Details
Reference number
423366
Salary
£44,720 - £47,850
National pay locations: Liverpool, Cardiff, Manchester, Peterborough, Sheffield, Solihull £44,720 - £47,850
GBP
Job grade
Senior Executive Officer
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
HO - Capabilities and Resources Group
Type of role
Education and Training
Working pattern
Full-time, Compressed hours
Number of jobs available
1
Contents
* Location
* About the job
* Benefits
* Things you need to know
* Apply and further information
Location
Cardiff, Liverpool, Manchester, Peterborough, Sheffield, Solihull
About the job
Job summary
The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.
The Chief Operating Officer Group works closely with the Home Office's policy and operational commands to enable us together to deliver the department's priorities. The group is comprised of different teams and professional functions, including Commercial, Finance, People, Portfolio and Project Delivery, Security, Estates and Information and Digital, Data and Technology.
Job description
We're looking for a dynamic and experienced professional to lead the full learning cycle for our Health, Safety, and Fire training products. This role is pivotal in shaping and delivering high-impact learning solutions that support a safe, compliant, and proactive working environment.
You'll be responsible for identifying learning needs, engaging with stakeholders, and designing, delivering, and evaluating training interventions. Your work will ensure our content is accurate, accessible, and aligned with relevant legislation, policies, and standards—including HSE and National Occupational Standards.
You'll build strong relationships across departments and government bodies to influence learning strategies, align training with organisational priorities, and promote a joined-up approach. You'll also design and deliver innovative and engaging learning experiences, including accredited courses and refresher packages that support continuous personal development.
You'll provide expert advice and thought leadership, challenging existing approaches and driving continuous improvement in learning design and delivery. Someone who can manage multiple projects and priorities with confidence, exercising sound judgement to deliver high-quality solutions with minimal disruption to operations.
Key Responsibilities:
In this role, you'll monitor and evaluate the impact of training, identify risks and opportunities, and manage resources and budgets to ensure value for money. You'll act independently on operational matters, escalate policy issues appropriately, and support learners in accessing inclusive and compliant training.
This role involves the design and delivery of learning products, including both classroom and remote training sessions.
You will manage the learning lifecycle by engaging with stakeholders, analysing skills and knowledge gaps, creating course design and delivery, and developing evaluation activities. You will update and maintain course materials to ensure compliance with HSE requirements and National Occupational Standards, working alongside the wider HSF team.
You will assist in reviewing learning requests to understand their size and scope, helping forecast resource needs based on trends and workload peaks.
You will also deliver bite-sized learning sessions and refresher training, ensuring all Health, Safety and Fire courses are delivered to a high standard. Providing clear guidance and support to delegates while following safety protocols is essential. Strong communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with learners are required.
Working Pattern
Due to business requirements - This role is available on a full-time basis with the option of compressed hoursworking.
Travel
Frequent overnight travel will be required to attend meetings, deliver training and engage with stakeholders. Travel and subsistence costs will be reimbursed in line with standard Home Office policy.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
* Recent experience in a learning or capability role, with a demonstrable understanding of diverse learning approaches and their application in a business context.
* Proven experience designing, delivering, and evaluating high-quality learning and development programmes, including classroom, remote, and eLearning formats.
* Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to translate complex health, safety, and fire content into accessible learning for diverse audiences.
* Experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders to align learning initiatives with organisational priorities and regulatory requirements.
* Ability to independently manage multiple projects and priorities, exercising sound judgement to deliver on time and within scope.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly advanced PowerPoint skills.
Desirable Criteria:
* Experience with digital learning tools and platforms (e.g., Articulate, Vyond, LMS).
* Relevant health and safety qualifications (e.g., IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH General Certificate) or willingness to obtain them.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Communicating and Influencing
* Delivering at Pace
* Working Together
* Leadership
Benefits
In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:
* A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
* In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
* 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
* Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
* 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.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.
* Application – by 12th September 2025.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
* CV.
* Personal Statement (maximum 1000 words)
Your CV should consist of your career history, qualifications skills/experience, including any key achievements in each role. Your CV will be scored against the experience required for the role as noted within the essential criteria.
The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.
For guidance and information on how to construct your application (CV, Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.
* Sift – from 17th September 2025.
The sift will be held on the Personal Statement and CV.
Should a high volume of applications be received, an initial sift will be conducted on the Personal Statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift will then be progressed to a full sift that will consist of Personal Statement and CV.
* Interview – Week commencing 8th October 2025.
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Experience, Strength based questions and Behaviours (as listed in the job advert).
The interview will take place on Teams.
For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application; however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Problems during the application process
If you experience problems accessing this advert, or you think you've made a mistake on an initial application, please contact, including the vacancy reference, at least two working days before the vacancy closes. Further information can be found on our website.
Do not create or attempt to submit another application, online test or use a different Civil Service Jobs account to proceed as this would be in violation of the candidate declaration.
Location Preferences
You can select up to threelocations in order of preference. Please ensure that these are locations you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at one of your preferred location(s) and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.
Reserve List
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is not guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.
Reserve lists will be held for each location. Candidates will be appointed in merit order by location.
Standards
All Civil Servants are expected to comply with the Civil Service Code, and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.
Additional Security Checks
As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, candidates will be subject to a range of additional checks. The range of checks carried out will depend on whether you are a current Home Office employee, existing civil servant or an external new entrant as well as the role requirements. Further details are included in the Notes to Candidates.
If you are invited to an interview, you will be required to bring documentation for the purposes of establishing your identity.
You will need to meet the nationality requirements for this role and obtain the necessary security clearance to take it up.
For meaningful security checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. Learn more on our website. Security Checks - Home Office Careers
Visa sponsorship
We do not sponsor individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas.
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- stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.
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 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 you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
Feedback
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 security 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
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 .
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
* Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre – Corporate Enablers
* Email :
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Further information
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principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance
If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission