Job Description

Details

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Reference number

434641

Salary

41,983 - 52,113
per annum, pro rata


- National - 41,983 - 48,128


- Outer London - 44,148 - 50,121


- Inner London - 46,310 - 52,113




You will also receive an additional Market Pay Supplement of 3,400 (subject to review in 2027)
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Human Resources

Working pattern

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

Number of jobs available

2

Contents

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

Location

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Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Canary Wharf, Nottingham

About the job

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Job summary

We are currently looking for two pay modellers to work within the Pay and Reward Team, which is part of UKHSA's People and Workforce Group.


The Pay and Reward Team are responsible for designing, modelling, and agreeing all of UKHSA's pay interventions for its c.4,500 members of staff. These are high-impact roles, which are critical to ensure that UKHSA can deliver its people priorities, supporting its overall organisational mission of protecting the nation's health.


In one of these roles, you will ensure that UKHSA can effectively build, develop, manipulate, and analyse pay data, and provide the insight which shapes UKHSA's pay and reward decisions. In this way, you will impact every individual working in the organisation.


You will bring curiosity, innovation, and data literacy, which you will use to translate raw figures into meaningful intelligence and options while identifying anomalies and taking forward work to address these.


Your success in this role will be aided by your talent for understanding and interpreting what the data is 'saying', and what this means for options, decisions, and identification of risks.


Your analysis will inform the direction of UKHSA's reward agenda, so you will be comfortable with the accuracy of your work and using it to suggest ways forward at very senior level. You'll be able to construct models which combine multiple data sources with longer-term projections, and be confident in the conclusions you draw.

Your modelling will account for impact on different groups of UKHSA's people, ensuring that diversity, inclusion, and fairness are central to pay interventions.


You will develop working relationships and share best practice with a wide range of individuals, clinical and non-clinical, internal and external to UKHSA, and at very senior management level.

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Working for your organisation

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.


UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

Job description

Pay modelling, annual pay awards, and pay flexibility business case

Develop, maintain, update and refresh models to ensure datasets within the models are consistent and relevant to the modelling requirements; Lead and be accountable for the annual pay award modelling for Civil Service, Senior Civil Service, Agenda for Change, and Medical and Dental pay awards - option development, risk identification, implementation at individual level, and creation of key supporting products such as pay calculators and narratives; Support development of any work in relation to a civil service pay flexibility business case:
+ Providing outputs from scenario planning to understand and advise on the impact and risk around modelling options, being mindful of the Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance;
+ Leading on the detailed modelling to underpin the construction of the case for circa 4,500 members of staff, including affordability, technical aspects and the impact on individuals;
+ Providing data visualisations, potentially at short notice, to support discussions and negotiations with UKHSA's Trade Unions and senior leaders.

Pay data management, presentation and anomalies

Working jointly with UKHSA's People Analytics and Payroll team to ensure the integrity of all pay information and intelligence; Ensure consistency in information and intelligence across multiple datasets and models; Establish and maintain filing and storage protocols to ensure UKHSA can respond to requests for historic information quickly and accurately; Combine qualitative and quantitative information to ensure quality and integrity of UKHSA's pay decisions at senior level; Identification of anomalies within reward data and taking forward activity to resolve these including putting in place sustainable solutions

Professional development

Commit to continuous growth in role, identifying and addressing professional development opportunities through appraisal and individual development plan. Attend internal and external training events, with a particular focus on improving pay modelling skills and knowledge of UKHSA and the wider Pay and Reward landscape; Undertake all mandatory training as required; Building up expert knowledge of operations, stakeholders, digital solutions and data

Person specification

Essential role criteria

Significant experience of reporting, cleaning, manipulation and analysis of complex quantitative and qualitive datasets, including confident use of a wide range of excel formulas and attention to detail Experience of pay modelling Ability to communicate clearly, using written and verbal communications alongside accurate and insightful presentation(s) of numerical information and impactful visualisations of numerical data Ability to manage multiple priorities and organise overall workloads to meet deadlines An understanding of, and commitment to, equality of opportunity

Desirable role criteria:

Experience in stakeholder communications and management Experience within the public sector

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 41,983, UK Health Security Agency contributes 12,162 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%

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience and technical skills.

Stage 1: Application & Sift

You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed (5) essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:

Application form ('Employer/ Activity history' section on the application) up to 1000 word supporting statement.

This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.


The Application form and supporting statement will be marked together.


Please note you will not be able to upload your CV. You must complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV.

Longlisting:

In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:

Meets all essential criteria Meets some essential criteria Meets no essential criteria

The following will be taken through to the next stage:

Meets all essential criteria Meets some essential criteria

Shortlisting:

In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on the following behaviour:

Working together

Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a large number of applications / large amount of successful candidates.


If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessment.


Please do not exceed 1000 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.


Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Stage 2: Interview (success profiles)

You will be invited to a (single) remote interview.


Behaviours, technical, experience, and strengths will be tested at interview.


The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:

Changing and Improving Working Together - Lead behaviour

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Eligibility Criteria - External

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).

Location

This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQ's or at the Nottingham office.


We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Future location

UKHSA is investing in a new state-of-the-art National Biosecurity Centre in Harlow, Essex, which will eventually bring together teams currently based at Canary Wharf, Colindale and Porton Down. For more details, please see: Huge biosecurity centre investment to boost pandemic protection - GOV.UK.


The new facilities will start becoming operational in the mid-2030s, with full completion by 2038. Staff will move in phases as facilities become available. If you're appointed to a role currently based at Canary Wharf, Colindale or Porton Down, please note that we'll continue investing in these sites for the next decade. As we get closer to the transition, we'll provide full information about relocation support available to staff.

Security Clearance Level Requirement

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.


Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard.

Salary

Please be aware that the salary is based on the office location.


Senior Executive Officer (SEO)

National - 41,983 - 48,128 Outer London - 44,148 - 50,121 Inner London - 46,310 - 52,113

You will also receive an additional Market Pay Supplement of 3,400 (subject to review in 2027)


Please note: If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms.

Reasonable Adjustments

The Civil Service is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone. To help you during the recruitment process, we will consider any reasonable adjustments that could help you. An adjustment is a change to the recruitment process or an adjustment at work. This is separate to the Disability Confident Scheme. If you need an adjustment to be made at any point during the recruitment process you should contact the recruitment team in confidence as soon as possible to discuss your needs.


You can find out more information about reasonable adjustments across the Civil Service here: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/reasonable-adjustments/

International Police check

If you have spent more than 6 months abroad over the last 3 years you may need an International Police Check. This would not necessarily have to be in a single block, and it could be time accrued over that period.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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.


Link below:


Artificial intelligence and recruitment , Civil Service Careers

Internal Fraud check

If successful for this role as one aspect of pre-employment screening, applicant's personal details - name, national insurance number and date of birth - will be checked against the Cabinet Office Internal Fraud Hub and anyone included on the database will be refused employment unless they can show exceptional circumstances. Currently this is only for External candidates to the Civil Service.

Careers website

Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers



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

Open to UK nationals only.

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.

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 .

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Gurkamal Bhambra Email : gurkamal.bhambra@ukhsa.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

Email : recruitment@ukhsa.gov.uk

Further information

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 UKHSA Public Accountability Unit via email: Complaints@ukhsa.gov.uk 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: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk