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<h4>Job summary</h4><p>Can you manage sensitive information with discretion and professionalism?</p><p>Do you have strong analytical and decision-making skills?</p><p>Have you got excellent communication and stakeholder management skills?</p><p>If so, we would love to hear from you!</p><p>By joining our team, you will become part of the wider Operational Delivery Profession (ODP). This is the largest and most diverse professional community across the Civil Service as it applies to all public facing roles, or roles that are primarily aligned to supporting the work of those with public facing roles. It’s an exciting and fulfilling profession to work in, critical to the delivery of UK public services.</p><p>Read more in the Benefits section below! </p><p>Find out more about what it's like working at <a href="https://careers.dft.gov.uk/dvla/" target="_blank">Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - Department for Transport Careers</a></p><h4>Job description</h4><p>Support the business in achieving its fraud error objective, providing evidence about suspicious or questionable documents using a variety of scientific processes and methods. Gather intelligence on travel and identity document fraud and provide specialist advice and forgery detection training to stakeholders.</p><p>To be successful in this role you will need to;</p><p>1. Analyse documents and prepare intelligence packages in line with legal frameworks.</p><p>2. Build and maintain strong networks to share knowledge and raise awareness of document fraud through collaboration.</p><p>3. Mentor and support colleagues to aid their professional development.</p><p>4. Use technical expertise to assess and verify documents.</p><p>5. Detect and escalate document fraud trends to leadership and operations.</p><p>6. Responding to enquiries from external stakeholders and maintaining Agency records.</p><p>7. Provide expert testimony in legal proceedings.</p><p>For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process. </p><h4>Person specification</h4><p>Required experience: </p><p>To be successful in this role you will need to have: </p><ul><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for examining suspect documents.</li><li>Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.</li><li>Ability to identify and escalate emerging fraud trends.</li><li>High attention to detail and accuracy.</li><li>Sound judgment under pressure.</li></ul><p><strong>Additional information</strong></p><p>National Document Fraud Unit (NDFU) trained or willing to work towards the training (requires 2 years’ experience in document examination to qualify)</p><p><strong>We welcome applications from candidates who can speak Welsh and English</strong>. Welsh language skills would be useful in this role, but it is not an assessment criterion so it won’t put you at any disadvantage during recruitment if you aren’t a Welsh speaker. Please note that the assessment process will be held in English. </p><p><strong>Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements</strong></p><p>Full time roles consist of 37 hours per week. </p><p>Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least <strong>35</strong> hours per week. </p><p>This role is <strong>not suitable for hybrid working</strong> and will require the successful candidate to work solely from their designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, from other offices/work locations/visiting stakeholders. </p><p>Regular travel will be required, which may involve overnight stays. </p><p>If you have a question about hybrid working, part time/job share hours, flexible working, travelling for work, or require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Vacancy Holder during the recruitment process to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role (see below for contact details). </p><p><strong><strong>Visa Sponsorship</strong></strong></p><p>Please note that we do not hold a UK Visa &amp; Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker Licence sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship. Candidates must ensure they have the appropriate rights to work in the UK before application. </p><h4>Behaviours</h4><p>We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:</p><ul><li>Making Effective Decisions</li><li>Communicating and Influencing</li><li>Working Together</li></ul><h4>Benefits</h4>Alongside your salary of £30,485, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency contributes £8,831 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. <a href="https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/memberhub/joining-the-pension-scheme/benefits-of-the-pension-scheme/" target="_blank"> Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.</a><p>Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits: </p><ul><li>Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions <a href="https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/joining-the-pension-scheme/benefits-of-the-pension-scheme/" target="_blank">here</a></li><li>25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave). </li><li>8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday. </li><li>Access to the staff discount portal. </li><li>Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc. </li><li>Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues. </li><li>24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff. </li></ul><p>Find out more about <a href="https://careers.dft.gov.uk/you-at-dft/benefits/" target="_blank">the benefits of working at DfT and its agencies</a> (opens in a new window). </p><h4>Things you need to know</h4><h4>Artificial intelligence</h4>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 <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/" target="_blank">candidate guidance (opens in a new window)</a> for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.<h4>Selection process details</h4>This vacancy is using <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles" target="_blank">Success Profiles (opens in a new window)</a>, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.<p>Our selection process ensures a comprehensive assessment of each applicant's, skills, and potential fit within our organisation. </p><p>As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.</p><p>The selection process for this role will be: </p><p>Stage 1: Sift of CV and personal statement </p><p>Stage 2: Interview </p><p>You must be successful at each stage to progress to the next stage. </p><p><strong>Stage 1: Sift</strong></p><p>At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements: </p><ul><li>Experience – you will be asked to provide a CV (unlimited wordcount) and personal statement (750-word count). Please provide evidence of your Experience of the following: </li></ul><ol><li>Clear and decisive evidence-based decision making with an eye for detail.</li><li>Excellent communication skills in communicating through differing channels to various stakeholders.</li><li>Your ability to organise your time and work to deadlines.</li></ol><p>The sift will take place week commencing 19/01/2026</p><p><strong>Stage 2: Interview</strong></p><p>At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements: </p><ul><li>Behaviours – Making Effective Decisions, Communicating &amp; Influencing &amp; Working Together</li><li>Strengths </li></ul><p>The interviews will take place week commencing 02/02/2026</p><p>This interview will be conducted in person at our Swansea office. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.</p><p>You can find out more about <a href="https://careers.dft.gov.uk/how-we-hire/" target="_blank">our hiring process, how to apply, and application and interview guidance on our careers site (opens in a new window)</a>. </p><p>Please note that we will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. </p><p><strong>Further information on the selection process </strong></p><p>We will also hold a<strong> 12</strong>-month reserve list for this role, which may lead to potential opportunities beyond the role you applied for. You can read more about our reserve lists <a href="https://careers.dft.gov.uk/how-we-hire/recruitment-in-detail/#outcome" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p><strong>Pre-employment Checking</strong></p><p>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. <br><br>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.<br><br>If your application is successful but you have been dismissed from the Civil Service within the last 12 months, your application could be removed at the pre-employment checking stage.</p><p><strong>Reasonable Adjustments</strong></p><p>As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.</p><p>Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at an interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.</p><p>If you need a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, you should contact Government Recruitment Service via <a href="mailto:dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a> as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.</p><p><strong>Document Accessibility</strong></p><p>If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.</p><p>This job advert contains links to the <a href="https://careers.dft.gov.uk/" target="_blank">DfT Careers website</a>. Our website provides useful guidance and information that can support you during the application process. If you cannot access the information on our website for any reason, please email <a href="mailto:DRGComms@dft.gov.uk" target="_blank">DRGComms@dft.gov.uk</a> for assistance.</p><p><strong>Further Information</strong></p><p>For more information about how we hire, and for useful tips on submitting your application for this role, visit the<a href="https://careers.dft.gov.uk/recruitment-journey/application-process/" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://careers.dft.gov.uk/how-we-hire/" target="_blank">How We Hire</a> page of our DfT Careers website. You can find detailed information about the recruitment process and what to expect when applying for a role.</p><p>All External applicants and current employees of accredited non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) will be required to undergo a Social Media Check. A Social Media Check is a review of your publicly available online activity, typically across platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and others. The purpose is to identify any public posts or content that could raise concerns for employers, such as:</p><p>Hate speech or discriminatory behaviour</p><p>Threats or acts of violence</p><p>Illegal activity or substance misuse</p><p>Sexually explicit material</p><p>Extremist views or affiliations</p><p>Importantly, this check does not involve hacking into your accounts or accessing private messages. It only considers content you have chosen to make public.</p><p>Employers use this kind of screening to help ensure their workplace remains safe, inclusive, and aligned with company values. It’s not about judging your personality or lifestyle—it’s about checking for potential red flags that might affect the role or company culture.</p><p>If you have questions or concerns about the social media check, we would be happy to explain in more detail what’s being looked at and how your data is handled securely and fairly.</p><p><strong>Feedback</strong></p><br><br>Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.<h4>Security</h4>Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard" target="_blank">baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window)</a> checks.<h4>Nationality requirements</h4><p>This job is broadly open to the following groups:</p><ul><li>UK nationals</li><li>nationals of the Republic of Ireland</li><li>nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK</li><li>nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families" target="_blank">European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)</a></li><li>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)</li><li>individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020</li><li>Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service</li></ul><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules" target="_blank">Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)</a><h4>Working for the Civil Service</h4>The <a href="http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/code/" target="_blank">Civil Service Code (opens in a new window)</a> sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.<br><br>We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's <a href="https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/" target="_blank">recruitment principles (opens in a new window)</a>.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.<h4>Diversity and Inclusion</h4>The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027-html" target="_blank">Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)</a>.<h4>Apply and further information</h4>This vacancy is part of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans" target="_blank">Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window)</a> initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/prison-leaver-recruitment/" target="_blank">Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window)</a>.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.<h4>Contact point for applicants</h4><h4>Job contact : </h4><ul><li>Name : Kieran Beaumont</li><li>Email : <a href="mailto:OCSDRecruitment@dvla.gov.uk" target="_blank">OCSDRecruitment@dvla.gov.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Recruitment team</h4><ul><li>Email : <a href="mailto:dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Further information</h4>If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact Government Recruitment Services via email: <a href="mailto:dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a> <br>If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website <a href="https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk" target="_blank">Here</a><br><br><h4>Attachments</h4><a href="https://files.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/admin/fairs/apptrack/download.cgi?SID=b3duZXI9NTA3MDAwMCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZkb2NfdHlwZT12YWMmZG9jX2lkPTEyNzY1ODQmdmVyaWZ5PTQzNzkzZGE0NDNkZjBjMjk0NWNiZTA1NzE5NTdjYzQwJnJlcXNpZz0xNzY3NjczMTY5LWMxZDczNGRiMTY2ODc2MjEzMWM4ZjljNDIxMGVmMTAyMjQ3OTU2OGM=" target="_blank">Role Profile Opens in new window</a> (pdf, 229kB)<a href="https://files.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/admin/fairs/apptrack/download.cgi?SID=b3duZXI9NTA3MDAwMCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZkb2NfdHlwZT12YWMmZG9jX2lkPTEyNzY1ODUmdmVyaWZ5PTZhZGIxOWI3ZTAwM2YxOWQ2MzFjNjZkOWI5YjEyYWNiJnJlcXNpZz0xNzY3NjczMTY5LWMxZDczNGRiMTY2ODc2MjEzMWM4ZjljNDIxMGVmMTAyMjQ3OTU2OGM=" target="_blank">2025-10-24 Specialist Document Examiner - OCSD CAEG EO - CY 2 Opens in new window</a> (docx, 141kB)

Document Examiner

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Deputy Head of Customer Contact

