To apply for this vacancy, you will need to submit the following, via the Civil Service Jobs portal, which will assessed against the essential criteria for the role:
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A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements.
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Please ensure you provide employment history that relates to the essential criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained.
- The CV should not exceed more than 2 sides of A4 and you should copy and paste your CV into the "Job History" section on Civil Service Jobs on the Civil Service Jobs application form.
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A Statement of Suitability explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role.
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You must make direct reference to the essential criteria and back-up your statement with evidence rather than relying on assertions.
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This should be 2 sides of A4 and no more than a maximum of 1000 words.
For the shortlist, we will select applicants who demonstrate the best fit for the role by considering the evidence provided in your application and how this meets the essential criteria. Following the shortlist there are no further pass/fail assessment stages and all candidates shortlisted will be invited to the final interview stage.
Should you encounter any issues with your online application please get in touch with: [email protected]
Shortlist
The panel will assess your application to select those demonstrating the best fit with the role by considering the evidence you have provided against the criteria set out in the essential requirements section of this pack. Failure to address any or all of these may affect your application.
Feedback
Following interview, all shortlisted candidates will receive their outcome along with some short written feedback on performance at interview.
Please note you will only receive feedback if you complete the interview stage.
Assessment
If shortlisted you will be invited to undertake an assessment as part of the recruitment process, prior to your interview, this will be:
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A staff engagement exercise: this is a structured exercise which involves shortlisted candidates facilitating a discussion with a selection of staff from the Department on a given topic.
This exercise will take place remotely via Google Meet. This will not result in a pass or fail decision. It is designed to support the panels decision making and highlight areas for the panel to explore further at interview.
If you are shortlisted, you will also be offered an informal conversation with Andrew Faulkner, ahead of the final panel interview. This does not form part of the assessment process and is merely an opportunity for you to find out more about the role.
Interview
The interview process will assess behaviours and experience and will include a a scenario based task. The scenario topic will be provided on the day of your interview.
The behaviours to be tested at interview are:
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Leadership
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Changing and improving
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Communicating and influencing
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Delivering at pace
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Managing a quality service
Your interview will take place, in person, at DCMS Manchester office: Bloc, 17 Marble St, Manchester, M2 3AW.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
