HEOs who look after Junior Ministers.

Desirable criteria

• Experience working directly with Ministers and Private Office.
• Political awareness, understanding of wider government and the news agenda and propriety issues.

Behaviours

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture

Benefits

In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:

• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
• 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
• Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
• This role currently attracts a Retention Allowance of £3,800.00 (per annum) while in post.
• Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.
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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.

This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.

1. Application – by 27th January 2026.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:

• CV
• Personal Statement (maximum 750 words).

Your CV should consist of your career history, qualifications and skills/experience, including any key achievements in each role. Your CV will be used to provide further context on your personal statement and scored against the essential criteria.

The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.

For guidance and information on how to construct your application (CV, Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.

2. Sift – commencing 3rd February 2026.

The sift will be held on the Personal Statement and CV.

Should a high volume of applications be received, the sift will be conducted on the Personal Statement & CV.

3. Interview – commencing 11th February 2026.

If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviours (as listed in the job advert) based questions.

The interview will take place in person, at 2 Marsham Street London.

Travel expenses will not be reimbursed.

For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.

Problems during the application process

If you experience problems accessing this advert, or you think you’ve made a mistake on an initial application, please contact hocandidates.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk, including the vacancy reference, at least two working days before the vacancy closes. Further information can be found on our website.

Do not create or attempt to submit another application, online test or use a different Civil Service Jobs account to proceed as this would be in violation of the candidate declaration.

Location preference

You will only be able to select a single location preference so please ensure this is a location that you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at your preferred location and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is no guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.

Standards

All Civil Servants are expected to comply with the Civil Service Code, and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.

Additional Security Checks

As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, candidates will be subject to a range of additional checks. The range of checks carried out will depend on whether you are a current Home Office employee, existing civil servant or an external new entrant as well as the role requirements. The level of Criminal Record Check required for this role is [BASIC]. Further details are included in the Notes to Candidates.

Further Information

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.

Reasonable Adjustments

If a person with disabilities is 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 HOrecruitment.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 interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional

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

Feedback

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

Open to UK nationals only.

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).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Home Office resourcing centre
• Email : HORCCampaignTeamCorporateEnablers@homeoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

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

Further information

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Civil Service recruitment principles and you wish to make a complaint, then contact the Government Recruitment Service via HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.

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