<h4>Job summary</h4><p>This is a unique opportunity to join the Training, Exercising and Doctrine (TED) Team at the very heart of government in the COBR Directorate. Our team's mission is to strengthen the UK's resilience to crises. We do this by developing world-leading doctrine, driving innovation, and delivering expert training and exercising.</p><p>In this role, you will be at the centre of this mission, shaping the future of the UK Resilience Academy (UKRA), as the leading national provider of resilience learning and expertise, building a community of trained professionals and individuals in civil society to be better prepared for current and future risks. It was officially opened by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on Monday 28 April 2025.</p><p>This is not a typical policy role. You will be instrumental in building a national capability, working with experts across government, the Public Sector and emergency services, the voluntary sector, and private industry to ensure the UK is prepared for the most challenging risks we face by guiding the UKRA to deliver against its objectives.</p><p>We are a friendly, supportive, and high-performing team. We are looking for a proactive and motivated individual to join us. This post would be an excellent fit for someone with a background in project delivery, policy, or learning and development, and a keen interest in capability building, civil contingencies, and national security.</p><h4>Job description</h4><p>As the UKRA Sponsor and Policy Adviser, you will be leading a high-profile national programme. This is a dynamic role that blends strategic policy development, robust project management, and senior stakeholder engagement.</p><p>Your core responsibilities will include:</p><ul><li>Policy and Programme Delivery: Providing robust project management and governance to deliver key workstreams, ensuring our strategic policy goals are met on time and to a high standard. This includes providing the secretariat for key governance boards to ensure they run effectively.<br>You will enable our lead supplier to translate resilience policy into tangible learning offers, working with colleagues to respond to new and emerging risks.</li><li>Future Delivery Model: A significant part of the role will be to provide dedicated support to the next stage of the UKRA's Future Delivery Model, leading and collaborating with commercial colleagues on key workstreams for the Strategic Business Case and helping to design the future commercial solution.</li><li>Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach: Championing the UKRA across government and beyond, acting as a key representative for the Academy. You will work collaboratively to drive forward our 20+ strong 'Affiliate' network, turning partnerships into a genuine delivery capability.</li><li>Analysis and Continuous Improvement: Gathering and analysing insight from our lead supplier and wider stakeholders to identify system improvements, provide creative solutions, and drive the continuous improvement of the UKRA's curriculum.</li></ul><h4>Person specification</h4><p>We are seeking potential and value a diversity of experience. To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate the following skills and behaviours at SEO level:</p><p><strong>Essential criteria (Civil Service Behaviours):</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Communicating and Influencing (Lead Behaviour)</strong>: You are a confident and clear communicator, able to convey complex ideas persuasively to a wide range of senior stakeholders. You build strong, collaborative relationships and can champion your work with authority.</li><li><strong>Delivering at Pace:</strong> You have strong project management and organisational skills, with a proven ability to manage competing priorities, track progress, and deliver projects successfully in a fast-paced environment.</li><li><strong>Working Together:</strong> You have a strong track record of building and maintaining positive working relationships with diverse stakeholders inside and outside of government, demonstrating a collaborative and inclusive approach to achieve shared goals.</li></ul><p><strong>Desirable criteria:</strong></p><ul><li>A professional interest in resilience, national security, or capability building.</li><li>Experience in supporting commercial processes or business case development.</li><li>An understanding of skills/learning frameworks or policy.<br>Requirement: You must hold, or be willing and eligible to undergo, Security Check (SC) clearance.</li></ul><p><strong>Additional information:</strong></p><p>A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.</p><h4>Behaviours</h4><p>We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:</p><ul><li>Communicating and Influencing</li><li>Delivering at Pace</li><li>Working Together</li></ul><h4>Benefits</h4>Alongside your salary of £47,670, Cabinet Office contributes £13,809 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. <a href="https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/memberhub/joining-the-pension-scheme/benefits-of-the-pension-scheme/" target="_blank"> Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.</a><ul><li>Learning and development tailored to your role.</li><li>An environment with flexible working options.</li><li>A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.</li><li>A <a href="https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/members/thinking-of-joining-the-civil-service/" target="_blank">Civil Service Pension</a> which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%.</li><li>A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.</li></ul><h4>Things you need to know</h4><h4>Artificial intelligence</h4>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 <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/" target="_blank">candidate guidance (opens in a new window)</a> for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.<h4>Selection process details</h4>This vacancy is using <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles" target="_blank">Success Profiles (opens in a new window)</a>, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.<p><strong>Application process</strong></p><p>As part of the application process you should provide a CV (no more than 2 pages)</p><p>A Statement of suitability (no more than 500 words) based on the essential criteria in the Person specification.</p><p>Examples of each of the following behaviours (250 words each)</p><ul><li>Communicating and Influencing (Lead behaviour)</li><li>Delivering at Pace</li><li>Working Together</li></ul><p>Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form</p><p>Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be undertaken using the lead Behaviour, [Communicating and Influencing].</p><p>Should you be successful at application stage, you may then be invited to an interview which will test the following behaviours:</p><ul><li>Communicating and Influencing</li><li>Delivering at Pace</li><li>Working Together</li></ul><p><strong>Expected timeline (subject to change)</strong></p><p>Expected sift date – WC 19/01/2026</p><p>Expected interview date/s – WC 02/02/2026</p><p>Your interview will either be conducted face to face or by video. You will be notified of the location if you are selected for interview.</p><p><strong>Reasonable Adjustment</strong></p><p>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. </p><p>If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: </p><p>Contact Government Recruitment Service via <a href="mailto:AdvertRecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">AdvertRecruitment.grs</a><a href="mailto:AdvertRecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a> as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. </p><p>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.</p><p>If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.</p><p><strong>Further information</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>For further information on National Security Vetting please <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting" target="_blank">visit the Demystifying Vetting website</a>.</p><p>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. </p><p>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.</p><p>New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.</p><p>In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.</p><p>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 <a href="mailto:Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a> stating the job reference number in the subject heading.</p><p>If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out. </p><p>A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.</p><p>Any move to the 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 <a href="https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/" target="_blank">visit the Childcare Choices website</a>.</p><p><strong>Feedback</strong></p><br><br>Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.<h4>Security</h4>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-vetting-advice-for-people-who-are-being-vetted" target="_blank">security check (opens in a new window)</a>.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vetting-explained-and-our-vetting-charter/the-vetting-charter" target="_blank">See our vetting charter (opens in a new window)</a>.People working with government assets must complete <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard" target="_blank">baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window)</a> checks.<h4>Nationality requirements</h4><p>This job is broadly open to the following groups:</p><ul><li>UK nationals</li><li>nationals of the Republic of Ireland</li><li>nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK</li><li>nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families" target="_blank">European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)</a></li><li>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)</li><li>individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020</li><li>Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service</li></ul><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules" target="_blank">Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)</a><h4>Working for the Civil Service</h4>The <a href="http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/code/" target="_blank">Civil Service Code (opens in a new window)</a> sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.<br><br>We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's <a href="https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/" target="_blank">recruitment principles (opens in a new window)</a>.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.<h4>Diversity and Inclusion</h4>The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027-html" target="_blank">Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)</a>.<h4>Apply and further information</h4>This vacancy is part of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans" target="_blank">Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window)</a> initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/prison-leaver-recruitment/" target="_blank">Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window)</a>.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.<h4>Contact point for applicants</h4><h4>Job contact : </h4><ul><li>Name : <a href="mailto:sct@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">sct@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a></li><li>Email : <a href="mailto:sct@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">sct@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Recruitment team</h4><ul><li>Email : <a href="mailto:cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Further information</h4>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 : <a href="mailto:cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a><br>If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at <a href="mailto:info@csc.gov.uk" target="_blank">info@csc.gov.uk</a>. For further information on the Recruitment Principles and bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website at: <a href="https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk</a>.<br><br><h4>Attachments</h4><a href="https://files.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/admin/fairs/apptrack/download.cgi?SID=b3duZXI9NTA3MDAwMCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZkb2NfdHlwZT12YWMmZG9jX2lkPTEyNzY2MDMmdmVyaWZ5PTI0ODAwOWVlOGU4ODAyOGUxMDBlN2I3YWFhYmM2NmQ1" target="_blank">Cabinet Office Employee Offer Opens in new window</a> (pdf, 302kB)<a href="https://files.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/admin/fairs/apptrack/download.cgi?SID=b3duZXI9NTA3MDAwMCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZkb2NfdHlwZT12YWMmZG9jX2lkPTEyNzY2MDQmdmVyaWZ5PTJiOTYzMTI1ZWZlYmNlNGE4ODIxYmY1Y2ViNTkzYjU4" target="_blank">Cabinet Office Terms and Conditions - External 2025-02-20 Opens in new window</a> (docx, 83kB)

Cabinet Office

UKRA Sponsor and Policy Advisor

HM Prison & Probation Service

13248 - Operational Support Grade - HMP Exeter (Prison Support Role)

13261 - Operational Support Grade - HMP Drake Hall  (Prison Support Role)

13265 - Operational Support Grade - HMP Brinsford  (Prison Support Role)

13266 - Operational Support Grade - HMP Garth and HMP Wymott  (Prison Support Role)

13267 - Operational Support Grade - HMP Frankland (Prison Support Role)

13269 - Operational Support Grade - HMP Woodhill (Prison Support Role)

13270 - Operational Support Grade - HMP Eastwood Park  (Prison Support Role)

<h4>Job summary</h4><p>The AGO is a ministerial department serving the Attorney General and the Solicitor General (the Law Officers). The Law Officers are the Government’s chief legal advisers. </p><p>The Law Officers make important decisions that affect public life. Among other things, they decide whether to send criminal sentences that may be too low to the Court of Appeal; whether to open inquests into deaths (for example, the Attorney General made the decision to open new inquests into the deaths at Hillsborough); are the Government’s chief legal advisors, providing advice to both the Prime Minister and Secretaries of State on a range of pressing issues touching on every aspect of daily life in the UK; and they represent the Crown Prosecution Service and Serious Fraud Office in Parliament.</p><p>The Office comprises around 66 multidisciplinary, engaged and high performing team members advising and supporting the Law Officers in all aspects of their work. We pride ourselves on our problem-solving creativity, sophisticated political and handling awareness, and smart ways of working. </p><p>The Law Officers also work alongside the Justice Secretary and Home Secretary to provide a more efficient, effective, and accountable criminal justice system for victims and the public.<br><br>The AGO comprises a high-performing, multi-disciplinary, engaged, and resilient team that prides itself on our:<br><br>• legal professional excellence and creativity;<br>• role and reputation;<br>• team spirit, ethos, and values; and<br>• individual development and wellbeing.<br><br>While the workload can be demanding and there may be times of pressure, the AGO is committed to staff wellbeing and ensuring colleagues have all the support and resources they need to succeed and ensuring our staff maintain a healthy work-life balance. AGO operates a hybrid working policy where there is a requirement of 60% office attendance.<br><br>AGO supports the Civil Service vision of being recognised as the UK’s most inclusive employer, by setting stretching diversity and equality objectives for our organisation.<br><br>AGO is an employer which promotes equality and aims to reflect the diversity of the society in which we live. It is committed to maximising the skills and potential of all its staff. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of disability, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status or religion/belief.</p><p>Further information about the work of the Law Officers and the Office can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/ago" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/ago</a></p><h4>Job description</h4><p>The Corporate Services Team (CST) provides a wide range of corporate (including Finance, HR, Project Management, IT Security, Records Management, Business Planning and Management Information) and casework services to the AGO. </p><p>The team is the central hub of the department, working collaboratively across office, the Law Officer’s Departments (LODs) and wider Whitehall in delivery of its objectives. </p><p>CST is a multi-disciplinary, high functioning, enthusiastic team that delivers to the highest standards. Support colleagues in a wide range of corporate and administrative functions.</p><p>We are looking for applicants who are committed to delivering high quality work and can demonstrate attention to detail, excellent organisational skills and the ability to work across boundaries. </p><p>The job holder will be responsible for ensuring that they share and capture their personal knowledge/skills/expertise across the AGO, by adhering to the file storage and retention policy as well as completion of Know-How guides, training and mentoring. </p><h4>Person specification</h4><p><strong>Corporate </strong></p><p>To support colleagues in all administrative functions relating to corporate services professions, such as:</p><ul><li>Finance</li><li>Recruitment</li><li>HR</li><li>Knowledge and Information Management</li><li>Security</li><li>Correspondence </li></ul><p>The job holder is expected to have basic skills on Microsoft products, including Word and Excel. And be able to communicate effectively both written and verbal.</p><p>The job holder will be responsible for ensuring that they share and capture their personal knowledge/skills/expertise across the AGO, by adhering to the file storage and retention policy as well as completion of Know-How guides, training and mentoring. </p><p><strong>Correspondence </strong></p><ul><li>To support the Correspondence Officers by undertaking administrative functions relating to correspondence actions including:</li><li>Screening physical post and managing the correspondence email inbox- allocating matters as appropriate to the correspondence team.</li><li>Assist in the drafting of letters to be sent out relating to ULS matters and Freedom of Information requests</li><li>Answering Public Enquiry Line calls and directing callers to relevant organisations where appropriate.</li></ul><p><strong>Case Progression</strong></p><ul><li>Cradle to grave management of ULS casework under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme, via the digital application system.</li><li>Regular attendance to ULS referral hearings.</li><li>To monitor the accuracy of data received into the team, challenging appropriately that which does not meet CPS policy, seeking guidance where necessary.</li><li>Working to ensure a high standard of AGO casework statistics.</li><li>Direct Liaison with internal and external stakeholders.</li><li>Managing administration of Nominations</li></ul><p><strong>Knowledge and Information Management (KIM) </strong></p><ul><li>Assisting the KIM lead to ensure effective records are held regarding data. </li><li>Ensure AGO meets its statutory obligations in all areas pertaining data protection and storage. </li><li>Provide advice and support to AGO staff on the correct application of policies and procedures.</li></ul><p><strong>Office and Corporate Management</strong></p><ul><li>Assist colleagues with any IT or other corporate queries or concerns relating to the office. </li><li>To book travel and accommodation for ministers and staff for national and international events.</li><li>Where appropriate, undertake searches of organisational information to assist the FOI team.</li></ul><p><strong>Recruitment</strong></p><ul><li>Providing support to HR and Recruitment managers to ensure timely progress of recruitment campaigns.</li><li>Answering recruitment queries from colleagues and external candidates where appropriate. </li><li>Liaising directly with GLD shared service recruitment contacts and organisations to ensure the progression of onboarding. </li></ul><h4>Behaviours</h4><p>We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:</p><ul><li>Delivering at Pace</li><li>Managing a Quality Service</li><li>Working Together</li><li>Making Effective Decisions</li></ul><h4>Benefits</h4>Alongside your salary of £30,468, Attorney General's Office contributes £8,826 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. <a href="https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/memberhub/joining-the-pension-scheme/benefits-of-the-pension-scheme/" target="_blank"> Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.</a><ul><li>Learning and development tailored to your role</li><li>An environment with flexible working options</li><li>A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity</li><li>A <a href="https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/memberhub/joining-the-pension-scheme/benefits-of-the-pension-scheme/" target="_blank">Civil Service pension</a> with an employer contribution of 28.97%</li></ul><p><strong>Contract Terms</strong></p><p>The successful candidate will need to hold or be in the process of gaining security clearance before being in post. Exceptional circumstances where SC may not be confirmed at time of starting will be dealt with on a case by case basis, but the continuation of post will rely on successful clearance being given. </p><p>The vacancy will be filled on loan or fixed-term appointment for an initial period of two years, with the possibility of an extension by mutual agreement. It is envisaged that the successful candidate will take up post in early September. If the incumbent is applying on temporary promotion, they will revert to their previous substantive grade and salary after the loan. There is the potential for permanent inward transfer, although this is by exception. Several criteria must be met concerning individual performance, business need and individual career development. A copy of AGO’s policy on secondment extensions and inward transfers can be made available upon request.</p><p>The transfer would be considered voluntary and so would not attract excess fares, travel costs or relocation costs.</p><p>Please note, due to the nature of loan agreements and the necessary release of staff into a new role, candidates will be required to discuss the loan and transfer with management at their home department prior to application. We will require confirmation that you have discussed this with management and they are content to release you into a new role, upon acceptance of any role. </p><p>Please note that any move across the Civil Service on or after October 2018 may have implications on an employee’s ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible to claim tax free childcare. </p><p><strong>Salary</strong></p><p>Existing civil servants on level transfer will retain their current basic salary if it is within the AGO pay range. If your salary is higher than AGO maxima you will be placed on the maxima of the pay range and receive the difference as a mark-time allowance, if agreed by HR.</p><p>Where your salary is below AGO’s minima you will be raised to the minima of the pay range £30,468. Any reserved rights to London Weighting or associated London allowances, will be consolidated into basic salary before the uplift to AGO’s minima. Any other allowances will not be retained on moving to AGO. If this results in your salary exceeding the pay range maxima, you will retain the difference on a mark-time basis.</p><p>On promotion there will be an increase of 10% to your current basic salary, or move to the pay range minima, whichever is the highest. If you are in receipt of any reserved rights to London Weighting or associated London allowances, these will be consolidated after applying the 10% promotion calculation. After this calculation if your salary is below the minima of the pay range, you will be moved to the minima of the pay range. Any other allowances will not be retained on promotion.</p><p><strong>Hours and Holiday</strong></p><p>You will be expected to work a 5-day week of 37 hours (excluding lunch breaks).</p><p>AGO is committed to flexible working, but business needs for some roles may limit the scope for particular working patterns. You are encouraged to contact the relevant manager to discuss the position for specific roles<strong>.</strong></p><p>The annual leave allowance for those who joined the Civil Service before 1st July 2013 is 26.5 days per annum, and then 31.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus 9 public and privilege days.</p><p>For those who joined the Civil Service on or after 1st July 2013, or those on modernised terms and conditions, the annual leave allowance is 25 days rising to 30 days, plus 9 public and privilege days.</p><h4>Things you need to know</h4><h4>Artificial intelligence</h4>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 <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/" target="_blank">candidate guidance (opens in a new window)</a> for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.<h4>Selection process details</h4>This vacancy is using <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles" target="_blank">Success Profiles (opens in a new window)</a>, and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths.<p><strong>Required Skills, Experience and Behaviours </strong></p><p>This vacancy is using <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles" target="_blank">Success Profiles (opens in a new window)</a>, and will assess your Behaviours and Strengths</p><p>Applicants must be able to demonstrate the following Success Profiles behaviours in your application and at the interview at Administrative Officer (AO) level:</p><ul><li>Delivery at Pace – Application and interview - <strong>lead behaviour</strong></li><li>Managing a Quality Service – Application and interview</li><li>Working Together – Application</li><li>Making Effective Decisions – Application and interview</li></ul><p>Your application will be sifted by an AGO panel. In the event that we receive a high number of applications, an initial sift will be carried out on the lead behaviour: <strong>Delivering at Pace.</strong></p><p><strong>Interviews will take place in the week commencing 16 February virtually. Please note this may be subject to change. </strong></p><br><br>Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.<h4>Security</h4>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-vetting-advice-for-people-who-are-being-vetted" target="_blank">security check (opens in a new window)</a>.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vetting-explained-and-our-vetting-charter/the-vetting-charter" target="_blank">See our vetting charter (opens in a new window)</a>.People working with government assets must complete <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard" target="_blank">baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window)</a> checks.<h4>Nationality requirements</h4><p>This job is broadly open to the following groups:</p><ul><li>UK nationals</li><li>nationals of the Republic of Ireland</li><li>nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK</li><li>nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families" target="_blank">European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)</a></li><li>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)</li><li>individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020</li><li>Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service</li></ul><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules" target="_blank">Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)</a><h4>Working for the Civil Service</h4>Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.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.<h4>Diversity and Inclusion</h4>The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027-html" target="_blank">Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)</a>.<h4>Apply and further information</h4>Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.<h4>Contact point for applicants</h4><h4>Job contact : </h4><ul><li>Name : Astrid Goodwin</li><li>Email : <a href="mailto:Astrid.goodwin1@attorneygeneral.gov.uk" target="_blank">Astrid.goodwin1@attorneygeneral.gov.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Recruitment team</h4><ul><li>Email : <a href="mailto:Recruitment@attorneygeneral.gov.uk" target="_blank">Recruitment@attorneygeneral.gov.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Attachments</h4><a href="https://files.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/admin/fairs/apptrack/download.cgi?SID=b3duZXI9NTA3MDAwMCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZkb2NfdHlwZT12YWMmZG9jX2lkPTEyNzY2MjQmdmVyaWZ5PTkyN2I4OTc4MzQ0MDYxYThlMzA4OWU3MjA3MDU3Mjg2JnJlcXNpZz0xNzY3NjczMjkxLWM5MzM5MGY1MjE4MTMyODQwMmMzYTM4MjQ0MTQ2ZjIzNzEwMmZjNWQ=" target="_blank">AO CST Pack V1 Opens in new window</a> (pdf, 422kB)

Attorney General's Office

Case Progression and Corporate Officer

Senior Landfill Disposals Tax Specialist

Home Office

Senior Business Analyst

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<p><strong>Are you a Qualified Social Worker? Do you want to make a difference to the lives of Children and Families through effective Social Care?&nbsp; Do you want to be part of a team that cares and will value your knowledge, experience and you as a person? Then Knowsley Children’s Services could be the place for you.</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Be part of what we are building</em></strong></p>
<p>Following our recent Ofsted inspection, our Children’s Social Care Services (CSC) department are on an improvement journey - one we would love you to join us on!</p>
<p>Do you want to work with:</p>
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<li>a friendly, supportive team who genuinely cares about their employees?</li>
<li>a smaller local authority in easy commuting distance from across the North West with hybrid working options?</li>
<li>Somewhere you can really make a difference to the lives of our Children and Young People</li>
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<p>Then this may be the role for you...</p>
<p>We have high aspirations for our children and young people and are determined to work together to make the necessary improvements and get to ‘good’ whilst always aiming higher. This is an exciting time to join our service - improving CSC is one of the Council’s main priorities; there’s significant investment in the service, expertise on-hand and opportunities for you to make a real difference; helping to shape the future delivery of CSC for the benefit of our children and young people.</p>
<p>If you choose to join us, you will be coming to an inclusive, supportive, and friendly team.&nbsp; We have a new engaging and ambitious leadership team in place, who will ensure that you work in an environment where you feel recognised, valued, and listened to.&nbsp; As a service we offer flexible working, manageable caseloads and a vast array of employee benefits details of which can be found below.&nbsp; We welcome you to come and join us on this exciting journey– in return we promise to support, develop, and help you achieve your goals.</p>
<p>Don’t just take our word for it though, see what our current social workers have to say.-</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/oMH7chd4Qrc" target="_blank"><strong>watch here</strong></a></p>
<p><strong><em>Who we are looking for:</em></strong></p>
<p>To be successful you will be a qualified, experienced social worker and you will be professionally registered with Social Work England.&nbsp; You will be committed to making a difference for Children, Young People and their families and you’ll be a great communicator able to quickly build good relationships.&nbsp; It’s important you actively invest in your continuous professional development, and we will support you to do this.</p>
<p><strong><em>Our offer to you:</em></strong></p>
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<li><strong>We are a Disability Confident Employer,</strong> meaning we offer Inclusive &amp; accessible recruitment, offering an interview to disabled people, providing reasonable adjustments, &amp; supporting existing employees.&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>Flexible working, Hybrid working arrangements &amp; family friendly initiatives;</strong><strong> </strong>Our flexible working scheme allows you to manage your hours &amp; plan your life more easily. We will consider requests for flexible working.&nbsp; For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.</li>
<li><strong>Generous Holiday Entitlement:</strong> starting at 28 days leave with an option to buy additional 10 days leave&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>Manageable Workloads</strong> - directors of our service work closely with the Heads of Service &amp; Team Managers to ensure caseloads are manageable &amp; you are supported.&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Differentiated sickness absence</strong> for individuals living with a disability.&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Menopause policy</strong><strong> </strong>supporting women in the workplace.&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Local Government Pension Scheme</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Newley Developed Bespoke Four-Week Induction Programme</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>High Quality IT Kit</strong><strong> </strong>supporting agile working arrangements&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Learning &amp; Career Development:</strong><strong> </strong>We have a wide range of blended learning opportunities available to all employees, which will be relevant to your job &amp; progression&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>Supportive Practice Improvement Team </strong>– we have a team of experienced staff who build positive working relationships with staff to work alongside you to embed learning from audits or reviews.</li>
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<li><strong>A range of Workers Groups,</strong><strong> </strong>g., Black &amp; Minority Workers' Group, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Forum, Neurodiverse Staff Support Group.&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Well-being Support:</strong><strong> </strong>We want to improve the well-being of our employees both in &amp; out of the workplace&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Secondment Opportunities</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>MyTime</strong> – our monthly supervisions scheduled with you. This is your one-to-one time solely focused on your career development&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Reflective Supervision - 4 weekly</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Access to Signs of Safety Group Supervision</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Newly Developed Progression Pathway</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Learning at Work Week</strong>: A yearly celebration awards to recognise &amp; celebrate individual practice across the council<strong>.</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Visible and accessible Leadership including Monthly Principal Social Worker (PSW) drop-in sessions</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Themed Practice Learning Week</strong>: Providing a range of bitesize learning opportunities.&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Currently Offering Free Parking</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Cycle to Work Scheme:</strong><strong> </strong>We are committed to greener transport solutions. Our scheme entitles you to significant discounts on the price of a new bike &amp; safety equipment.&nbsp;</li>
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<li>bank holidays.&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Eye Tests:</strong><strong> </strong>We provide all display screen users with a free eye test on request. We have a corporate eye care scheme which includes a contribution to the cost of glasses&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>Childcare Vouchers</strong>&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>Free Refreshments</strong> – Tea, Coffee and Milk</li>
<li><strong>Discounted Gym Membership</strong>&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong>Credit Union Membership</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>VIVUP Discounts &amp; Savings</strong><strong> </strong>The program offers a staff discount scheme.&nbsp;</li>
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<p><strong><em>Application Process</em></strong></p>
<p>We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.</p>
<p>At Knowsley we value our applicants and want you to feel well-informed and welcome. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact Laura Doyle on Tel: 0151 443 2337&nbsp;/ Joanne Sheridan on Tel: 07966801894&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification. Please note your supporting statement should not exceed 1–2 pages in length.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Please note that sponsorship is not available for this post</strong></p>

