Executive Officer

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

- 343118**Salary**:

- £23,793 - £27,540- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- OFQUAL - Vocational and Technical Qualifications**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Other**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 3BHAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Ofqual is the independent qualifications regulator for England. We currently regulate 200+ awarding organisations, and approx. 11,600 certified qualifications. These include GCSEs, AS and A levels, and a broad range of vocational and technical qualifications. Regulating on behalf of students of all ages and apprentices is central to how we fulfil our statutory objectives.

Due to our continued commitment and focus in relation to EDI, our inclusion and fair treatment score based on the Civil Service 2022 annual people survey ranks us 4th out of 104 participating departments.

Ofqual is a rewarding, dynamic place to work. We offer employees the opportunity to develop within their role and progress through the organisation via a number of Learning and Development opportunities and activities.

We are in the top ten Civil Service departments for staff engagement which focuses on motivation and commitment to organisational goals and values. Based on the 2022 annual people survey Ofqual are ranked 9th out of 104 participating departments.

**Job description**:
**About the team**

We are looking for a support officer within the Evaluation Resourcing team to provide administrative support in the recruiting and deploying of contractors across the Vocational and Technical Qualification directorate.

**What will the post holder be doing?**

This is an exciting, varied and fast-paced role. As a key member of the Evaluation Resourcing team, you will be responsible for coordinating and supporting the work of the Senior Manager within the team.

With a highly organised approach, you will engage with a range of colleagues across the organisation to ensure there is coordination in recruitment and deployment of contractors.

You will produce high quality documents, reports, briefing papers and presentations relating to our contractors for the Senior Manager in Evaluation Resourcing.

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we would love to hear from you

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:

- 5 ‘good’ GCSE passes to include English and Mathematics**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Changing and Improving
- Developing Self and Others
- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £23,793, Ofqual (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation) contributes £6,424 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.As a Civil Servant, you will benefit from a leading, modern employment offer which includes flexible working arrangements that support people at different stages in their lives, and pensions among the best available in the UK, as well as generous annual leave entitlements.

Other benefits you can enjoy include:

- Organisational performance related bonus
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Regular professional development
- Health and wellbeing initiatives such as mini-medicals, flu vaccinations
- Employee assistance programme and occupational health
- Free eye tests and contribution towards lenses/spectacles for VDU users, if appropriate
- Family friendly policies
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Access to exclusive discounts
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.**Please note that we regret that we do not offer sponsorship opportunities at this time.**

You will then be asked to provide a personal statement evidencing how you meet the essential criteria shown on the job description.

Ofqual has adopted anonymised recruitment. This means that your name, date of birth and other personal details will not be seen by the sift panel. You’ll be asked to remove all personal details from your CV when you apply.

Ofqual works flexibly, with a hybrid office/home based working model. Employees will spend at least two to three days a week working from our office in Coventry. As Coventry will be your base location expenses for travel to the office will not be paid.

Final panel interviews will be held remotely via Microsoft Teams. Further details will be provided at invite to inter