Job Description

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Reference number

412997
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Salary

40,669
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP
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Job grade

Senior Executive Officer###

Contract type

Permanent###

Business area

(Group: Buildings and Resilience) [Directorate: Building Regulations, Fire Safety, Proportionality and Grenfell Inquiry]###

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, Leeds, Manchester, Wolverhampton

About the job

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Job summary

The Fire Funding Policy Team is a small and friendly team with a business-critical role in ensuring that Fire and Rescue Services in England have the resources they need to do their important work. The team leads on all aspects of fire funding policy, including providing evidence and negotiating on fire elements of the Local Government Finance Settlement and Spending Reviews. The team has close working relationships with other policy teams in MHCLG, including teams that work on Fire Strategy and Reform, Fire Safety, and Fire Pensions. We frequently collaborate with economists and analysts, as well as the department's Finance Business Partners. Externally, the team works closely with organisations including the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS), and the Fire Finance Network (FFN), as well as other government departments including HMT. The jobholder is expected to take on a proactive role in leading on the production of Fire and Rescue Authority (FRA) fact sheets, preparing Local Government Finance Settlement numerical products to support the sector and ministers in understanding overall funding levels for FRAs and the drafting of ministerial briefings, correspondence, and PQs. They will also support on the fire productivity and efficiency workstream, as well as supporting work on a review of the fire funding formula. The Fire Funding Policy team is a trusted partner of other fire policy teams in MHCLG and receives frequent requests to provide advice and collaborate on different projects, such as governance transfers, fire reforms, pensions, and fire safety. This means that the jobholder will be exposed to a lot of other policy work going on in the wider department, which will also add variety to the jobholder's regular brief.

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Job description

We are recruiting for a stretching and business critical SEO post to support the Fire Funding Policy team.


Productivity and efficiency workstream as part of the Spending Review commitment, the fire and rescue service sector in England has made a commitment to increase service productivity and efficiency. The Fire Funding Team are supporting the sector in the attainment of these targets by co-chairing the Fire Productivity and Efficiency Forum jointly with the NFCC. The Forum co-ordinates work to produce evidence to support the sector in evidencing progress against the agreed targets, as well as to increase the awareness and engagement of fire and rescue services on the programme of work. A key responsibility is working with the G7 lead in running the secretariat and co-ordinating work of the Fire Productivity and Efficiency Forum. This includes working with key stakeholders to develop agendas for the quarterly meetings and taking notes of meetings, and ensuring actions are captured and completed. The jobholder is expected to contribute ideas to the programme of work for the Forum and there will be opportunities for external stakeholder engagement, public speaking and providing advice to Ministers. This role requires close working with analysts, and it is expected that the jobholder will have confidence and some experience in working with and interpreting data to support analysis of the annual Fire Productivity and Efficiency Plans.


Local Government Finance Settlement Following the Local Government Finance Settlement core spending power (CSP) for FRA's is calculated to give ministers and the sector an understanding of funding for the year ahead. The job holder will be expected to calculate and update CSP on key products and update ministers. Precept calculator is built annually following the release of council tax figures. The post holder will be leading on LGFS work and strong excel skills are essential This role will offer stretching opportunities in the areas of policy development, project management, stakeholder engagement, as well as engaging with senior civil servants and Ministers.

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Person specification

The right person for the role will demonstrate ownership and proactiveness in their approach to work. They will not be afraid to present their own ideas, but they will also actively seek the views of others to develop multi-faceted policy solutions that take account of varied stakeholder needs. The successful candidate will have good communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with different stakeholders across professions, organisations, and levels of seniority. They will have a critical eye for detail, the ability to pose challenging questions that can lead to the betterment of policy solutions, as well as demonstrable experience of using evidence and data to support conclusions. The successful candidate will have the opportunity of leading on ad hoc projects in addition to their regular work.


Candidates may be expected to travel to other work locations on occasion as required by the business.

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Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:


Delivering at Pace Making Effective Decisions Seeing the Big Picture Communicating and Influencing

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

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


In your CV and covering letter, in no more than 1 page, please include:


a. why you are interested in the role


b. how you meet the essential skills and experience required

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

Behaviours: Delivering at Pace, Making Effective Decisions, Seeing The Big Picture, Communicating and Influencing

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

Experience


Behaviours

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.

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
Leeds 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 14 July 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.

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.

Security Clearance Requirements

CTC Clearance

Please note that successful candidates will need to pass the CTC security checks - this requires you to have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years. Please refer to the MHCLG Notes on Security Clearance section of our Candidate Pack for further information on Counter Terrorism Clearance (CTC).

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.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check .



See our vetting charter .
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 .

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Lucy Porter Email : lucinda.porter2@homeoffice.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

* Email : recruitment@communities.gov.uk