Job Description

Details

Reference number

328239

Salary

\xc2\xa341,600 - \xc2\xa344,512

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HO - Homeland Security - Benefits Management Team

Type of role

Project Delivery

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed Hours

Number of jobs available

1


Contents

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

Location

Manchester - Soapworks
About the job

Job summary

The Homeland Security Group (HSG) unites capabilities and expertise to deliver better outcomes from the UK\xe2\x80\x99s response to the most serious domestic threats \xe2\x80\x93 Terrorism, Cyber, State Threats and Economic Crime. The group will strengthen coordination and collective focus across a range of growing and overlapping threats, whilst remaining consistent with existing strategies. Working with partners, HSG will foster more transparent and sustainable collaboration between national security, law enforcement and other relevant communities to enhance capabilities and leverage our response to threats. As a part of the Home Office, the role of the Homeland Security Group is to:

• Support the Home Secretary to develop and implement strategies to keep our people and interests safe and secure
• Build HMG capabilities to reduce national security risk
• Reduce volume of, and harm from, economic crime, particularly for the most vulnerable
• Work in partnership with public and private sectors in the UK and overseas to deliver better outcomes
• Ensure legitimate economic growth and prosperity

Job description

We are recruiting a Senior Executive Officer (SEO) Benefits Manager, to play a key role in supporting the delivery of programmes within the Benefits Management Team for the Economic Crime Reform and Delivery Unit, Economic Crime Directorate (Homeland Security Group), aligning to departmental priorities at the Home Office. As a Benefits Manager, you will work closely with the programme and project managers in the portfolio on the delivery of existing, and setting up of new, programmes including Suspicious Activity Reports Programme (SARs), Fraud Reform Programme (FRP) and Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Programme (AMLAR), covering a diverse range of activities to support its objectives and delivery. Through the operation of project management processes, and coordinating business management actions on their behalf, you will enable the smooth running of the programmes and projects. These can be complex and politically sensitive, large scale and with a significant number of partners and stakeholders (internal, across government and private sector) and a number of project resources. Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estates capacity, by Spring 2024. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details).

Person specification

The primary responsibilities of the post holder will be to:

• Engage programme and business group stakeholders around benefits realisation planning, ensuring realisation plans are translated consistently into operational delivery plans, as outlined in the Strategy.
• Build constructive relationships with all programmes and impacted business groups, providing guidance, support, and challenge to ensure quality and consistency of realisation plans.
• Monitor and analyse benefits planning information, reporting progress, slippage and highlighting areas of risk and opportunity.
• Tracking of quantified realised benefits in the departments wider financial and performance metrics both during mid-programme releases and post programme completion.
• Work with programmes and impacted business groups to assure in-year accounting for actual programme benefits that have been realised in business groups.
• Maintain the audit trail of assured realised benefits for reporting and audit purposes.
• Support the Grade 7 Lead with slide packs appropriate for the consumer group.

You will have:

• Excellent interpersonal skills and stakeholder engagement skills to establish and develop productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience using different channels for different audiences.
• Excellent attention to detail, good organisational skills, and an advocate of identifying commonalities, lessons to be learnt and sharing best practices.

Essential Criteria:

• An understanding of the Programmes, Project or Portfolio environment
• Evidence of your ability to communicate, influence and challenge stakeholders and leaders in various situations whilst maintaining positive working relationships
• Evidence of working collaboratively with others in a fast changing environment to deliver improvements and positive outcomes whilst managing your own time and priorities effectively.

Desirable Criteria:

• Demonstrable experience of Programme and Project practices, business change management / analysis and techniques.

Behaviours

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

• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

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%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

As part of the application, you will be asked to complete:

• A CV (job history / skills)
• Statement of Suitability (Personal statement) (500 words maximum)

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. The Statement of Suitability must demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria listed in the Job Specification. CVs will not be scored. Successful candidates shortlisted for interview will be tested on all Behaviours outlined in the job advertisement. 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. Sift and Interview Dates: The sift will take place week commencing 8th January 2024
Interviews will take place week commencing 29th January 2024 We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates. Interviews will take place remotely. Candidates will be required to have access to:

• A laptop (personal or work) with a working webcam
• Good internet connection
• Microsoft Teams

PLEASE NOTE: Due to time constraints we may not be able to offer alternative interview date(s). It is therefore expected that candidates who are successful at sift stage will make themselves available during the above time frame given. Further details and instructions will be provided closer to the scheduled 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. Please note: Developed Vetting (DV) clearance or a willingness to undergo DV clearance is an essential requirement for this role. Successful candidates will be permitted to start with Security Check (SC) whilst they undergo the DV clearance process. A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. We often have similar roles available at different grades. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position. 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 candidate\xe2\x80\x99s 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 \xe2\x80\x9cAssistance Required\xe2\x80\x9d section in the \xe2\x80\x9cAdditional Requirements\xe2\x80\x9d 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 \xe2\x80\x98Contact point for applicants\xe2\x80\x99 section. Feedback
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

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) (opens in a new window)
• 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 (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).

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.
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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

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  Name :
  Home Office Resourcing Centre
  Email :
  HORCCampaignTeamHSGPSGandMBG@homeoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

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  Email :
  HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment
principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance
HORecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.