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The Home Office has one of the most challenging and critical jobs in Whitehall: to keep Britain safe, secure our Borders and protect the vulnerable. We operate at the heart of the Government’s agenda, leading on immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime policy, counter-extremism and counter-terrorism and state threats, and work to ensure visible, responsive and accountable policing in the UK. The challenges the Department faces are significant and can change rapidly in the global environment in which we operate, making this one of the most exciting and stimulating Government departments in which to work.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Home Office parliamentary business and legislation team, working in the Home Secretary’s Private Office. The Government has a very ambitious legislative agenda and the Department is currently in the process of delivering one of the largest programmes across Whitehall. The successful job holder will be joining an engaged and high-performing team overseeing this work and will hold significant responsibility including directly briefing Ministers, special advisers, and senior officials.
Job description
This role plays a pivotal part in the planning and delivery of the Departments primary and secondary legislation programmes, as well as wider parliamentary business. They will support the team lead responsible for legislative strategy and delivery, the Head of Parliamentary Business and Legislative Strategy, and the wider parliamentary business and legislation team, ensuring the Departments obligations to Parliament are met. They will work with a range of teams in and outside of the Department, including those at the very centre of government, and therefore will have a high degree of visibility.
The role is based in 2 Marsham Street, London. The team also spends time in both Houses of Parliament and the wider parliamentary estate.
In line with HO Hybrid Working policy, there will be flexibility to adopt a hybrid working pattern which would see the post holder spend a minimum of 40% of their week in the office, with the remainder working from home.
This position is full-time due to business needs.
Person specification
Key responsibilities will include:
Manage and deliver the Departments secondary legislation programme, co-ordinating with all relevant teams, Private Offices, and special advisers to ensure that Ministers are provided with comprehensive parliamentary advice and the Departments obligations to Parliament are met;
Assist with the management of the primary legislation programme, both on bill-specific tasks as related to their portfolio and in considering wider legislative processes such as session bidding and pre- and post-legislative scrutiny;
Develop and maintain positive relationships with key teams in and outside of the Department, including officials and advisors in No10, secretariats for Cabinet and Cabinet Committees (primarily Parliamentary Business and Legislation and Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat), parliamentary business managers, and the Government Whips Office;
Carry out and co-ordinate key research on parliamentary handling, engagement and strategy;
Develop processes and provide a secretariat function to Legislation Board meetings, including setting the agenda and commissioning teams for papers, managing meeting logistics, and preparing minutes;
Assist the team leaders responsible for legislation and parliamentary business respectively, and the head of unit, in delivering an excellent service to the Home Secretary and Home Office Ministers on Parliament and legislation; and
Other work and projects as required.
The role comes with line management responsibility.
Essential Criteria:
The successful candidate will have:
Strong briefing skills, both written and oral; they will take personal pride in and accountability for accuracy and exactness, and have confidence in the high standard of work they produce;
Strong networking and communication skills; and
Strong strategic planning and project management skills.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Selection process details
This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
- A CV detailing job history/qualification
- Provide evidence of the behaviours Communicating & Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Making Effective Decisions, Managing a Quality Service, Seeing the Big Picture (250 words maximum)
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
For guidance on how to construct your behaviour examples, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers. Links Behaviours
The sift will be held on the behaviours Communicating & Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Making Effective Decisions, Managing a Quality Service, Seeing the Big Picture. The CV will not be scored.
However, if a large number of applications are received, an initial sift will be conducted on the lead behaviour Communicating & Influencing. Candidates who pass the initial sift will then be progressed to a full sift which will consist of the behaviours Communicating & Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Making Effective Decisions, Managing a Quality Service, Seeing the Big Picture.
Candidates shortlisted will be invited to a face-to-face interview which will be Behaviour based questions. Interviews will be held at 2 Marsham Street, London. Candidates who are selected for interview will also be asked to conduct a short briefing task. This will consist of a timed exercise, with candidates asked to read a pack and then prepare a short written briefing. The task is intended to test candidates written and oral briefing skills.
Sift and Interview dates
Sift is expected to take place from 12th November 2023.
Interviews are expected to take place from 5th December 2023.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert, however on occasions these dates may change.
Interviews will be face to face (provide location of interviews). Further details will be provided ahead of interview.
Further Information:
For meaningful checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years if the role requires CTC clearance, 5 years for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. A lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.
A reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role or similar role become available within that period you may be offered this position.
Provisional offers are made, as they are on condition that you successfully pass all pre-employment checks.
Note for Candidates:
Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. All applications are screened for plagiarism and copying of examples/answers from internet sources. If any is detected the application will be withdrawn from the process. Further action, including disciplinary action, may be considered in such cases involving internal candidates. Providing false or misleading information would be contrary to the core values of honesty and integrity expected of all Civil Servants.
If you are currently an agency member of staff working within the Home Office, a contractor or contingent worker you can only apply for roles that are advertised externally, i.e. outside the civil service. If you are eligible to apply for a role, you are required to select yourself as an external applicant and not internal when submitting your application on Civil Service jobs. This will prevent any delays in pre-employment checks should you become successful in being made an offer of employment after the Interview stage.
Hybrid working is an option:
Hybrid working enables employees to work partly in their workplace(s) and partly at home. A hybrid working pattern may be available, where business needs allow. Applicants can discuss what this means with the vacancy holder if they have specific questions.
Visa sponsorship
We are unable to sponsor any individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas as we do not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License.
Every day, Home Office civil servants do brilliant work to develop and deliver policies and services that affect the lives of people across the country and beyond. To do this effectively and fairly, the Home Office is committed to representing modern Britain in all its diversity, and creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace where all our people are able to bring their whole selves to work and perform at their best.
We are flexible, skilled, professional and diverse. We work to recruit and retain disabled staff and area Disability Confident Leader. We are proud to be one of the most ethnically diverse departments in the civil service. We are a Social Mobility Foundation top 75 employer.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
For further information please see the attached notes for candidates which must be read before making an application.
Existing Civil Servants should note that some of the Home Office terms and conditions of employment have changed. It is the candidates responsibility to ensure they are aware of the Terms and Conditions they will adopt should they be successful in application and should refer to the notes for candidates for further details.
Transfer Terms: Voluntary.
If you are invited to an interview you will be required to bring a range of documentation for the purposes of establishing identity and to aid any pre-employment checks.
Please see the attached list of Home Office acceptable ID documents.
Any move to the Home 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. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
- Contact Government Recruitment Service via HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
- Complete the Assistance Required section in the Additional Requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a language service professional
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the Contact point for applicants section.
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- Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre
- Email : horccampaignteamcorporateenablers@homeoffice.gov.uk
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- Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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HORecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.