Knowsley Council

Experienced Social Worker (Young Persons Team)

<h4>Job summary</h4><p>The Welsh Government delivers digital services to people and business across Wales. Led by our Chief Digital Officer, the Welsh Government is increasingly delivering more services online and has a vision (outlined in the Digital Strategy for Wales) of improving the lives of everyone through collaboration, innovation and better public services. </p><p>To achieve this vision, the Welsh Government needs specialist digital, data and technology skills across all departments in the organisation to improve the services and policies we develop for Welsh citizens. </p><p>For more information about the benefits of making a difference with us, please see the <a href="https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2024-06/welsh-government-jobs-employee-benefits-pack.pdf" target="_blank">Employee Benefits Pack</a>.</p><h4>Job description</h4><p><strong>Team Overview</strong></p><p>The IT Service Transition Team ensures that new or changed IT services move smoothly from design/development into live operation without disrupting business processes. It acts as the bridge between Service Design and Service Operation, following ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) principles to minimise risk and maintain service quality.</p><br><p><strong>Role</strong></p><p>The Service Transition Manager will own the Service Transition process within the ITIL framework and is responsible for planning, coordinating, and controlling the transition of new or changed IT services into live operation. The role ensures that services meet agreed acceptance criteria and are delivered with minimal disruption to business operations.</p><p>As a member of the Service Transition Team, the Service Transition Manager will support and report to the Senior Service Transition Manager.</p><p>This post maps to the <a href="https://ddat-capability-framework.service.gov.uk/role/service-transition-manager#service-readiness-analyst" target="_blank">Service Readiness Analyst</a> role/level in the DDaT Profession Capability framework. Follow the link to understand the role and the required skills.</p><p>A Service Readiness Analyst tests the products and is accountable for application acceptance and checking whether security criteria have been met. At this level, you will flag any potential risks and escalate these to the Senior Service Transition Manager.</p><br><p><strong>We are looking for people who are:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Highly organised</strong>, with excellent planning and coordination skills to manage complex timelines and dependencies.</li><li><strong>Detail-oriented</strong>, ensuring accuracy in documentation, testing, and compliance with governance standards.</li><li><strong>Proactive </strong>with a strong drive to ensure smooth service transitions.</li><li><strong>Collaborative team players</strong>, willing to share knowledge and support colleagues across projects.</li><li><strong>Effective communicators</strong>, able to engage confidently with technical teams, stakeholders, and business users using clear and varied communication methods.</li><li><strong>Adaptable and resilient</strong>, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and managing change effectively.</li><li><strong>Committed to continuous improvement</strong>, seeking opportunities to refine processes and enhance service delivery.</li></ul><h4>Person specification</h4><p><strong>Your main day to day responsibilities will include: </strong></p><ul><li>Working with the Senior Service Transition Manager to deliver new or changed services across the end-to-end support lifecycle, within specific timeframes.</li><li>Ensuring appropriate lifecycle resourcing, training, tooling, support and documentation is in place with sign off from all stakeholders prior to transition into live service.</li><li>Developing, agreeing and monitoring Service Acceptance Criteria and co-ordinating the Go/no Go process.</li><li>Representing the Service Transition discipline at Project Meetings.</li><li>Liaising with internal technical subject matter experts and business owners of key platforms and processes to ensure end to end Service requirements are met.</li><li>Embedding the Service Transition stage within project teams, working closely with the Project Management Office.</li><li>Coordinating the completing of Support Model templates alongside the Service Design stage, including the RACI matrices for support.</li><li>Interfacing with third party suppliers where necessary for the introduction of new services, observing all relevant procurement rules.</li><li>Capturing lessons learnt from delivered projects and identifying and implementing mitigating actions.</li><li>Working with the Service Delivery Management and Technical Architect teams to define and document the support and governance model in line with the solution requirement.</li><li>Occasionally perform other duties commensurate with the role, on request of your line manager.</li><li>Make recommendations on go-live, early-life support and service.</li><li>Ensure that the acceptance criteria are understood by the wider IT Teams.</li></ul><h4>Behaviours</h4><p>We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:</p><ul><li>Working Together</li></ul><h4>Technical skills</h4><p>We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:</p><ul><li>Service Management Framework Knowledge: You can demonstrate knowledge of the life cycle or capability elements of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library).</li><li>Continual Service Improvement: Identify process optimisation opportunities with guidance, and contribute to the implementation of proposed solutions</li></ul><h4>Benefits</h4>Alongside your salary of £37,111, Welsh Government contributes £10,751 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. <a href="https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/memberhub/joining-the-pension-scheme/benefits-of-the-pension-scheme/" target="_blank"> Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.</a><ul><li>Learning and development tailored to your role</li><li>An environment with flexible working options</li><li>A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity</li><li>A <a href="https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/memberhub/joining-the-pension-scheme/benefits-of-the-pension-scheme/" target="_blank">Civil Service pension</a> with an employer contribution of 28.97%</li></ul><h4>Things you need to know</h4><h4>Artificial intelligence</h4>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 <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/" target="_blank">candidate guidance (opens in a new window)</a> for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.<h4>Selection process details</h4>This vacancy is using <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles" target="_blank">Success Profiles (opens in a new window)</a>, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.<h4>The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)</h4>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 <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/" target="_blank">AI candidate guidance</a> for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.<h4>Selection Process and Stages</h4><br><p>Welsh Government, like all other Government Departments use Success Profiles when we recruit. For each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job. It raises performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.</p><p>The selection process and stages are:</p>Number of Stages:2 stage processStage 1Application FormStage 2Interview<br><p><strong>DDaT Technical Assessment</strong></p><p>Candidates who successfully demonstrate that they meet the minimum Criteria will be invited to interview.</p><p>You will receive a technical scenario for you to prepare a response ready for your interview. The technical scenario and instructions will be emailed to you 5 working days before your interview.</p><p>The technical scenario will be a presentation at interview assessing Technical 2: <strong>Continual Service Improvement: </strong>Identify process optimisation opportunities with guidance, and contribute to the implementation of proposed solutions.</p><br><br>Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.<h4>Security</h4>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-vetting-advice-for-people-who-are-being-vetted" target="_blank">security check (opens in a new window)</a>.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vetting-explained-and-our-vetting-charter/the-vetting-charter" target="_blank">See our vetting charter (opens in a new window)</a>.People working with government assets must complete <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard" target="_blank">baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window)</a> checks.<h4>Nationality requirements</h4><p>This job is broadly open to the following groups:</p><ul><li>UK nationals</li><li>nationals of the Republic of Ireland</li><li>nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK</li><li>nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families" target="_blank">European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)</a></li><li>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)</li><li>individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020</li><li>Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service</li></ul><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules" target="_blank">Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)</a><h4>Working for the Civil Service</h4>The <a href="http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/code/" target="_blank">Civil Service Code (opens in a new window)</a> sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.<br><br>We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's <a href="https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/" target="_blank">recruitment principles (opens in a new window)</a>.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.<h4>Diversity and Inclusion</h4>The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027-html" target="_blank">Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)</a>.<h4>Apply and further information</h4>This vacancy is part of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans" target="_blank">Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window)</a> initiative.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.<h4>Contact point for applicants</h4><h4>Job contact : </h4><ul><li>Name : Paul Winter</li><li>Email : <a href="mailto:ictservicecontrol@gov.wales" target="_blank">ictservicecontrol@gov.wales</a></li></ul><h4>Recruitment team</h4><ul><li>Email : <a href="mailto:sharedservicehelpdesk@gov.wales" target="_blank">sharedservicehelpdesk@gov.wales</a></li></ul><h4>Further information</h4>Recruitment principles and complaints<br><br>We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition. Please see the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles on the Commission's website.<br><br>If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and wish to make a complaint please email <a href="mailto:complaints@gov.wales" target="_blank">complaints@gov.wales</a>. Please ensure that you refer to the vacancy reference number.<br><br>If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Welsh Government, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: <a href="mailto:info@csc.gov.uk" target="_blank">info@csc.gov.uk</a><br><br>

