About the job

Job summary

If you offer experience of competition, consumer and/or economic regulatory law, then this is an exciting opportunity to play a key role within our Know-How team, highlighting the ambitious, high-profile and challenging work undertaken by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

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.

The Know How team works across the CMA’s entire portfolio, in competition and consumer law, enforcement, markets and merger control. We maintain and promote the CMA’s Know-How offering so that knowledge is effectively shared across the CMA, lessons are learnt from past cases, and examples of best practice are accessible to staff in a user-friendly manner.

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

Job description

As a Know-How Officer, you will undertake a range of tasks to support the delivery of the Know-How team's priorities, helping to share best practices with colleagues from across the CMA. This will involve assisting the team with the development and maintenance of effective information systems, that ensures our Know-How provision is up-to-date, accessible and relevant to all CMA activities.

You will support the organisation of Know-How talks and events, which will involve recording sessions and compiling additional relevant materials, making them accessible after the event. Working with senior colleagues, you will also plan weekly legal service meetings, ensuring suitable speakers are arranged for each session.

You will assist with the management and promotion of information resources, that encourages the use of Know-How services. You will ensure that a variety of procurements and financial management resources are available, along with more information resources and legal research.

In conjunction with the rest of the team, you will also monitor the effectiveness of Know-How resources, identifying potential areas for improvement and compiling regular updates for audiences from across the CMA on developments.

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.

Essential: A proven track record of either: Experience of working with Competition, Consumer, and/or related Economic Regulatory Law; OR Equivalent Legal experience together with a willingness and interest to develop your understanding of the CMA’s legislative tools. (Lead Criteria) Strong organisational skills including managing of stakeholders at all levels, with the proven ability to deal with changes and unforeseen issues. (Lead Criteria) An excellent record of team working, including the ability to work with others to organise and prioritise work to meet expected work standards and deadlines. (Lead Criteria) Experience of conducting effective, thorough, and user-friendly research, showing an ability to make effective use of electronic and other sources of information. An interest in and aptitude for creating engaging Know-How content through a range of communication methods, using the production of digital resources.

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, Strengths and Experience.

The selection process will comprise of the sift (CV & application review) and interview.

An initial sift based on lead criteria 1,2 and 3 may be held if a large number of applications are received.

If your application then progresses to a full sift, all elements of the essential criteria listed under Person Specification of the role profile will then be considered.

The sifting dates are 3rd and 4th June 2024.

If your application is successful, you will be invited to attend an interview.

The first part of the interview will be an assessment on the day an hour before the interview with 45 minutes to complete. This will be followed by a 45-50 minute panel interview and questions based on the behaviours, strengths and experience specified in the role profile will be asked. 

Interviews will be held on Microsoft Teams, links shall be sent nearer the time. 

Interviews will be held week commencing 17th June 2024, if there's any change to these dates, candidates shall be notified. 

Reasonable adjustments

You will be notified via email to log-in to your Civil Service Account to book your interview slot. You will then be sent an email with full details of your arrangements for interview.

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.

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. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). 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

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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.