Administrator – 12 Month FTC
Job Match Posted on 2022-11-23
| Salary | £23,000 – £26,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Location | London |
| Type | Full-time |
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Job summary
The Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment is looking for a high calibre candidate to join the UK Intelligence Assessment Academy in a new role as the UK Intelligence Assessment Academy Bursar.
You will support the administration of the Academy ensuring the smooth running of Academy courses both in person and online.
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About the JIO
The Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) primarily supports the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) and the Foreign Policy and Security Council, the Prime Minister and other key decision-makers by providing authoritative, robust all-source intelligence assessment on a vast range of national security and foreign policy priorities.
Our work covers, and goes beyond, ‘traditional’ national security topics such as geopolitical issues and threats to British interests. We apply a national security lens to issues such as emerging technology, economic and health security, climate change and horizon scanning (for example, identifying and monitoring countries at risk of instability).
You can read more about working for the JIO in the information pack attached at the bottom of this advert.
The Role
The UK Intelligence Assessment Academy was established in 2019. It is part of the Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment Directorate within the JIO. The Academy offers a suite of courses to intelligence analysts across HMG. You will support the work of the Academy through a range of activities including scheduling courses, liaising with students, organising invoices and acting as a first point of contact for the Academy both in person and virtual. As this is a new role there will be some opportunity to shape the position as the Academy continues to develop. The Academy team currently works from Canary Wharf.
Whilst the role can be undertaken with SC clearance, for business continuity purposes, the successful candidate would be expected to undergo DV clearance once in post.
Responsibilities
If your application is successful, you will:
- Work with the Head of Academy and Senior Instructors to schedule courses and issue calling notices throughout the year.
- Lead on finance matters for the Academy, generating and issuing invoices and securing prompt payment
- Liaise with students and points of contact across government
- Act as first point of contact for all queries to the Academy, triaging and responding where appropriate or directing the query to other members of the team.
- Lead commercial activity for the Academy, assisting with the procurement of innovative new technologies to further develop the Academy’s capability and support the Intelligence Analysis Profession across-government.
- Provide secretariat support to the Academy committees including the Academy Working Group and Advisory Panel.
- Contribute to your team’s wider work or to other JIO work, both to support colleagues and for your own development. You may occasionally be asked to support crisis working.
Person specification
The successful candidate will:
- be organised, able to work at pace across several different work strands and manage your own workload;
- have excellent written and oral communication skills and good attention to detail;
- be a team player, confident in developing and managing close working relationships with colleagues from across government and law enforcement;
- be confident with managing data, producing custom reporting to help inform business decision making processes at a senior level.
Desirable Skills
- Experience of, or a keen interest in working in the intelligence assessment or national security communities.
- Finance, Government Commercial or HR experience would also be desirable.
We invest in upskilling our team members to enable them to thrive once they start working with us. As such, if you don’t quite match these desirable skills, don’t let it put you off applying as we will equip the successful candidate with them once you are in post. The application process will seek to gauge potential just as much as current performance.
Behaviours
We »ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
- Seeing the Big Picture
Benefits
Annual salary increases will depend upon individual performance and contribution to the organisation’s success. In addition there will be the opportunity to earn performance related bonuses.
Existing civil servants can take up the post on loan from their parent department for the duration advertised (permission from their parent department would need to be secured in order to take up the post). Those joining on level transfer will retain their current salary. Staff joining on promotion terms will receive up to a 10% increase of their current basic salary or the pay band minimum whichever is the greater. Staff joining on promotion will adopt the modernised terms and conditions of employment which came into force in 2013.
Pension: There is a choice of excellent pension schemes. More information about pension provisions can be found at www.civilservice.gov.uk/pensions
Flexible Working: Flexible working including job-share arrangements may be considered for this role.
Leave allowances: 25 days » paid leave per annum rising to 30 days after five years » service. In addition, full-time staff receive eight public holidays and the Queen’s Birthday privilege day as well as competitive maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave.
Probation: Staff new to the Civil Service will be required to serve a six month probationary period.
Location: The post will be based in Westminster, London. No relocation costs will be available.
Crisis working: As the JIO and PHIA are at the heart of national security function for the UK, there are occasionally times where we need to respond to incidents of crisis or critical importance. Staff in any role may be asked to work extended or anti-social hours with little or no notice on such occasions.
Equality and Diversity: The Cabinet Office is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all staff. We will not discriminate on grounds of gender, gender identity, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, those with caring responsibilities, part time workers or any other factor irrelevant to a person’s work. We encourage a diverse workforce and aim to provide a working environment where all staff at all levels are valued and respected, and where discrimination, bullying, promotion of negative stereotyping and harassment are not tolerated.
Civil Service Code: All civil servants are subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Code which details Civil Service values, standards of behaviour, rights and responsibilities. Go to http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk for more information.
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Selection process
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and Personal Statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. Behaviours will also be assessed at sift.
Sift and interview dates as well as the interview location to be confirmed.
Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the lead behaviour, Managing a Quality Service. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
Further information
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the « contact point for applicants » section.
Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 10 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible.
The successful candidate would be appointed with SC clearance although would be expected to undergo the DV process once in post.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Any move to Cabinet 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.
A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made.
Reasonable Adjustment
If a person with disabilities is put 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 cabinetofficerecruitment.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 successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
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.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Existing Civil Servants and applicants from accredited NDPBs are eligible to apply, but will only be considered on loan basis (Civil Servants) or secondment (accredited NDPBs). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact Government Recruitment Service at: cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.
If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: info@csc.gov.uk.
For further information on the Recruitment Principles, and bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk.
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