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Are you excited about the potential of tech, but concerned how it may affect society? Join us as our Digital Markets Adviser and shape how digital markets develop and make a real difference for people and businesses online.
About Us
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), is a world-leading government body, established to make sure competition works in peoples favour and businesses treat their customers fairly.
We are expanding our presence in Manchester and the city will be an important hub for our growing Digital Markets Unit (DMU). The DMU will focus on some of the most important online markets used by consumers and businesses in the UK, including search, social media, app stores and online marketplaces.
It is an exciting time to join the CMAs Digital Markets Unit we are passionate about what we do and offer a supportive environment, with opportunities to be involved in a wide range of interesting work.
What We Offer You
CMA prides itself on being a great place to work and strives to ensure that staff have the opportunity to grow and expand their skills portfolio. As well as being a hugely rewarding, diverse and stimulating place to work, you will have an opportunity to work for the public good and to stretch and develop yourself while doing so.
To find out more about this opportunity and about working for the CMA, please click on the APPLY button.
Closing date for applications – 6th November 2023
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Job description
Responsibilities will include:
- Contributing to work building our understanding and evidence base in important digital sectors which will underpin future assessments of Strategic Market Status and inform specific projects to promote competition or address harms to consumers or innovation
- Supporting work building our horizon scanning and markets insight’s function, working closely with colleagues in the CMAs Data and Technology Analytics unit who lead on understanding technologies
- Developing project plans and supporting the teams Programme Management Office, including preparing governance updates, identifying key milestones, and monitoring progress against deliverables
- Supporting our extensive domestic and international stakeholder engagement activity, including preparing meeting agendas and briefing materials as well as tracking actions and taking accurate minutes
- Working with other regulators with responsibilities for digital markets, both domestically and internationally, to strengthen cooperation and deliver a more effective, coherent regulatory landscape
- Supporting in delivering case and project work in digital markets, working closely with colleagues across the CMA and using learnings from this work to inform the future work of the DMU
The Digital Markets Team (DMU) will be hosting a virtual event on Monday 30th October from 17:30 -18:30 for those interested in working for the CMA Via Microsoft Teams. To register to attend the event, please click here.
Person specification
- Good administrative and organisational skills with experience prioritising your workload to successfully deliver tasks to challenging timescales (lead criteria)
- Experience building effective relationships with individuals and teams, both internal and external (lead criteria)
- Experience collating and analysing information from a range of sources, identifying limitations, and developing options for further work
- Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor your approach depending on the audience
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Benefits
£9,210 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
As well as the interesting and varied work youll do to contribute to effective competition in the UK, and to ensure consumers get a good deal when buying goods and services, youll also benefit from:
- An exceptionally generous pension scheme with a significant employer contribution and range of options, including a tax-free lump sum at the point of retirement and injury, ill-health and life assurance benefits
- 25 days leave (increasing to 30 days over five years), plus 8 public holidays and an additional day off for the Kings birthday. In addition, youll be able to access a wide range of other types of leave as and when you need it, including generous maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption options, as well as paid special leave for volunteering
- Season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, flu vaccinations and eye tests
- Access to the Civil Service Sports & Leisure, giving discounted gym membership, high street discounts, free access to UK wide attractions and a free Tastecard
- A range of wellbeing benefits, including an employee assistance programme, flexible working options and family friendly policies, regular networking events and professional learning opportunities at work
- Any move to the CMA 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. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
Like many other organisations, we operate a hybrid working model with a mix of office and home working. We believe this supports us to deliver our best work while allowing the flexibility to maintain balanced and healthy lives. We work at least 40% of our time from our office locations across the UK.
If youre already a civil servant being appointed on level transfer, youll retain your existing terms, including annual leave. If you are being promoted youll receive either a 10% pay increase or the new grade minimum, whichever is the greater. Applicants new to the civil service can be considered for appointment at a salary higher than the starting point indicated above, but not more than the advertised mid-point, depending on skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications.
We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We want a diverse workforce that reflects the consumers we serve. We welcome applications from under-represented groups, including ethnically diverse people, people with a disability, people with diverse gender identities and from people of different ages.
We are an accredited Disability Confident Employer and disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.
Our Values
The CMA delivers impactful outcomes for people, business and the UK economy. We are Ambitious and Evidence-based, and always strive for Excellence. We treat everyone with Respect, and are Collaborative and Inclusive.
Everything we do is underpinned by the Civil Service values: Honesty, Integrity, Impartiality and Objectivity.
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV, personal statement and an online application form. Further details about application requirements are listed on the application form.
The selection process will comprise of the sift (CV & application review) and an interview. Arrangements for the interview will be enclosed in the invitation. Interviews will be either conducted either virtually, by Microsoft Teams, or in-person at a CMA office.
An initial sift based on criteria 1 and 2 (Lead Criteria) may be held if a large number of applications are received. If your application progresses to a full sift, all elements of the essential criteria listed under Person Specification (above and in the attached role profile) will then be considered.
It is essential that you can provide evidence and examples for each of the following selection criteria in your application. If you do not meet the lead selection criteria in your application, the panel will not be required to score your application against the remaining essential criteria of the role:
- Good administrative and organisational skills with experience prioritising your workload to successfully deliver tasks to challenging timescales (lead criteria)
- Experience building effective relationships with individuals and teams, both internal and external (lead criteria)
- Experience collating and analysing information from a range of sources, identifying limitations, and developing options for further work
- Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor your approach depending on the audience
The sift will take place week commencing 6th November 2023
If your application is successful you will be invited to attend an interview. You will be notified via email to log-in to your Civil Service Account and book your interview slot. You will be sent an email with full details of your arrangements for interview.
Interviews will be held week commencing 27th November 2023
Candidates who are invited to interview will be asked to complete a written assessment in advance of the interview and present this to the Panel. Further information on the topic of the assessment and presentation will be provided alongside the invitation to interview. The second part of the interview will involve questions based on the Behaviours and Experience outlined in the role profile. In total, we expect the interview to last 45 minutes / no longer than 1 hour.
Existing CMA staff can apply for this position and remain working from their current office location.
Reasonable adjustments
We want to make sure no one is at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should 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 example, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you are deaf, a Language Service Professional. You might also require additional time to complete a timed assessment or a sign language interpreter to support with the relaying of information.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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- Email : recruitment@cma.gov.uk
- Telephone : 020 3738 6808
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