Welsh Government

3379 - Service Transition Manager

<h4>Job summary</h4>In DESNZ, we are leading the Government’s focus on being a clean energy superpower by 2030 and accelerating our transition to net zero. Consequently, our commercial landscape is very broad across entity-to-entity contracts, First of a Kind (FAOK) investments in Hydrogen and CCUS, SMR Procurements amongst many others. This role will focus on being a critical friend to Policy colleagues at the early stages of policy exploration to test multiple commercial arrangements including contracts, grants, concessional finance, equity to deliver the policy objective, whilst looking to standardise and embed knowledge management across this space. This will include negotiation advice and design. For someone with broad commercial experience, it presents a great opportunity to work across the full commercial lifecycle, well beyond procurement.<h4>Job description</h4><p>You will need to be able to build strong customer relationships and influence our internal stakeholders on the value commercial can bring. This is a critical remit with a wide-ranging responsibility and accountability for developing customer relationships and building the pipeline as well as managing, developing and increasing the maturity of the commercial team.</p><br><p>As a key member of the Directorate's senior leadership team, you will play an active role in supporting the leadership and management of the directorate, embedding its vision and values to create a supportive working environment for all.</p><br><p>You will also be responsible for the strategy and operation of the Commercial profession within the Department, and an ambassador for the commercial function. You will deputise for the Commercial Director when needed/appropriate, ensuring effective representation of views at committee(s).</p><br><p>The Commercial function in DESNZ is embarking on an exciting programme to review and change the way we operate with the Department, to put Commercial at the heart of everything the Department does, and impact the whole lifecycle of commercial activity, from investment to operational commercial management of projects on site. As part of our senior leadership team, you will play a key role in shaping this development, driving growth and enriching the function.</p><br><p>As a member of the GCO's senior team, you will enjoy cross-Whitehall Commercial leadership responsibility, and a role in continually developing and improving the Commercial Profession.</p><p><strong>Locations:</strong><br>The successful candidate(s) will be able to agree a contractual workplace from those locations listed in this advert. When selecting your location listed in this job advert please be aware that this will be your contractual base location with a requirement to spend a minimum of 60% of your working time in this organisational workplace.</p><p>Your time spent on official duties at workplace locations other than your contractual office such as supplier, customer or partner locations required to perform your role is included in the 60% attendance.</p><p>This requirement will however take into consideration any reasonable adjustments agreed upon appointment for people with a disability, flexibilities agreed for those with specific caring responsibilities, or other similar temporary flexibilities.</p><h4>Person specification</h4><ul><li>Provide advice to SROs on routes to market and ‘deal’ incentives including advice on Grants, equity models, loans and procurement models.</li><li>Provide advice on negotiation planning, models, concession matrices and styles.</li><li>Assemble and collect Departmental negotiation models and plans already used in a ‘knowledge management’ architecture to enable ‘invent once, use many times’.</li><li>Lead as requested red team challenge reviews of plans in flight.</li><li>Create an overview of Departmental capability and expertise in this field outside commercial. </li><li>Support the Commercial Director in the leadership of the Commercial Collaboration Group.</li><li>As agreed, lead negotiation on behalf of SRO and / or support the Department’s Chief Negotiator.</li><li>Provide Commercial input and resource into the Policy Industrial Strategy group.</li><li>Support the ICS Assurance team with assessing Outline Business Case of SROs coming to Portfolio Investment Committees.</li><li>Line managing a team of 3 to 4 Grade 6 colleagues.</li><li>Be amongst the most senior members of the Government Commercial Function and play a role in the broader commercial reform programme led by the Government Chief Commercial Officer;</li><li>Play a key leadership and change management role in developing a strong commercial function for DESNZ and across government.</li></ul><h4>Technical skills</h4><p>We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:</p><ul><li>Advanced negotiator with a track record of leading multiple large deals. Proven ability to be assertive to secure deals, while maintaining strong customer/supplier relationships with senior stakeholders.</li><li>Significant and comprehensive category expertise, likely to have been gained from working in large complex organisations, ideally in the financial space, at a senior level. Evidence of running insource/outsource conversations and transitioning.</li><li>Expertly navigates complexity to influence key outcomes. Confidently handles rigorous questioning from senior stakeholders without much oversight.</li><li>Outstanding consultancy skills. Ability to gain credibility and influence through, network development, stakeholder engagement and effective communication skills. Often acting as the key contact point within an organisation.</li><li>Working with the highest-level senior stakeholders, both internal and external, to shape their thinking and understanding of the dynamics of the markets.</li><li>Senior leader with extensive experience designing, shaping and agreeing innovative sourcing and commercial strategies in a complex organisation. Expert at guiding high-performing teams to achieve the same.</li></ul><h4>Benefits</h4><p>As a valued employee of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO), you will have access to all the benefits the centre has to offer; including flexible working, generous benefits, Career Coaches, Mentors, L&amp;D, a Commercial College, active talent management and, most importantly, access to commercial projects that will far exceed the scale and complexity on offer elsewhere in the UK.</p><p>For existing Civil Servants: For full details of the impact on any move across the civil service on your existing terms and conditions, please read the candidate pack. Please note that any move across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to continue to claim childcare vouchers. </p><p>Kindly refer to the following link for the GCF Rewards and benefits page.</p><p><a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/gcf-benefits/" target="_blank">https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/gcf-benefits/</a></p><h4>Things you need to know</h4><h4>Artificial intelligence</h4>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 <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/" target="_blank">candidate guidance (opens in a new window)</a> for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.<h4>Selection process details</h4>This vacancy is using <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles" target="_blank">Success Profiles (opens in a new window)</a>, and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.<p>Your application will be reviewed by a panel and should you be successful at sift we will invite you to attend a Virtual commercial Assessment and Development Centre (VADC). The panel will review results of the VADC and determine which candidates will go through to a subsequent final panel interview. Please note: Only candidates that achieve an A grade at ADC will be invited to interview for this role. </p><p><strong>Please be advised that the Virtual ADC is taking place on the 4th of February 2026 and will require a full day's attendance. </strong></p><p><strong>If you are invited to attend a virtual ADC, but for any reason are unable to meet the date outlined then please get in touch with the team on <a href="mailto:commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a> as soon as possible. The ADC is booked and paid for in advance by departments, therefore it is only in certain circumstances we are able to accommodate alternative dates. </strong></p><p>For full details of our process, and a likely timeline, please read the attached candidate pack. </p><p>Throughout our selection process, we will make decisions about your capability to do the job, based on evidence you provide against the Technical Skills (essential criteria) and your Job History (CV) that you will be asked to provide during the application process. Further help and advice on our application and selection process can be found at this web address <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/gcf-how-to-apply/" target="_blank">https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/gcf-how-to-apply/</a><br><br><strong>IMPORTANT: If you do not receive an acknowledgement of your application within 2 working days please contact: <a href="mailto:commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a></strong></p><br><br>Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise. <br><br>As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.<h4>Security</h4>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-vetting-advice-for-people-who-are-being-vetted" target="_blank">security check (opens in a new window)</a>.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vetting-explained-and-our-vetting-charter/the-vetting-charter" target="_blank">See our vetting charter (opens in a new window)</a>.People working with government assets must complete <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard" target="_blank">baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window)</a> checks.<h4>Nationality requirements</h4><p>This job is broadly open to the following groups:</p><ul><li>UK nationals</li><li>nationals of the Republic of Ireland</li><li>nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK</li><li>nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families" target="_blank">European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)</a></li><li>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)</li><li>individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020</li><li>Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service</li></ul><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules" target="_blank">Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)</a><h4>Working for the Civil Service</h4>The <a href="http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/code/" target="_blank">Civil Service Code (opens in a new window)</a> sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.<br><br>We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's <a href="https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/" target="_blank">recruitment principles (opens in a new window)</a>.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.<h4>Diversity and Inclusion</h4>The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027-html" target="_blank">Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)</a>.<h4>Apply and further information</h4>This vacancy is part of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans" target="_blank">Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window)</a> initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/prison-leaver-recruitment/" target="_blank">Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window)</a>.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.<h4>Contact point for applicants</h4><h4>Job contact : </h4><ul><li>Name : Ashlene Doherty</li><li>Email : <a href="mailto:commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Recruitment team</h4><ul><li>Email : <a href="mailto:commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Further information</h4>If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should direct this to the Head of Commercial Resourcing Hub at the following email <a href="mailto:commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk</a> quoting the vacancy reference number (if applicable) and the details of your complaint. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission via the following web page: <a href="http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/" target="_blank">http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitm…</a><br><br><h4>Attachments</h4><a href="https://files.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/admin/fairs/apptrack/download.cgi?SID=b3duZXI9NTA3MDAwMCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZkb2NfdHlwZT12YWMmZG9jX2lkPTEyNzY3MDUmdmVyaWZ5PWRhZGY3ZDhiMTJjYTRiZmY3OTI0MWRkYmY4NTQyMWI1JnJlcXNpZz0xNzY3NjczMTg2LTFjZmI3NTlhODJjY2YyZDkyYzhkYWMzZmI3ODIzZjg1ZjM2MTY2M2E=" target="_blank">Guaranteed Interview Schemes (GIS) Opens in new window</a> (pdf, 70kB)<a href="https://files.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/admin/fairs/apptrack/download.cgi?SID=b3duZXI9NTA3MDAwMCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZkb2NfdHlwZT12YWMmZG9jX2lkPTEyNzY3MDYmdmVyaWZ5PTI2MmFhNzdlY2ViOGY5M2ZhMjNkY2FmZjdhODMwMDJiJnJlcXNpZz0xNzY3NjczMTg2LTFjZmI3NTlhODJjY2YyZDkyYzhkYWMzZmI3ODIzZjg1ZjM2MTY2M2E=" target="_blank">20260105 - 443082 - CS699 - Commercial Deputy Director, Financial Transactions and Negotiations Support team - Candidate Pack Opens in new window</a> (pdf, 526kB)

Commercial Deputy Director, Financial Transactions and Negotiations Support Team

<h4>Job summary</h4><p>We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Applications Operations Engineer - DevOps tooling and IT Asset Management to help us make a difference to our planet. </p><p>As our Senior Applications Operations Engineer - DevOps tooling and ITAM the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work. </p><p>Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone. </p><p><strong>World changing work</strong></p><p>From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are. </p><ul><li>We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact</li><li>We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better</li><li>We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making</li><li>We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater</li><li>We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers</li></ul><h4>Job description</h4><p><strong>Your world of expertise</strong></p><p>Based in the Corporate Technology function, the DevOps tooling support service enables the delivery of operational excellence across the organisation by providing and developing a suite of SaaS-based software development and collaboration tooling.</p><p>You will work within the IT Asset Management (ITAM) team, which is a small, collaborative group. Initially, you will take on the role of senior technical administrator for the tooling stack, working closely with a technical lead, product manager, and other system administrators.</p><p>Your primary focus will be on supporting and developing our DevOps tooling stack as advertised here. To provide both variety for you and resilience for the team, responsibilities will rotate between tooling support and Software Asset Management-related duties. As such you will eventually also become involved in broader team activities such as improving the software request process, software licence reclamation, licence auditing and working with our enterprise software asset management tooling.</p><p><strong>Your key duties</strong>:</p><ul><li>Act as the primary technical contact for tools such as GitHub, Jira, Confluence, LucidSuite, IntelliJ, and associated integrations, ensuring that these services are secure, reliable, and aligned with organisational standards</li><li>Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for complex issues across the DevOps tooling portfolio, ensuring timely resolution of incidents and problems.</li><li>Lead on the preparation and implementation of changes to enhance the capabilities of the portfolio, ensuring adherence to Met Office change management standards.</li><li>Guide and support junior colleagues, fostering knowledge sharing and professional development, coordinate workload distribution and act as escalation point for technical queries.</li></ul><h4>Person specification</h4><p><strong>Essential Criteria, skills and experience:</strong></p><ol><li><strong>Proven Experience with SaaS DevOps Platforms</strong><ul><li>Hands-on administration and configuration of SaaS-based tooling, for example GitHub, Atlassian suite, Lucid, Mural – Experts by nature</li></ul></li><li><strong>Application Operations and Service Management</strong><ul><li>Strong background in application support, monitoring, and incident resolution in line with ITIL principles and service management best practices – <strong>Force for good</strong></li></ul></li><li><strong>Automation and Continuous Improvement </strong>Ability to deliver continual service improvement in an organised and structured manner within established an organisation’s IT procedures – <strong>We keep evolving </strong></li><li><strong>Collaboration and Communication Skills</strong><ul><li>Skilled in working with developers, product teams, and other stakeholders to ensure toolsets meet business needs, including the ability to explain technical issues clearly to non-technical audiences – <strong>We’re better together</strong></li></ul></li><li><strong>Adaptability and Continuous Learning </strong>Commitment to staying current with emerging technologies and evolving practices, adapting quickly to new tools and organisational priorities – <strong>We live and breathe it</strong></li></ol><h4>Benefits</h4>Alongside your salary of £35,145, Met Office contributes £10,181 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. <a href="https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/memberhub/joining-the-pension-scheme/benefits-of-the-pension-scheme/" target="_blank"> Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.</a><p><strong>Why join us</strong></p><p>Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their ‘Best Workplaces in Tech’ 2023, 2024 and 2025 lists, as well as their ’54 Best Workplaces for Women’ 2023 list.</p><p>As our Senior Applications Operations Engineer - DevOps tooling and ITAM your total reward package will be up to £51,648 annually, which includes: </p><ul><li>£35,145 base pay</li><li>An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%</li><li>Recruitment Retention Allowance (RRA) you will be paid £2,200 per annum as a market supplement to reflect the demand for your skills. Whilst in post, you will be paid this market driven allowance from April 2024 until March 2026 in your monthly pay</li><li>Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave</li></ul><h4>Things you need to know</h4><h4>Artificial intelligence</h4>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 <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/" target="_blank">candidate guidance (opens in a new window)</a> for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.<h4>Selection process details</h4><p><strong>How to apply</strong></p><p>If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills. </p><p>Closing date 18/01/2026 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 02/02/2026. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed. </p><p><strong>Using AI in your application</strong></p><p>We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience. All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit <a href="https://careers.metoffice.gov.uk/join-us/our-approach-recruitment" target="_blank">our approach to recruitment</a>.</p><p><strong>How we can help</strong></p><p>If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at <a href="mailto:careers@metoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">careers@metoffice.gov.uk</a>. </p><p>If you’re considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role. </p><p>We understand that great minds don’t always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code. </p><p>We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us. </p><br><br>Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.<h4>Security</h4>Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-vetting-advice-for-people-who-are-being-vetted" target="_blank">security check (opens in a new window)</a>.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vetting-explained-and-our-vetting-charter/the-vetting-charter" target="_blank">See our vetting charter (opens in a new window)</a>.People working with government assets must complete <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard" target="_blank">baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window)</a> checks.<h4>Medical</h4>Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.<h4>Nationality requirements</h4><p>This job is broadly open to the following groups:</p><ul><li>UK nationals</li><li>nationals of the Republic of Ireland</li><li>nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK</li><li>nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families" target="_blank">European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)</a></li><li>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)</li><li>individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020</li><li>Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service</li></ul><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules" target="_blank">Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)</a><h4>Working for the Civil Service</h4>The <a href="http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/code/" target="_blank">Civil Service Code (opens in a new window)</a> sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.<br><br>We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's <a href="https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/" target="_blank">recruitment principles (opens in a new window)</a>.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.<h4>Diversity and Inclusion</h4>The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027-html" target="_blank">Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)</a>.<h4>Apply and further information</h4>The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/prison-leaver-recruitment/" target="_blank">Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window)</a>.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.<h4>Contact point for applicants</h4><h4>Job contact : </h4><ul><li>Name : Resourcing Team</li><li>Email : <a href="mailto:careers@metoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">careers@metoffice.gov.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Recruitment team</h4><ul><li>Email : <a href="mailto:careers@metoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">careers@metoffice.gov.uk</a></li></ul>

