Location
You will be based in one of our UKHSA offices (Birmingham, Bristol, Horsham, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham). Regular travel to London and occasional UK travel will be required.
Salary
External candidates should expect their salary upon appointment to be between £110,000 and £130,000 per annum, dependant on experience.
Existing Civil Servants will be appointed in line with the Civil Service pay rules in place on the date of their appointment.
Contract Type
This role is being offered on a permanent basis. A secondment (minimum of three years) may also be possible.
Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Department and wider Civil Service. It is crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead, and you’ll benefit from regular performance and development reviews to ensure this development is ongoing. As a Civil Service employee, you’ll be entitled to a large range of benefits.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service values and supports all its employees.
We have strong and pro-active staff networks, special leave policies for hospital appointments, flexible working policies, workplace adjustments put in place for those who need them, and talent programmes to help everyone irrespective of background, to achieve their potential and thrive.
Pension
The Civil Service values and supports all its employees.
A competitive contributory pension scheme that you can enter as soon as you join where we will make a significant contribution to the cost of your pension; where your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken; and where your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire. Visit Civil Service Pension Scheme for more details. If joining on Medical & Dental terms and conditions you will retain your NHS pension arrangements.
Generous Annual Leave and Bank Holiday Allowance
25 days annual leave on entry, increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years’ service. This is in addition to 8 public holidays.
This will be complemented by one further day paid privilege entitlement to mark the Queen’s Birthday.
Staff Wellbeing
Flexible Working Schemes allowing you to vary your working day as long as you work your total hours.
Generous paid maternity and paternity leave which is notably more than the statutory minimum offered by many other employers.
Onsite facilities Opportunity to use onsite facilities including fitness centres and staff canteens (where applicable).
Season Ticket and Bicycle Loan
Interest-free loans allowing you to spread the cost of an annual travel season ticket or a new bicycle.
Sick Pay
Occupational sick pay.