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Reference number

438082

Salary

£44,720 - £52,130

National pay locations: Cardiff, Salford, Sheffield, £48,720 - £52,130

London pay locations: Croydon, London £44,720 - £47,850

GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HO - Chief Operating Officer Group

Type of role

Human Resources

Working pattern

Full-time, Compressed hours

Number of jobs available

2

Contents

• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Location

Cardiff, Croydon, London, Salford, Sheffield

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, 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.

This is an exciting time to join the Home Office Reward Team as we continue to review and transform all aspects of Home Office reward policies and processes. As trusted, expert professionals, our customers and HR Business Partners rely on us to deliver innovative, strategic reward solutions to support them to achieve the Department's key objectives.

This is a challenging, varied and fast-paced role reporting to a Deputy Head of Reward. As a Senior Reward Manager, you will use your expertise to make a significant contribution to the delivery of the pay and reward service and supporting the development of fair and competitive Home Office reward strategies that attract and retain for 'A Brilliant Civil Service'. You will have lead accountability for specific projects while also supporting policy development and projects across the team. The role offers a significant amount of opportunity, autonomy, and flexibility.

Job description

To be successful in this role you will have worked in a reward environment. You will have a strong customer focus coupled with good negotiation skills to manage and influence internal stakeholders. You will have strong analytical skills and an eye for detail to identify, evaluate and resolve issues. You will be adaptable, able to prioritise effectively and take the initiative, while being an effective team player.

The team covers pay and reward for delegated grades and Senior Civil Servants (SCS), including:

• annual pay awards
• grading
• pensions
• allowances
• employee benefits

Key Responsibilities

Your key responsibilities will include the following:

• Designing pay models and/or collating and analysing data to develop costed options that support the annual pay award processes and reward projects.
• Reviewing current processes, refining and changing where appropriate to deliver an efficient and quality service.
• Gathering and interpreting data and insights from internal and external sources.
• Providing tailored advice to the business and stakeholders on complex pay and reward issues, including risks and options for the right resolutions for the department.
• Maintaining all aspects of policies on pay, allowances, pensions and grading.
• Drafting submissions for senior officials and responses to correspondence including PQs, FOIs and Ministerial Correspondence in line with Departmental deadlines and protocols.
• Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with key stakeholders, adding value and providing knowledgeable and timely reward advice.

Support will be available on a matrix management basis from within the Reward team.

Working Pattern

Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis. However, compressed hours are available.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience of reward including a track record of improvements and delivery of reward policy and/or pensions within a large, complex organisation.
• Good understanding of the public sector reward and pensions context.
• Strong analytical and data skills, including pay modelling, with the ability to critically review information and provide constructive feedback.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to develop and maintain collaborative and productive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including Trades Unions.
• Experience of working at pace and delivering quality outcomes which meet customer need, and business and legal requirements.
• Managing and influencing a range of stakeholders, particularly where there have been challenges.
• Strong written communication skills, including experience of reviewing and quality assuring drafts of reports, briefings, or complex queries, challenging for accuracy.
• Organisational skills to prioritise own workload and meet potentially challenging deadlines, while maintaining a strong attention to detail.

Desirable Criteria

• A good understanding of the Civil Service reward and pensions context, including Cabinet Office and HMT requirements.
• An understanding of the business practices and procedures that enable delivery across multidisciplinary teams.

Behaviours

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Seeing the Big Picture

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.

See more of our benefits on our careers website.

Things you need to know
Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours 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.

1. Application – by Monday 8th December 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 and 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.

1. Sift – week commencing Monday 8th December 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 the CV.

1. Interview – week commencing Monday 12th January 2026

If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviours (as listed in the job advert) and Experience based questions.

Interviews will be carried out via Teams. Candidates will be required to have access to:

• A laptop (personal or work) with a working webcam
• Good internet connection
• Microsoft 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 Preference

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 no 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. The level of Criminal Record Check required for this role is Basic. Further details are included in the Notes to Candidates.

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.

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.

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 counter-terrorist 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
• Email :

Recruitment team

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Further information

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Civil Service recruitment principles and you wish to make a complaint, then contact the Government Recruitment Service via If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission

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