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Background
The Northern Ireland Office supports the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in promoting the best interests of Northern Ireland. We make sure that Northern Ireland interests are represented within the UK Government and that UK government responsibilities are fully and effectively represented in Northern Ireland. We are the centre of expertise on Northern Ireland issues across Government.
Job Description
The Northern Ireland Office employs around 170 staff, with offices in Belfast and London. As a small Department, we adopt a flexible project-based approach to ensure that we have the right people, with the right skills, in the right place to support the delivery of our key objectives.
Due to our structure and size, we are able to offer extensive exposure to Ministers and the opportunity to work on a far wider portfolio of policy and responsibilities than might be the case in a larger department. This creates an interesting and stimulating work environment.
Our key priorities are set out in our Operational Delivery plan and include:
* Supporting greater inclusion, tolerance and openness in Northern Ireland
* Contributing to a safer Northern Ireland, where terrorist and paramilitary groups are less able to cause harm to communities
* Ensuring that governance in Northern Ireland is responsive, transparent and able to deliver effective public service.
* Addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland
About The Role
This role involves working closely with the NIO Ministerial Team, Private Offices, policy colleagues, and external stakeholders in planning and delivering Ministerial visits and events in Northern Ireland, linking in with policy teams and communications on briefings and messaging.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Planning and delivering Ministerial visits and events, which support the NIOs business priorities.
* Developing and maintaining a network of stakeholders to help deliver Ministerial visits.
* Supporting the delivery of high profile UKG VIP visits, working in close partnership with PSNI, hosts and other UK Government Departments.
* Working alongside comms team colleagues to help to deliver positive and engaging content to maximise publicity for the visit.
* Providing resilience and flexible support for wider demands which may arise within the Visits Team, in the wider Communications, Visits & Ceremonials Team and across the Department.
Travel within Northern Ireland will be required.
Essential Criteria
* Experience in planning and delivering major events and/or visits.
* Experience of working with Ministers and senior officials.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Excellent organisational skills.
* A good understanding of the political environment in Northern Ireland.
* Driving licence and access to a vehicle.
Behaviours
* Working Together (lead behaviour)
* Communicating and Influencing
* Seeing the Big Picture
Experience
Please provide a CV with your work history details, and statement of suitability no longer than 750 words outlining how you meet the essential criteria. Both will be used in order to assess any demonstrable experience, career history and achievements that are relevant to the role.
Your statement of suitability needs to set out evidence of how your experience meets the requirements set out above. Your layout is entirely your preference; you may choose narrative, bullets, etc.
If you don't have work-based examples then give examples from school/college, clubs, volunteering or other activities you have been involved in.
Interview
You will be assessed against the same behaviours at the interview stage and will be asked to provide examples of how you have demonstrated the behaviours.
Strengths
It is difficult to prepare for strength type questions. However, you can think through your answers, focus on your achievements and aspects you enjoy and decide how these can be applied in the organisation and role.
Offer
Once all interviews have been completed, you will be notified of the outcome by email. Offers will be made in strict merit order to the highest scoring candidate first.
The successful candidate will be notified of a start date following successful security checks.
Additional information received after the closing date will not be considered.
Security Clearance
This role requires National Security Vetting given the access to sensitive information afforded by the job role.
Benefits
* Access to learning and development
* A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
* A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
* A Civil Service pension
* 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days after five years service.
* Public Holidays
* Season Ticket Advance
Senior Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
Industries
Law Practice
Location
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Additional Information
Further information about the post may be obtained from Kerry Allison via email to …
All applications for employment are considered strictly on the basis of merit.
This job description should not be taken as constituting conditions of employment.
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