Job Description

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Reference number

424435
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Salary

40,669
The salary for this role is 40,669 (National).


For existing civil servants, the usual policy on level transfer and promotion will apply and is non-negotiable. If you apply for a role that requires a transfer of location, for example if you are transferring from London to a National location, your salary will be adjusted in accordance with our policy on transfer between HQ pay ranges.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
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Job grade

Senior Executive Officer###

Contract type

Permanent###

Business area

Group: Buildings, Fire and Resilience Directorate: Recovery Strategy Unit###

Type of role

Policy###

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time###

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Bristol, Darlington, Manchester, Wolverhampton

About the job

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Job summary

Are you motivated by meaningful work and eager to help shape a high-profile area of policy?


If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a Construction Product Manufacturer Policy and Strategy Advisor to join our team at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and we'd love to hear from you!


The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 exposed serious fire safety issues in blocks of flats nationwide. The government has been clear that those responsible for making buildings safe must do so without delay, that those responsible for constructing unsafe buildings must pay to fix them, and that those living in unsafe buildings must be protected.


The Recovery Strategy Unit (RSU) is a delivery-focused team at the heart of this aim. We use a range of direct levers, including strategic communications, intelligence gathering, legal action, and sector engagement, to accelerate remediation and compel those responsible for unsafe buildings to contribute to the cost of fixing them. Our work includes taking direct action on behalf of the Secretary of State using powers granted under the Building Safety Act 2022.


This role focuses on strengthening accountability within the construction products sector for the building safety crisis, ensuring those responsible for unsafe or mis-sold products contribute to remediation efforts. You will support the development and delivery of policy aimed at securing redress from manufacturers, working closely with legal experts, colleagues across the Buildings, Resilience and Fire Group, other government departments, and external partners to shape and refine options.


This role sits within a friendly, collaborative, and supportive team. It offers a unique opportunity to contribute to complex, fast-paced policy development with direct ministerial interest and significant public impact.

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Job description

Lead the development of policy proposals to hold construction product manufacturers accountable, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and legal frameworks. Maintain up-to-date expertise in construction product redress across government and industry.

Research and analyse complex policy and legal issues, including historical and comparative perspectives, to develop evidence-based proposals. Generate, test, and refine policy options and contribute to the development of new ideas to strengthen redress mechanisms. Prepare and manage legislative products, including policy instructions, impact assessments, explanatory notes, speaking briefs, and ministerial briefings. Oversee the progression of legislation, ensuring timely delivery and coordination with parliamentary processes. Engage with a wide range of stakeholders, including legal experts, internal teams, external counsel, industry representatives, and government partners. Represent the department in cross-government forums and external engagements to resolve complex issues and shape policy direction. Lead industry engagement and support investigations into construction product manufacturers to promote transparency and accountability. Use strategic communications and targeted messaging to influence industry behaviour and support policy objectives. ###

Person specification

Strong experience delivering effective policy in complex environments, including the development of primary and/or secondary legislation. Proven ability to interpret complex information and generate innovative, evidence-based solutions that align with broader strategic objectives. Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn complex or fragmented data into clear, actionable insights to inform policy development. Confident working with a wide range of stakeholders, including legal professionals (e.g. GLD, external counsel), policy teams, analysts, delivery partners, and external organisations. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including drafting clear, concise advice for ministers or senior officials and producing high-quality legislative and policy products. Highly organised and proactive, with a track record of managing competing priorities, working under pressure, and delivering high-quality outputs at pace.

Desirable Skills:

Experience in a relevant policy area (e.g. building safety, construction), or in another technical policy area.

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 40,669, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government contributes 11,781 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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Selection process details

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.


As part of our pre-employment checking process, we will be using your CV to confirm your job history. Please note that by providing us with your CV you are consenting to us using the information enclosed as part of the checking process.

CV and Cover Letter Declaration

We recruit based on your knowledge and skills, and not background, gender or ethnicity - this is called name blind recruitment.



Please remove references to your:

name/title educational institutions age gender email address postal address phone number nationality/immigration status

You will need to merge your CV and covering letter into one document.

When submitting your application Applied will ask you to upload a CV, when doing this you should upload your merged document of your CV and covering letter

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Most of our campaigns utilise multiple assessors and so it is possible that your application would be viewed by different assessors.

