No10 Front of House - London, United Kingdom - Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £28,700 - £28,700

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:
Administrative Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
CO
Prime Minister's Office
Type of role:
Operational Delivery
Secretarial
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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About the job

Benefits:

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Location

LondonAbout the job

Job summary:

The Prime Minister's Office enables the Prime Minster to deliver the Government's overall priorities and to communicate the Government's policies to Parliament, the public and international audiences. From the Policy Unit, Press Office, Switchboard and Custodians, to the Events & Visits team and the Private Office support; the diverse Downing Street team draws on varied expertise from across the Civil Service and beyond. The teams come together to deliver excellent service to the Prime Minister while also making No10 a great place to work.

Job description:

The Front of House team, which sits within the wider Events and Visits team, is responsible for providing a professional and customer-focused support for events and meetings in No.10, in addition to general day-to-day activities within the House.

Responsibilities of the role

Support to the Prime Minister both in No.10 and the House of Commons.
Logistical support, in collaboration with other teams within the House, in particular: Events and Visits, Facilities Management, Custodians and Security.
Greeting, escorting, and providing high quality tours to guests.
Providing refreshments for PM and seniorlevel meetings.
Providing support for Leader inward visits.
Support on PM overseas visits.
Weekly setting up and hosting of Cabinet.
Handling of the PM Box, collection of visas, handdelivering ministerial messages around Whitehall.

Person specification:

Essential Skills & Experience:

Good facetoface communication skills.
A cando attitude and willingness to get involved with tasks no matter how big or small.

Desirable Skills & Experience:

Previous experience in a hospitality or customerfacing setting preferred but not essential.

Additional information:

A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

Behaviours:

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

Seeing the Big Picture
Working Together
Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace

Benefits:

Alongside your salary of £28,700, Cabinet Office contributes £7,749 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 which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.
A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

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Selection process details:

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

Selection process
Expected sift date - Early March
Expected interview date/s - Late March
Interview location - TBC

Further information
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years' UK residency in the past 5 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.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Reasonable adjustments

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.

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

Security:

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: