3 X Eo Foi Officers Cabinet Office Freedom of

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

- 226626**Salary**:

- £27,500 - £30,168**Grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- CO - Cabinet Secretary Group - Freedom of Information and Transparency Data Team**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

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

- 3Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- LondonAbout the job

**Summary**:

- The Freedom of Information and Transparency Data Team (“the FOI Team”) sits within the Honours and Information Directorate of the Cabinet Office. The Team is responsible for the management of FOI requests to the Cabinet Office, the management of any resultant complaints and appeals (including to the Tribunals) and for HMG FOI policy.**Job description**:

- The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act is one of the pillars upon which open government operates, by providing public access to information held by public authorities. The FOI Team provides an essential departmental function in meeting our legislative requirements and responsibilities. The posts will help support public access to information and provide an effective service which balances fulfilling statutory obligations with the need to protect sensitive information.
FOI and Internal Review (IR) casework functions, including providing advice to policy teams across the department;
- Domestic appeals and litigation caseloads, including monitoring key FOIA litigation taking place across HMG.
- FOI Policy and Advice functions, fielding queries from practitioners across central government and making sure they receive accurate and timely guidance and advice.**Responsibilities**:
Shared across the three posts:

- Daily monitoring and administration of dedicated mailboxes and casework management systems
- Acknowledging enquiries, and where possible, responding to those within 24 hours
- Maintaining a comprehensible audit trail for enquiries and casework
- Identifying issues arising, analysing those and making sound recommendations for handling to Heads of Teams and supporting continuous improvement.
- Recognising business as usual requests / queries and handling those without supervision
- Escalating sensitive and/or complex enquiries to senior Heads of Teams
- Producing regular reports on casework and ensuring that Heads of Team and the Deputy Director have sufficient time to review before distributing
- Developing strong and robust relationships with FOI practitioners across the Cabinet Office (including within Private Office and No.10), FOI Teams across government and the regulator’s office (the Information Commissioner’s Office) maintaining the FOI Team’s reputation as a trusted source of sound advice and engagement
- Inputting into business plans and strategies, bringing forward ideas about how the relevant systems can be made more effective and efficient
- Drafting content for casework and related correspondence, including ministerial and treat official correspondence and parliamentary questions
- Ad hoc support for the wider Team’s business delivery and short term projects.

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

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

**Benefits**:

- 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.

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**Security**:
- See our vetting charter.- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.Examples of how you meet the behaviours listed (up to 250 words per example).

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

**Reasonable adjustments**

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

**Further information**

Terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- natio