Strategy Advisor, Resilience Directorate, EDS (SEO)

at  Cabinet Office

JOB SUMMARY

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the smooth running of government - from developing policy, to modernising public services. We welcome talented people from all backgrounds with the skills and the commitment to build a career in the Civil Service.
The Cabinet Office Purpose is: to maintain the integrity of the Union, coordinate the security of the realm and sustain a flourishing democracy; to support the design and implementation of HM Government’s policies and the Prime Minister’s priorities; and to ensure the delivery of the finest public services by attracting and developing the best public servants and improving the efficiency of government.
The work that the Cabinet Office delivers is vast and therefore presents opportunities to develop your skills and experience in a variety of critical government agendas.
An organisation of approximately 7,000 employees, the Cabinet Office is a vibrant, modern and exciting place to work, attracting a diverse workforce, which represents the people we serve. Our main offices are in London, but we have staff based around the UK.
At the heart of this are our Cabinet Office values. To deliver our Purpose and help make the Cabinet Office a great place to work, we all commit to: treating everyone with Respect, actively Collaborate, and build Trust.
We pride ourselves in our ambition to be the most inclusive government department employer and we have a number of staff benefits, including flexible working to ensure we meet this.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Resilience Directorate formed in September 2022 and sits within EDS. The Resilience Directorate leads the UK Government’s efforts to bolster the UK’s resilience. It is responsible for driving forward the Government’s work on national resilience, managing the resilience system, resilience frameworks and risk processes. It focuses on medium to long-term risks to the UK. It is responsible for identifying and monitoring potential issues and working across government to develop and stress-test mitigations as well as shaping policy to improve long-term resilience.
The Resilience Policy and Framework Delivery team is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the Directorate’s overall approach to resilience – delivering the resilience review, coordinating resilience returns for the spending review and supporting wider cross-cutting projects to build resilience. This includes a mix of policy, strategy and engagement.

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) (opens in a new window)
• 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

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