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Curriculum Officer - Executive Officer

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Cabinet Office

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Overview

Salary: £35,479 - £37,121 a year
About £2,420 - £2,520 a month after tax.
Contract: Full-time
Closing date: Apply by Friday 30 October
Holiday: 25 days holiday
Pension: 28.97% employer pension

Skills

The role

Apply before 11:55 pm on Friday 30th October 2026

Details

Reference number

485864

Salary

£30,768 - £37,121

London- £35,479 to £37,121
National- £30,768 to £32,622

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

CO - Government People Group (GPG)

Type of role

Operational Delivery

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

Location

G2 8HS, M2 3AA, YO10 4AS, E14 4PU, NE98 1ZZ

About the job

Job summary

The College for National Security provides learning across the Civil Service and wider public sector about the threats faced by the UK and the actions needed to counter them. To respond, we need a workforce that is knowledgeable, experienced and connected.

The college is part of Government Skills and is closely tied to the National Security Secretariat. Its aim is to build responsiveness and effectiveness in the National Security practitioner community and to support other professions to learn more about national security.

This Curriculum Officer role plays a pivotal role in the end-to-end design, delivery, and administration of the College's curriculum. Operating in a fast-paced environment, the successful candidate will blend creative design with robust operational management. They will create engaging blended and digital learning resources (ensuring accessibility compliance), support face-to-face and virtual facilitation, evaluate training impact through data analysis, and manage the Learning Management System (LMS). This role requires a proactive problem-solver who can manage multiple projects independently while maintaining high-quality customer service.

At the College for National Security, our mission is to foster innovation, collaboration, and excellence in national security. We know that achieving this requires a workplace culture where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work.

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

Delivery & Facilitation

Customer Relationships Management System (CRM) Oversight: Manage the CRM, including overseeing the end-to-end learner journey from pre- to post-course administrative responsibilities.

Course Design & Content Development

Self-Directed Learning Design: Support the development of self-directed learning experiences, such as podcasts, guides and e-learning modules, utilising authoring tools such as Articulate, Adobe and Canva ensuring accessibility compliance.
Learning Management System (LMS) Oversight: Manage the LMS, including content uploads, curation and review.

Monitoring, Evaluation & Feedback

Data analysis and reporting: Responsible for collating and analysing feedback from learning products to identify trends and areas for improvement, and using these insights to produce evaluation reports and monthly performance dashboards for relevant boards.

Person specification

Essential criteria

Facilitation & Presentation Support: Experience in supporting a range of learning interventions such as, face-to-face courses, virtual training (via MS Teams/Google Meet using interactive tools), seminars, events etc.
LMS, CRM & Learning Administration: Experience in using LMS and/or CRM systems (Specific platform training will be provided).
Data analysis and reporting: Experience collating and analysing feedback from learning products to identify trends and areas for improvement, and using these insights to produce evaluation reports and monthly performance dashboards for relevant boards.
IT Skills: Confident working knowledge of office productivity tools, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or Google Workspace. Experience with video conferencing platforms (e.g., Microsoft Teams, Zoom) is required.
Travel: Willingness to travel to different venues for work related activities, such as courses, recordings and in-person team meetings (Staff will be given notice of travel arrangements in advance).

Desirable criteria

Learning Design: Experience designing blended learning programmes and creating engaging e-learning modules using tools like Articulate Storyline, Rise 360, or Canva, or a willingness to learn.
Accessibility Compliance: Knowledge and understanding of Government Accessibility Regulations when developing digital content, or a willingness to learn.
Multimedia Production: Ability to produce video or audio content to enhance the digital learning experience.
Data Analysis & Evaluation: Experience designing evaluation tools, analysing qualitative/quantitative feedback.

Additional information

Cabinet Office policy is that a minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. For some roles, due to their nature and the business need, this may be up to 100%. Requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace
Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,768, Cabinet Office contributes £8,913 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Learning and development tailored to your role.
An environment with flexible working options.
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%.
A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

As part of the application form you will be asked to submit:

● A CV- with your relevant skills & experience

● A 500 word Personal Statement/Statement of suitability setting out how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Selection process

During the interview you will be asked behaviour questions and strengths. The behaviours you will be assessed on are:

Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace
Working Together

Expected timeline (subject to change)

Expected sift date - TBC

Expected interview date/s - TBC

Interview location - Your interview will either be conducted face to face or by video. You will be notified of the location if you are selected for interview.

Reasonable adjustments

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Contact Government Recruitment Service via cabinetoffice.grs @cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the 'Assistance required' section in the 'Additional requirements' page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Further information

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.

Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years' UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Any move to Cabinet Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service/Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.

Feedback

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) 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

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Lewis Allen
Email : lewis.allen1@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact Government Recruitment Service by email at : cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at info@csc.gov.uk. For further information on the Recruitment Principles and bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/.