Met Office

Senior Applications Operations Engineer - DevOps tooling and ITAM

Ofwat (Water Services Regulation Authority)

Asset Management Specialist

Crown Prosecution Service

Cynllun Hyfforddeion Cyfreithiol Cenedlaethol - Cyfreithiwr - Ionawr 2026 (i ddechrau Hydref 2027)

<h4>Job summary</h4><p><strong>Senior Cyber Security Engineer</strong></p><p><strong>c.£85,000 per annum </strong></p><p><strong>Bedford</strong></p><p><strong>Permanent </strong></p><p><strong>Hybrid Working </strong></p><p><strong><em>Are you a strategic cybersecurity leader ready to make a meaningful impact on the future of digital financial services? Do you have deep experience in safeguarding complex architectures and managing cyber risks across cloud and hybrid environments? If so, we have a pivotal opportunity for you. The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), supporting the delivery of the Pensions Dashboard Programme (PDP), is looking for a Cyber Security Lead to join our team. This is a critical leadership role, overseeing the full security lifecycle — from architecture and policy development to operational resilience and incident response — across complex hybrid environments with a strong emphasis on cloud security (AWS and Azure). Your leadership will be central to ensuring that digital financial infrastructure remains secure, compliant, and future-resilient, working at the intersection of innovation, regulation, and public trust. The role also involves oversight of third-party security providers and suppliers, ensuring that outsourced services meet contractual, technical, and regulatory expectations while delivering value for public money. Join us and play a key role in securing the UK’s next-generation financial ecosystem</em></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>The Cyber Security Lead will report directly to the Head of Information Security and will play a pivotal role in safeguarding the integrity and resilience of the Pensions Dashboard Programme (PDP) within the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS).</p><h4>Job description</h4><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Working in close partnership with third-party security and service providers to ensure systems and networks are proactively monitored, security events are accurately detected and triaged, and incidents are responded to base on their severity and business impact.</li><li>Leading the design, assurance, and continuous improvement of security systems and tooling, ensuring alignment with national cyber standards and best practices (e.g. NCSC, ISO 27001, NIST).</li><li>Collaborating with architects, risk owners, and delivery teams to embed secure design principles and ensure the security operations centre (SOC) is equipped to handle emerging threats effectively.</li><li>Lead security assurance activities including penetration tests, technical risk assessments, assurance reviews, and third-party security evaluations to ensure alignment with internal and external standards.</li><li>Chairing PDP security governance and technical authority forums to ensure pension providers and schemes connect to the ecosystem in a secure and compliant manner.</li><li>Representing security within change boards and design authorities and ensuring that security non-functional requirements (NFRs) are clearly defined, prioritised, and tracked within product and service delivery.</li><li>Maintaining compliance with national cybersecurity standards, regulatory expectations, and internal frameworks by authoring, updating, and enforcing the PDP Code of Connection (CoCo) security requirements, ensuring all participants meet defined security criteria before connecting to the ecosystem.</li></ul><h4>Person specification</h4><p><strong>Experience</strong></p><ul><li>Knowledge of supporting the design or implementation of secure systems, you can support the design and review of system architectures through the application of patterns and principles.</li><li>Experience of defining secure architecture principles and applying them to the design and review of on-premises and cloud-based systems, particularly within AWS and Azure environments.</li><li>Knowledge of embedding security requirements throughout the solution lifecycle, from initial design through development, testing, and into operational deployment.</li><li>Demonstrate a strong understanding of leading operational security functions, including SOC operations, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management.</li><li>Experience of managing the incident response lifecycle, including triage, containment, investigation, remediation, and conducting post-incident reviews.</li><li>Ability to establish and improve incident response playbooks and escalation processes to ensure readiness for cyber threats and regulatory reporting.</li><li>Experience of providing strategic cyber risk oversight, working with risk owners to advise on exposure and inform proportionate, evidence-based decisions.</li><li>Demonstrate capability in planning, scoping, and reviewing security assurance activities, including penetration tests, IT health checks, and vulnerability assessments.</li><li>Ability to interpret technical findings and ensure remediation actions are appropriately prioritised and managed through to resolution.</li><li>Experience of maintaining a technical risk register and developing appropriate compensating controls where residual risks exceed tolerance thresholds.</li><li>Experience of supporting and informing risk-based decisions working with risk owners to advise and give feedback.</li><li>Knowledge of chairing security authority and governance forums and contributing to broader cross-government cybersecurity initiatives.</li><li>Experience of influencing security decisions within digital transformation and change programmes, ensuring services are secure by design.</li><li>Understanding of how to embed security into agile and DevSecOps processes by feeding non-functional requirements (NFRs) into delivery backlogs.</li><li>Ability to work collaboratively with architecture, product, engineering, and delivery teams to shape secure digital services.</li><li>Experience of managing third-party and outsourced security providers to ensure alignment with contractual, regulatory, and technical expectations.</li><li>Demonstrate ability to conduct supplier assurance, including onboarding assessments, ongoing security reviews, audits, and compliance monitoring.</li><li>Experience of providing both internal and external security consultancy on a wide range of issues, offering expert advice across strategy, operations, risk, and compliance.</li><li>Ability to respond to challenges and manage stakeholder expectations.</li><li>Experience of research and innovation with the ability to advise on developments to security properties in technology and design.</li></ul><p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or a related field.</li><li>Minimum of 8 years of experience in technical and security consulting roles.</li><li>Strong knowledge of cloud security technologies (AWS, AZURE).</li><li>understanding of identity and access management (IAM) concepts and technologies, EntraID, forgerock etc</li><li>Any experience of government systems and audits such as OneLogin or GovAssure are highly desirable.</li><li>Experience with security frameworks and standards, such as NIST, ISO 27001, CyberEssentials Plus and CIS.</li><li>Strong understanding of networking protocols, operating systems, and security technologies, such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and SIEM.</li><li>Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.</li><li>Ability to work independently and as part of a team.</li><li>Strong work ethic and commitment to security best practices.</li></ul><p><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity or a related field.</li><li>Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or platform-specific credentials including: AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate</li><li>Experience with cloud security best practices.</li><li>Experience with security audits and compliance.</li><li>Experience with Scoping and reviewing penetration tests / IT health checks</li></ul><p><strong><em>*Please note there will be frequent travel to London*</em></strong></p><h4>Benefits</h4><p><strong>About Us</strong></p><p>The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.</p><p>At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values:</p><ul><li><strong>Caring</strong><br>We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform.</li><li><strong>Connecting</strong><br>We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections.</li><li><strong>Transforming</strong><br>We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact.</li></ul><p><strong>Our Inclusive Working Environment</strong></p><p>By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds. We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity, and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to “bring their whole selves to work.”</p><p>Our colleague and ally networks encompass LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women’s health, men’s health, ethnicity, and diversity.</p><p><strong>What We Offer</strong></p><ul><li>Generous Annual Leave – 30 days plus Bank Holidays</li><li>Pension scheme – contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary)</li><li>Interest-free loan for season tickets for buses and trains</li><li>Cycle to work Scheme</li><li>Subsidised eye tests &amp; flu jabs</li><li>Life assurance scheme</li><li>Give as you earn scheme</li><li>Employee assistance programme (EAP)</li><li>PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing)</li><li>Enhanced family and sick pay</li><li>Paid volunteering (2 days a year)</li><li>Recognition Scheme</li><li>Discounts portal to numerous retailers</li></ul><p><strong>Flexible Working</strong></p><p>At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. As standard, we work on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and our headquarters in Bedford will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.</p><h4>Things you need to know</h4><h4>Artificial intelligence</h4>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 <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/" target="_blank">candidate guidance (opens in a new window)</a> for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.<h4>Selection process details</h4><p><strong>Recruitment Process: </strong></p><ol><li><strong>Initial Review: Our recruiter will review your CV. If it looks like a good fit, they'll reach out to arrange a call.</strong></li><li><strong>Hiring Manager Review: If the recruiter thinks you're suitable, your CV will be passed to the hiring manager, who will decide whether to invite you for an interview.</strong></li><li><strong>Interview: If selected, you'll participate in a virtual interview. This single-stage process allows you to demonstrate your skills and experience through competency-based questions. This will also require you to deliver a short presentation.</strong></li></ol><p><strong>Career Development</strong></p><p>In MaPS, we take career development seriously. We actively encourage and support applications from our existing MaPS colleagues. However, we do follow the Civil Service Commissioner recruitment principles, which means that you will be required to participate in a full, open, and fair process.</p><p><strong>Reserve List</strong></p><p>If you are successful at interview, we operate a reserve list where your details will be held for up to 6 months. Should a vacancy come available in that time with the same essential criteria, reserve list candidates will be offered that position with no further assessment required.</p><p><strong>Application Process</strong></p><p>The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact the Money and Pensions Service via email: <a href="mailto:recruitment@maps.org.uk" target="_blank">recruitment@maps.org.uk</a>. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website.</p><br><br>Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.<h4>Security</h4>Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard" target="_blank">baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window)</a> checks.<h4>Nationality requirements</h4><p>This job is broadly open to the following groups:</p><ul><li>UK nationals</li><li>nationals of the Republic of Ireland</li><li>nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK</li><li>nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families" target="_blank">European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)</a></li><li>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)</li><li>individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020</li><li>Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service</li></ul><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules" target="_blank">Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)</a><h4>Working for the Civil Service</h4>Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.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.<h4>Diversity and Inclusion</h4>The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027-html" target="_blank">Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)</a>.<h4>Apply and further information</h4>Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.<h4>Contact point for applicants</h4><h4>Job contact : </h4><ul><li>Name : Marty Sikora</li><li>Email : <a href="mailto:marty.sikora@reed.com" target="_blank">marty.sikora@reed.com</a></li></ul><h4>Recruitment team</h4><ul><li>Email : <a href="mailto:moneyand.pensions@reed.com" target="_blank">moneyand.pensions@reed.com</a></li></ul>

