About the job

Job summary

The CMA has an exciting opportunity for an Events Officer to join a new Events function within the Strategy, Communications and Advocacy directorate.

The CMA is looking to increase the number and type of external events that it hosts to support its engagement with stakeholders to add impact of the CMA’s work. 

You will be working alongside colleagues from across the CMA to deliver a programme of events that are tailored to audience expectations – explaining the work of the CMA and capturing insights from the CMA’s stakeholders across the UK. You will identify opportunities to share the CMA’s impacts and design memorable engagement between the CMA and its partners.

About the CMA

We help people, businesses, and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. Our work is wide ranging, ambitious and often new and challenging.

You can read more about working at the CMA in our candidate pack

Job description

The role will involve contributing to the delivery and organisation of the CMA’s growing programme of external events:

• Effectively provide support to the Events Manager and work closely with the Events Team in the planning and execution of events.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders including political, industry third sector and governmental stakeholders, new and existing external CMA suppliers, to develop and finalise sessions and activities.
• Communicating project plans and expectations clearly to policy teams, senior management and stakeholder and strategic engagement leads where required.

Person specification

It is essential that you can provide evidence and examples for each of the following selection criteria in your application. For tips on how to make the most your application, please have a look at our guidance document.

• Demonstrable experience of establishing and managing relationships with a range of stakeholders both internally and externally (lead criteria).

• Demonstrable skills and experience in delivering project outcomes to set deadlines, including identifying risks, problem-solving, and recommending a preferred course of action to mitigate a potential risk (lead criteria).

 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to tailor communications according to the needs of a wide variety of audiences.

 

• Strong administrative and organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise work successfully, using various techniques and systems, in order to meet deadlines and budgetary requirements.

It is desirable that you can provide evidence and examples for the following selection criteria in your application:

• Experience of administering work programmes and/or organising large-scale events that involve liaison with multiple bodies and suppliers.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £36,550, Competition & Markets Authority contributes £9,868 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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.

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV, personal statement and an online application form. Further details about application requirements are listed on the application form.

The selection process will comprise of the sift (CV & application review) and an interview. Arrangements for the interview will be enclosed in the invitation. 

Please note that interviews will be held on Microsoft Teams, or in-person at a CMA office.

Please note that it is essential that your personal statement is aligned to provide evidence that you have the knowledge and experience for each of the following selection criteria (as included on the role profile and listed above under 'Person Specification') in your application.

The role will close 11:55pm Monday 3rd June 2024.

The sift will take place 3rd June to 7th June 2024.

If your application is successful, you will be invited to attend an interview. You will be notified via email to log-in to your Civil Service Account and book your interview slot. You will be sent an email with full details of your arrangements for interview.

Interviews will be held week commencing 17th June. There is 1 interview stage for this role. Part of your overall assessment will consist of an in-tray exercise, details of which will be sent to you when you are invited to select an interview date. This will contain details of the assessment and a deadline for the return prior to your interview. The in-tray exercise will be marked and form part of your interview assessment.

The interview will be a 45-60 minute panel interview where you will be asked questions based on the Behaviours, Strengths and Experience outlined in the role profile.

Reasonable adjustments

We want to make sure no one is at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process.  You can also email recruitment@cma.gov.uk.

For example, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you are deaf, a Language Service Professional. You might also require additional time to complete a timed assessment or a sign language interpreter to support with the relaying of information.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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) (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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window). 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.