Visits and Events Officer

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

- 265414**Salary**:

- £25,827 - £27,170**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- EO**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- This position is based at LAA William Morgan House FLR11, CF10 1EPAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Please refer to Job Description**Job description**:
**The Department**:
The Wales Office is the face of the UK Government in Wales and the voice of Wales in Westminster. We support the Secretary of State and his Ministerial team to deliver a flourishing Wales within a strong United Kingdom, working in partnership with other Government Departments and stakeholders.

For more information about what we do please go to:
The Wales Office is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.

**The Role**:
Are you looking for a role where your strong communication, organisation and digital skills will be valued and where you will work on interesting projects supporting key UK Government priorities? Are you great at forming professional relationships?

Do you have a keen interest in public affairs of both the Welsh and Westminster landscapes?

If you’re motivated, curious, creative, and looking to take an exciting step in your career, we are looking for someone like you to join our team as a Visits and Events Officer at the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

You will be joining a supportive and experienced team that encourages new ideas and has an excellent reputation for delivering quality results.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Assist in the delivery of visits and events across Wales and London, including by directly supporting with the events schedule for Ministers.
- Identify opportunities to engage through digital channels and optimise the reach of the Department.
- Collate Management Information on visits and events, analysing any relevant data and metrics to make recommendations and track outcomes.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with other government departments (particularly their Wales based teams).
- Prepared to travel for Ministerial visits and to support colleagues with meetings with stakeholders.
- Contribute to the department’s out-of-hours service being on duty on a rotational basis (for which there is an allowance)

**Desirable Skills and Experience**
- Experience of working in a busy events or relationship management role
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to respond to competing priorities.
- Excellent IT skills
- Digital content creation

**Essential Criteria**:

- Excellent oral and written communications skills with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to ‘connect’ issues and seek out opportunities to deliver quality outcomes
- Good digital skills with awareness of social media and its impacts.
- Demonstrate resilience and experience of delivering effectively in a fast paced, changing environment.
- Able to travel to various locations in Wales and to London

**How to apply**
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
- Managing a quality service

We are proud to be an accredited ‘Smarter Working’ organisation and people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer flexible working arrangements, great workplaces, and modern IT facilities.

**Security clearance to CTC level will be required for this post.**

**Person specification**:

- Please refer to Job Description**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service

**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 with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Annual Leave
- Public Holidays
- Season Ticket Advance

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- See our vetting charter.- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

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