The Money and Pensions Service

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

UK Export Finance

Enterprise Risk Manager

<h4>Job summary</h4><p><strong>Make a difference<br></strong>Every role at CQC contributes to our mission. If you’re looking for a new role in Data &amp; Insight that gives a true sense of meaning and purpose, then you’ve found it! As a Principal Analyst you’ll work within the Analytic Content team to lead the development and delivery of analysis for acute and ambulance services to support CQC’s regulatory functions.<strong><br><br>Picture this<br></strong>In the last 12 months, as a Principal Analyst in Data &amp; Insight, you could have:</p><ul><li>Led complex and varied analytical projects to provide insight that influences CQC’s priorities.</li></ul><ul><li>Built strong partnerships across CQC and external organisations to provide data and insight for CQC’s regulatory functions.</li></ul><ul><li>Delivered an improved set of outcome measures to inform CQC’s assessment of health services.</li></ul><h4>Job description</h4><p><strong>You’ll play a key role in the organisation by:<br></strong></p><ul><li>Leading the development and delivery of a portfolio of analytical content for acute and ambulance secondary health services aligned to CQC’s strategic priorities.</li><li>Acting as the senior owner for your content area, ensuring quality and consistency through leadership, oversight and sign off for your team’s analytical outputs.</li><li>Driving common approaches for data acquisition and indicator development across teams at CQC.</li><li>Promoting excellence and innovation in analytical methods, learning from best practice nationally and internationally.</li><li>Working collaboratively across CQC to ensure insight supports products and services that make a real difference.</li></ul><h4>Person specification</h4><p><strong>Show us</strong></p><p>What we’re looking for in your application:</p><ul><li>Experience leading and developing analyst teams to deliver high-quality outputs in a complex environment.</li><li>Proven ability to communicate insight effectively, including presenting findings to senior stakeholders and large external audiences using clear storytelling and visualisation.</li><li>Expert knowledge of data sources, tools and analytical methods, with a track record of applying them to deliver actionable insights.<strong><br></strong></li></ul><p>Join us and help CQC shape the future of health and care. Apply today to make an impact that matters.</p><h4>Benefits</h4><p><strong>The Benefits<br></strong>We offer a wide range of <a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/jobs/working-cqc-employee-benefits" target="_blank">benefits</a>, including:</p><ul><li>Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).</li><li>Training and development opportunities.</li><li>Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.</li><li>NHS pension scheme, with around 14% employer contribution.</li><li>Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!</li></ul><p>Please see our <a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/jobs/working-cqc-employee-benefits" target="_blank">benefits</a> page for the full list.</p><h4>Things you need to know</h4><h4>Artificial intelligence</h4>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 <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/" target="_blank">candidate guidance (opens in a new window)</a> for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.<h4>Selection process details</h4>To apply, please click the ‘Apply at advertiser’s site’ button located at the bottom of this page.<br><br>Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.<h4>Security</h4>People working with government assets must complete <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard" target="_blank">baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window)</a> checks.<h4>Nationality requirements</h4><p>This job is broadly open to the following groups:</p><ul><li>UK nationals</li><li>nationals of the Republic of Ireland</li><li>nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK</li><li>nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families" target="_blank">European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)</a></li><li>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)</li><li>individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020</li><li>Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service</li></ul><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules" target="_blank">Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)</a><h4>Working for the Civil Service</h4>Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.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.<h4>Diversity and Inclusion</h4>The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027-html" target="_blank">Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)</a>.<h4>Apply and further information</h4>The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/prison-leaver-recruitment/" target="_blank">Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window)</a>.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.<h4>Contact point for applicants</h4><h4>Job contact : </h4><ul><li>Name : Lisa Annaly, Deputy Director of Analytic Content</li><li>Email : <a href="mailto:Lisa.Annaly@cqc.org.uk" target="_blank">Lisa.Annaly@cqc.org.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Recruitment team</h4><ul><li>Email : <a href="mailto:recruitment@cqc.org.uk" target="_blank">recruitment@cqc.org.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Further information</h4><a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.cqc.org.uk/</a><h4>Attachments</h4><a href="https://files.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/admin/fairs/apptrack/download.cgi?SID=b3duZXI9NTA3MDAwMCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZkb2NfdHlwZT12YWMmZG9jX2lkPTEyNzY3MjMmdmVyaWZ5PTExNjFlNDAyYmRhOTMzNGFiYjQyMDNlMWRiODQ5M2RhJnJlcXNpZz0xNzY3NjczMjI1LTExZGE4YTk2OGNjYWUyMTVlMTI0ZmE1MDZiOGJkMzI4Mjc1NzZhMmU=" target="_blank">20220816 Principal_Analyst_Analytic_Content_JD_v1 Opens in new window</a> (docx, 50kB)

Care Quality Commission

Principal Analyst - Principal Analyst (Acute and ambulance)

<h4>Job summary</h4><p>We’re looking for an exceptional <strong>Lead Application Operations Engineer</strong> to help us make a difference to our planet. </p><p>As our Lead Application Operations Engineer, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work. </p><p>Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 30 hours per week and we will also try our best to consider those intending to work a job share. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone. </p><p><strong>World changing work</strong></p><p>From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are. </p><ul><li>We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact</li><li>We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better</li><li>We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making</li><li>We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater</li><li>We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers</li></ul><h4>Job description</h4><p><strong>Your world of expertise</strong></p><p>Within the National Capability Technology's Operational Suite team, you work alongside another Lead Application Operations Engineer to provide line management, leadership and management of the team to deliver outstanding services.</p><p>You promote knowledge collaboration and adoption of good practices - providing technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship for your team. </p><p>You have strong analytical skills using these to guide and mentor your team through complex technical challenges, and to interpret and present service performance reports. </p><p><strong>Your key duties</strong>:</p><ul><li>Team Leadership: lead and develop the team to support and deliver its operational services, with line management responsibility for team members.</li><li>Team Management: plan, direct and prioritise the activities of the team.</li><li>Service Delivery: ensure the Operational Suite services are delivered in line with the SLA’s/OLA’s in a cost effective manner. The Operational Suite runs 24/7/365 and will at times require support outside of normal working hours.</li><li>Service Improvement: Work with colleagues and stakeholders to continually improve the service we deliver. </li><li>Technical expertise: manage high impact, complex changes; lead the investigation and resolution of incidents; be proactive in searching for potential problems; identify process improvements and contribute to the implementation of proposed solutions </li></ul><p>We operate an on-call roster in Technology to provide 24/7/365 support to respond to operational service requirements. This post may be part of an on-call roster and the postholder would be required to participate in an on-call roster where in operation. </p><h4>Person specification</h4><p><strong>Essential Criteria, skills and experience:</strong></p><ol><li>A demonstrable track record of successfully managing operational systems in support and development environments, or equivalent experience. (We’re experts by nature)</li><li>Understand the importance and benefits of implementing processes, such as ITIL, for managing information systems, and how to use them to ensure excellent service delivery. (We’re experts by nature) </li><li>Able to work under broad direction establishing own milestones, team objectives and delegate assignments. (We’re better together)</li><li>Have experience of leadership, planning and organising to deliver packages of work across teams. (We’re better together)</li><li>A proven ability to communicate with other departments, teams, customers or suppliers at a technical and business level. (We live and breathe it)</li></ol><h4>Benefits</h4>Alongside your salary of £43,081, Met Office contributes £12,480 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. <a href="https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/memberhub/joining-the-pension-scheme/benefits-of-the-pension-scheme/" target="_blank"> Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.</a><p><strong>Why join us</strong></p><p>Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their ‘Best Workplaces in Tech’ 2023, 2024 and 2025 lists, as well as their ’54 Best Workplaces for Women’ 2023 list.</p><p>As our Lead Application Operations Engineer, your total reward package will be up to £65,569 annually, which includes: </p><ul><li>£43,081 base pay</li><li>An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%</li><li>Recruitment Retention Allowance (RRA) you will be paid £5,300 per annum as a market supplement to reflect the demand for your skills. Whilst in post, you will be paid this market driven allowance from April 2024 until March 2026 in your monthly pay</li><li>Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave</li></ul><h4>Things you need to know</h4><h4>Artificial intelligence</h4>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 <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/" target="_blank">candidate guidance (opens in a new window)</a> for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.<h4>Selection process details</h4><p><strong>How to apply</strong></p><p>If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills. </p><p>Closing date 19/01/2026 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 09/02/2026. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed. </p><p><strong>Using AI in your application</strong></p><p>We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience. All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit <strong><a href="https://careers.metoffice.gov.uk/join-us/our-approach-recruitment" target="_blank">our approach to recruitment</a></strong></p><p><strong>How we can help</strong></p><p>If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at <strong><a href="mailto:careers@metoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">careers@metoffice.gov.uk</a></strong></p><p>If you’re considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role. </p><p>We understand that great minds don’t always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code. </p><p>We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us. </p><br><br>Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.<h4>Security</h4>Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-vetting-advice-for-people-who-are-being-vetted" target="_blank">security check (opens in a new window)</a>.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vetting-explained-and-our-vetting-charter/the-vetting-charter" target="_blank">See our vetting charter (opens in a new window)</a>.People working with government assets must complete <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard" target="_blank">baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window)</a> checks.<h4>Medical</h4>Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.<h4>Nationality requirements</h4><p>This job is broadly open to the following groups:</p><ul><li>UK nationals</li><li>nationals of the Republic of Ireland</li><li>nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK</li><li>nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families" target="_blank">European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)</a></li><li>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)</li><li>individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020</li><li>Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service</li></ul><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules" target="_blank">Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)</a><h4>Working for the Civil Service</h4>The <a href="http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/code/" target="_blank">Civil Service Code (opens in a new window)</a> sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.<br><br>We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's <a href="https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/" target="_blank">recruitment principles (opens in a new window)</a>.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.<h4>Diversity and Inclusion</h4>The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027-html" target="_blank">Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)</a>.<h4>Apply and further information</h4>The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/prison-leaver-recruitment/" target="_blank">Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window)</a>.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.<h4>Contact point for applicants</h4><h4>Job contact : </h4><ul><li>Name : Resourcing Team</li><li>Email : <a href="mailto:careers@metoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">careers@metoffice.gov.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Recruitment team</h4><ul><li>Email : <a href="mailto:careers@metoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">careers@metoffice.gov.uk</a></li></ul>

