Ministerial Correspondence Drafters

5 months ago


London, United Kingdom Cabinet Office Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 346326**Salary**:

- £27,750 - £33,000- National: £27,750-£29,000; London: £32,000-£33,000- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- CO - Chief Operating Officer Office**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- London, YorkAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Parliamentary and Correspondence Team is a diverse and welcoming team, closely linked to Cabinet Office Ministerial Private Offices. Our role is to manage the Cabinet Office’s relationship with Parliament and the public.

Ministerial Private Offices and the Parliamentary and Correspondence Team (PCT) support Cabinet Office Ministers to deliver on their policy objectives and manifesto commitments. This involves providing timely and high quality policy advice, conveying ministerial decisions to the department, organising ministerial diaries, responding to ministerial correspondence, Parliamentary Questions and the full suite of parliamentary business (debates, legislation, select committee business etc).

**Job description**:
The Correspondence Drafter role is an excellent opportunity to work at the heart of Government and to manage casework on a wide range of Cabinet Office policy issues.

You will need to be adaptable when working with the rest of the Parliamentary and Correspondence Team to ensure all queries are answered on time, as well as liaise with policy teams across the department to ensure our deadlines are met. We resource our team flexibly to fit current departmental needs which gives team members regular opportunities to build new skills and deepen their understanding of the department.
- Working with policy teams, other Government departments and private offices to draft high quality replies to ministerial and public correspondence.
- Managing the progression of casework to ensure responses are sent within the agreed Cabinet Office time frame of 15-20 working days.
- Ensuring that casework is accurately logged, processed, and tracked via our online casework management system.
- Ensuring the wider Parliamentary and Correspondence team is kept informed about policy areas relevant to ongoing casework.

The ability to manage your time effectively is crucial in order to successfully progress casework in line with our ambitious targets. The Cabinet Office plays a key role in coordinating Government work across Whitehall and you will be required to build positive working relationships with a wide range of teams and Other Government Departments.

**Person specification**:

- Confident writers with a keen eye for detail.
- Proactive and able to manage their time effectively.
- Able to deliver at pace and manage multiple cases at once.
- Aware of policy developments and able to assess the likely impact on casework.
- Confident in building positive working relationships with a wide range of teams and other Government departments.

**Essential Skills**:

- Excellent written English and communication skills, including meticulous grammar, spelling and punctuation.
- Working knowledge of MS Office systems and Google Apps.

**Desirable Criteria**:

- An interest in current affairs.
- Some knowledge of Parliament.

**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:

- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £27,750, Cabinet Office contributes £7,492 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.

Things you need to know

**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**

During the blended interview you will be assessed against your experience, behaviours that are contained in this advert and strength based questions, the strength questions are ones in which we wish to gain your initial response.

**Tests**

Expected sift date - w/c 8th April
Expected interview date/s - w/


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