At sift, through your CV and covering letter we will be assessing:

Experience


Your covering letter should be no more than 1 page referencing how you meet the criteria set out in the person specification.

The interview will be of a blended nature consisting of the following success profiles elements:

Behaviour: Seeing the Big Picture, Delivering at Pace, Working Together, Making Effective Decisions


Experience: Yes - Experience questions will be based around the essential skills and criteria as listed in the job description


Strengths: The strength-based questions will require natural responses from the candidates.

In the full campaign we will test the below Success Profile Elements:

Experience: Yes - Experience questions will be based around the essential skills and criteria as listed in the job description


Behaviour: Seeing the Big Picture, Delivering at Pace, Working Together, Making Effective Decisions


Strengths: Yes

Please contact the vacancy manager if you have any questions about the role.

We do not consider direct CV applications - you must apply for this role via the application link on Civil Service Jobs.

Please note that near miss offers may be made at the lower grade to candidates who do not meet the grade criteria for this campaign.

SEO salary

The salary for this role is 40,669 (National).

For existing civil servants, the usual policy on level transfer and promotion will apply and is non-negotiable. If you apply for a role that requires a transfer of location, for example if you are transferring from London to a National location, your salary will be adjusted in accordance with our policy on transfer between HQ pay ranges.

Please note that the average employer pension contribution is based upon the National minimum salary for this role. Should your agreed starting salary for this role be different, the average employer pension contribution will be calculated accordingly. If you are a Secondee, this will not apply as you will remain on your home organisation's terms and conditions.

Benefits

Transfers across the Civil Service on or after 4 October 2018

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Any move to MHCLG 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.


For further information about the benefits available to MHCLG employees, please see the attached Candidate Pack.

Location

Bristol Darlington
Manchester Wolverhampton

There may be opportunities for candidates to work flexibly depending on the business needs. This will be discussed with the vacancy manager on a case-by-case basis if you are successful for the role.

Please note:

The Darlington Economic Campus is a pioneering new cross-government hub which will bring together people across departments and public organisations to play an active role in the most important economic issues of the day. The work of the Campus will make a real difference to people both across the UK and internationally. There will be substantial career opportunities and exciting prospects - a career at the Campus means you will be working at the heart of Government, with access to the benefits and fantastic opportunities offered by the civil service.

For further information on the DEC, please take a look at the attached DEC candidate pack.


At present, a minimum of 60% of your working time will be spent in your contractual office location. Requirements to attend other office locations or off-site meetings will be counted towards this. You will be asked to express a location preference during the application process.

Sift and Interview dates

Sifting is envisaged to take place W/C 8th September 2025 with interview dates to be confirmed. All interviews are currently being held remotely via videocall.

Reserve List

In the event that we identify more appointable candidates than we currently have posts available, we will hold applicant details on a reserve list for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made. This may include roles at a lower grade. Candidates placed on a reserve list will be informed of this. Those candidates who do not wish to remain on the reserve list should contact recruitment@communities.gov.uk to be removed from the reserve list.

Security Clearance Requirements:

All MHCLG colleagues must meet the Baseline Personnel Security Standard. This is a series of basic security checks to confirm identity and employment history.

Before starting your application it's very important to make sure that you are eligible to apply and meet the Civil Service nationality requirements. All candidates are expected to read the information provided in the MHCLG candidate pack regarding nationality requirements and rules

Candidate Pack Information

Please see attached Candidate pack for further information.

Internal Fraud Database

The Internal Fraud function of the Fraud, Error, Debt and Grants Function at the Cabinet Office processes details of civil servants who have been dismissed for committing internal fraud, or who would have been dismissed had they not resigned. The Cabinet Office receives the details from participating government organisations of civil servants who have been dismissed, or who would have been dismissed had they not resigned, for internal fraud. In instances such as this, civil servants are then banned for 5 years from further employment in the civil service. The Cabinet Office then processes this data and discloses a limited dataset back to MHCLG as a participating government organisations. MHCLG then carry out the pre employment checks so as to detect instances where known fraudsters are attempting to reapply for roles in the civil service. In this way, the policy is ensured and the repetition of internal fraud is prevented.


For more information please see- Internal Fraud Register



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.###

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.###

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements
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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.###

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Pippa Trimble Email : pippa.trimble@communities.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

* Email : recruitment@communities.gov.uk