Lead Application Operations Engineer

<h4>Job summary</h4><p><em>Would you like to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the Crown Commercial Service (CCS)? Do you thrive on turning strategic vision into tangible operational improvements? Are you passionate about leveraging innovation to achieve significant strategic goals? We are looking for innovative and strategically minded Business Architects to join our newly established Business Architecture function.</em></p><p><strong>Job Summary</strong></p><p>This critical and exciting opportunity requires strategic vision to harness innovation and align business strategy to drive operational improvements that deliver our strategic goals. Collaborating across the organisation to model value streams, services, capabilities, and processes, building a comprehensive understanding of the current enterprise landscape and mapping strategic change.</p><p><strong>Directorate Overview</strong></p><p>The Digital &amp; Data Services (DDS) directorate is at the heart of CCS's digital transformation journey, responsible for delivering modern, efficient, and user-centred digital services that support over £30bn of public sector procurement annually. We're building a world-class digital capability that will revolutionise how the public sector buys common goods and services.</p><p><strong>Team Summary</strong></p><p>In the Business Architecture and Continuous Improvement function you will be working closely with 6 permanent colleagues, and as part of a wider Strategy and Architecture domain tasked with developing the CCS Digital Strategy and Enterprise, Technology and Data Architecture.</p><h4>Job description</h4><p><strong>Key Accountabilities</strong></p><p>● Apply and develop business architecture frameworks, principles, and techniques within CCS. Guide others in using appropriate business architectural tools and methods. </p><p>● Understand and apply business architectural principles, techniques, and tools to business scenarios. </p><p>● Create business architecture artefacts, including abstract representations of the organisation. </p><p>● Develop standard and scalable models to collect, aggregate, or disaggregate complex information. </p><p>● Support the definition of vision for business capabilities and value streams using various architecture and collaboration tools used within CCS. </p><p>● Identify and anticipate business impacts, issues, and activities, supporting the shaping of principles, patterns, standards, processes, plans, and policies accordingly. </p><p>● Contribute to the creation of transition plans, roadmaps, and strategic alignment, ensuring investments and initiatives align with business objectives. </p><p>● Engage with stakeholders to understand requirements and provide recommendations. </p><p>● Stay informed about external influences that may help or hinder strategic goals. </p><p>● Support process optimisation and improvement through analysis and design.</p><h4>Person specification</h4><p><strong>Essential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage):</strong></p><ul><li><p>Demonstrable experience in applying and developing Business Architecture frameworks and principles to model value streams, capabilities, services, and processes.</p></li><li><p>Proven ability to translate strategic vision into tangible operational improvements and contribute to the creation of transition plans, roadmaps, and strategic alignment.</p></li><li><p>Strong analytical and modelling skills to collect, aggregate, or disaggregate complex business information and support process optimisation and design.</p></li><li><p>Excellent stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills with the ability to gather requirements, provide recommendations, and guide others in using appropriate architectural tools and methods.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Success Profiles (to be assessed at interview):</strong></p><p>You will be assessed against the following<strong> Behaviours:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Working Together</p></li><li><p>Seeing the bigger picture</p></li><li><p>Changing and Improving</p></li></ul><p>You will be assessed against the following<strong> Technical Skills </strong></p><p><strong>(Some of the below technical skills will be tested via a presentation at interview)</strong></p><ul><li><p>Business Architecture</p></li><li><p>Communicating Information</p></li></ul><p>(A link to the Civil Service Success Profiles Framework is provided below)</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles" target="_blank">Success Profiles Framework</a></p><h4>Behaviours</h4><p>We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:</p><ul><li>Seeing the Big Picture</li><li>Working Together</li><li>Changing and Improving</li></ul><h4>Technical skills</h4><p>We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:</p><ul><li>Business Architecture</li><li>Communicating Information</li></ul><h4>Benefits</h4>Alongside your salary of £59,877, Crown Commercial Service contributes £17,346 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. <a href="https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/memberhub/joining-the-pension-scheme/benefits-of-the-pension-scheme/" target="_blank"> Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.</a><p><strong>What we will offer you, here are some of the benefits you can expect:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Competitive salary </p></li><li><p>Generous pension scheme</p></li><li><p>A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus </p></li><li><p>Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location</p></li><li><p>Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)</p></li><li><p>Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays</p></li></ul><p><em><strong>Explore fully how we will</strong></em><a href="https://assets.crowncommercial.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/7404-23-CCS-Benefit-pack_May24-2.pdf" target="_blank"><strong> reward</strong></a><strong></strong><em><strong>your work.</strong></em></p><p><strong>Want to make a difference? Find out more about the rewarding work that we do in our </strong><a href="https://assets.crowncommercial.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/7403-23-CCS-Generic-Candidate-pack_SU_v3.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>candidate pack</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p>The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19Cqusz8FEHTaHOfPlWvrqgTl11iIOldR" target="_blank">Civil Service People Plan</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025-html" target="_blank">Civil ServiceD&amp;I Strategy.</a></p><p>We want to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you, please contact <a href="mailto:recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk" target="_blank">recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk</a></p><p><strong>Working flexibly, delivering outcomes</strong></p><p>CCS is a flexible business with a smarter working model where our colleagues benefit from a mix of home and office working. Successful candidates are expected to work from one of the office locations listed. Our current office attendance approach requires a minimum of 26 days per quarter (approx 2 days per week, which may be subject to change) in CCS office locations or off site meetings with suppliers, customers, partners, networking / industry events. This is pro rata for those who work part time. Our smarter working principles mean that our people have the advantage of both office and offsite based collaboration and learning, as well as working from home. This way of working allows us to honour our commitment to being a responsible business, offer flexibility and better work life balance as well as ensuring we deliver our business with confidence and in accordance with our CCS values.</p><h4>Things you need to know</h4><h4>Artificial intelligence</h4>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 <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/" target="_blank">candidate guidance (opens in a new window)</a> for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.<h4>Selection process details</h4>This vacancy is using <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles" target="_blank">Success Profiles (opens in a new window)</a>, and will assess your Behaviours and Technical skills.<p><strong>Selection Process</strong></p><p>Candidates who are successful at sift will be contacted as soon as possible following the closing date and advised of the interview process in more detail. The sift will commence W/C 2Oth February 2026 either at one of our offices or via video with interview times and dates to be confirmed.</p><p><em>To find out more about our recruitment process please click</em><a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/careers-with-ccs/recruitment-process/" target="_blank"> here</a></p><p>Please note: <em>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 </em><a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/" target="_blank">candidate guidance</a><em> for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.</em></p><br><br>Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.<h4>Security</h4>Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-vetting-advice-for-people-who-are-being-vetted" target="_blank">counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window)</a>.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vetting-explained-and-our-vetting-charter/the-vetting-charter" target="_blank">See our vetting charter (opens in a new window)</a>.People working with government assets must complete <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard" target="_blank">baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window)</a> checks.<h4>Nationality requirements</h4><p>This job is broadly open to the following groups:</p><ul><li>UK nationals</li><li>nationals of the Republic of Ireland</li><li>nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK</li><li>nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families" target="_blank">European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)</a></li><li>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)</li><li>individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020</li><li>Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service</li></ul><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules" target="_blank">Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)</a><h4>Working for the Civil Service</h4>The <a href="http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/code/" target="_blank">Civil Service Code (opens in a new window)</a> sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.<br><br>We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's <a href="https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/" target="_blank">recruitment principles (opens in a new window)</a>.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.<h4>Diversity and Inclusion</h4>The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027-html" target="_blank">Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)</a>.<h4>Apply and further information</h4>This vacancy is part of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans" target="_blank">Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window)</a> initiative.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.<h4>Contact point for applicants</h4><h4>Job contact : </h4><ul><li>Name : The Recruitment Team</li><li>Email : <a href="mailto:recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk" target="_blank">recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Recruitment team</h4><ul><li>Email : <a href="mailto:recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk" target="_blank">recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Further information</h4>Our recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles details of which can be found at <a href="http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk" target="_blank">http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk</a><br><br><a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/careers-with-ccs" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/careers-with-ccs</a>

Business Architect

<h4>Job summary</h4><p>We’re looking for an exceptional <strong>Senior Application Operations Engineer - Corporate Database</strong> to help us make a difference to our planet. </p><p>As our Senior Application Operations Engineer, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work. </p><p>Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone. </p><p><strong>World changing work</strong></p><p>From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are. </p><ul><li>We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact</li><li>We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better</li><li>We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making</li><li>We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater</li><li>We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers</li></ul><h4>Job description</h4><p><strong>Your world of expertise</strong></p><p>You will be joining the Corporate Database Team, which is part of the wider Infrastructure Technology team in the Met Office. Our on-premise database estate underpins a variety of weather services that are delivered to customers worldwide, so they can stay safe and thrive. We also provide data repositories for our Scientists. These help them to deliver the world class science associated with the Met Office.</p><p>Working in the small team of database administrators, your focus will be on managing and maintaining our on-premise databases, alongside some development work.<br><br>We look for ways to improve the services that we deliver and innovative ways to use the latest technology across all that we do. We also work alongside projects that require our knowledge and expertise, helping the Met Office deliver its goals. </p><p><strong>Your key duties</strong>:</p><ul><li>Employ your knowledge and skills with database technologies. Managing and maintaining the database estate at the Met Office. This also includes keeping the estate secure and compliant.</li><li>Use the Service Management toolset to resolve Incidents, manage changes and investigate problems to a satisfactory conclusion. Thus minimising disruption to services and ensuring service continuity of the database estate.</li><li>Work with team members, offering help and assistance so that the team meet their goals. Engage with the wide range of project and technology teams to improve and widen database services.</li><li>Look for opportunities to enhance the level of service delivered to users of the database services. Represent the database team within the Met Office. Communicate with users to ensure the delivery of an excellent level of service.</li></ul><p>We operate an on-call roster in Technology to provide 24/7/365 support to respond to operational service requirements. This post may be part of an on-call roster and the postholder would be required to participate in an on-call roster where in operation. </p><h4>Person specification</h4><p><strong>Essential Criteria, skills and experience:</strong></p><ol><li>A strong grasp of database technologies, primarily Oracle RDBMS as well as knowledge of PostgreSQL. (We're experts by nature)</li><li>A good working knowledge of APEX implementation and development on a linux platform. (We keep on evolving)</li><li>Work as part of a team. Share your knowledge of database technology with others and where appropriate mentor colleagues. (We’re better together)</li><li>Strong communication skills with the ability to tailor your approach depending on the audience. (We live and breathe it)</li><li>The ability to solve problems and manage issues, using a structured and customer focused approach. (We’re a force for good)</li></ol><p>We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet our essential criteria, but we’re also keen to discover if you have: </p><ol><li>A working knowledge of Oracle RMAN.</li><li>The ability to write and develop PL/SQL.</li></ol><h4>Benefits</h4>Alongside your salary of £35,145, Met Office contributes £10,181 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. <a href="https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/memberhub/joining-the-pension-scheme/benefits-of-the-pension-scheme/" target="_blank"> Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.</a><p><strong>Why join us</strong></p><p>Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their ‘Best Workplaces in Tech’ 2023, 2024 and 2025 lists, as well as their ’54 Best Workplaces for Women’ 2023 list.</p><p>As our Senior Application Operations Engineer, your total reward package will be up to £51,648 annually, which includes: </p><ul><li>£35,145 base pay</li><li>An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%</li><li>Recruitment Retention Allowance (RRA) you will be paid £2,200 per annum as a market supplement to reflect the demand for your skills. Whilst in post, you will be paid this market driven allowance from April 2024 until March 2026 in your monthly </li><li>Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave</li></ul><h4>Things you need to know</h4><h4>Artificial intelligence</h4>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 <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/" target="_blank">candidate guidance (opens in a new window)</a> for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.<h4>Selection process details</h4><p><strong>How to apply</strong></p><p>If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills. </p><p>Closing date 19/01/2026 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 02/02/2026. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed. </p><p><strong>Using AI in your application</strong></p><p>We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience. All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit <strong><a href="https://careers.metoffice.gov.uk/join-us/our-approach-recruitment" target="_blank">our approach to recruitment</a>.</strong></p><p><strong>How we can help</strong></p><p>If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at <a href="mailto:careers@metoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">careers@metoffice.gov.uk</a>. </p><p>If you’re considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role. </p><p>We understand that great minds don’t always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code. </p><p>We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months.</p><br><br>Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.<h4>Security</h4>Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-vetting-advice-for-people-who-are-being-vetted" target="_blank">security check (opens in a new window)</a>.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vetting-explained-and-our-vetting-charter/the-vetting-charter" target="_blank">See our vetting charter (opens in a new window)</a>.People working with government assets must complete <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-baseline-personnel-security-standard" target="_blank">baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window)</a> checks.<h4>Medical</h4>Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.<h4>Nationality requirements</h4><p>This job is broadly open to the following groups:</p><ul><li>UK nationals</li><li>nationals of the Republic of Ireland</li><li>nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK</li><li>nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families" target="_blank">European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)</a></li><li>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)</li><li>individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020</li><li>Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service</li></ul><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules" target="_blank">Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)</a><h4>Working for the Civil Service</h4>The <a href="http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/code/" target="_blank">Civil Service Code (opens in a new window)</a> sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.<br><br>We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's <a href="https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/" target="_blank">recruitment principles (opens in a new window)</a>.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.<h4>Diversity and Inclusion</h4>The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027/civil-service-people-plan-2024-2027-html" target="_blank">Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)</a> and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-diversity-and-inclusion-strategy-2022-to-2025" target="_blank">Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window)</a>.<h4>Apply and further information</h4>The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. <a href="https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/prison-leaver-recruitment/" target="_blank">Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window)</a>.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.<h4>Contact point for applicants</h4><h4>Job contact : </h4><ul><li>Name : Resourcing Team</li><li>Email : <a href="mailto:careers@metoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">careers@metoffice.gov.uk</a></li></ul><h4>Recruitment team</h4><ul><li>Email : <a href="mailto:careers@metoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">careers@metoffice.gov.uk</a></li></ul>

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