**NP Domestic Homicide Reviews Policy Officer
Home Office
Apply before 11:55 pm on Thursday 21st November 2024
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London pay locations: Westminster £34,000 -£35,700
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Job summary
The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.
The Public Safety Group’s role is to keep the public safe by cutting crime, disrupting the highest harm criminals, protecting the vulnerable and ensuring that our police, fire and rescue services are as efficient and effective as they can be in delivering front line public services. We work with our partners in other government departments, local government and the voluntary sector to develop and implement policy, provide funding, and deliver legislation.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Interpersonal Abuse Unit (IAU) in the Public Safety Group’s Tackling Exploitation and Abuse Directorate. The IAU leads on the Government’s work on tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), including domestic abuse (DA), sexual violence, stalking and ‘honour’-based abuse such as forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
The unit will be at the centre of delivering the government’s mission to halve the level of VAWG within a decade.
Job description
This role has responsibility for supporting the Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) process within the Interpersonal Abuse Unit. The Home Office receives DHRs from Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) and has responsibility for ensuring that these are reviewed by at Quality Assurance (QA) Panel on a monthly basis . The Home Office then writes to the CSPs who have submitted the reports, outlining the feedback provided by the QA Panel.
Organisational skills will be needed to ensure the process is run efficiently. The role includes a significant amount of drafting, so good drafting skills and attention to detail are key. The role also requires regular stakeholder engagement and the post holder will have responsibility for responding to queries submitted to the busy DHR inbox.
Importantly, this role requires reading DHRs on a regular basis and responding to queries which can be distressing given the subject matter area. DHRs are professional reports but contain distressing information about a homicides and suicides. The post member will be required to read out summaries of the cases at the monthly QA Panel.
Key responsibilities include
• Supporting the organisation of the monthly DHR independent QA Panel meetings, providing briefing and secretariat functions, as well as participating in the meetings by providing a summary of each case.
• Drafting feedback letters after Panel meetings to be sent to CSPs.
• Liaising with CSPs on the progress of their DHRs and providing advice on an ad-hoc basis.
• Supporting the management of DHR enquires mailbox, responding to all emails in a timely manner.
• Uploading DHRs for upload to the online library.
• Maintaining a system to track the progress of DHRs.
The post holder may be expected to travel on an ad-hoc basis to attend meetings and stakeholder engagements. The cost associated with any travel will be met by the business area in line with HO policy.
Working pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis. However, job-share and compressed hours are available.
Person specification
Essential criteria
• Excellent organisational skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to form effective working relationships with key stakeholders and operational partners
• The ability to analyse and use a range of information and consider a wide range of factors
• The ability to work on a highly sensitive subject matter area
• The ability to take responsibility for their own work, manage competing priorities, and deliver to tight deadlines
• Strong drafting skills.
Desirable criteria
• Experience of working in a fast-paced area
• Experience of working on domestic abuse or violence against women and girls. .
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
- 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
- Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
- Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.
- See more of our benefits on our careers website.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.
Application – by 21st November 2024
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
- CV. detailing job history.
- Personal Statement (maximum 1000 words).
- Evidence of the behaviour Communicating & Influencing (maximum of 250 words per Behaviour).
Your CV should consist of your career history, including any key achievements in each role. Your CV will be used to provide further context on your personal statement and scored against the essential criteria.
The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.
For guidance and information on how to construct your application (CV, Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.
Sift – commencing 25th November 2024
The sift will be held on the CV, Personal Statement and the behaviour Communicating & Influencing.
Should a high volume of applications be received, the sift will be conducted only on the Personal Statement.
Interview – week commencing 9th December 2024 (subject to change)
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be:
- Behaviours (as listed in the job advert)
- Strength based questions.
The interview will take place on Microsoft Teams.
For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.
Further information
Problems during the application process
If you experience problems accessing this advert, or you think you’ve made a mistake on an initial application, please contact hocandidates.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk, including the vacancy reference, at least two working days before the vacancy closes. Further information can be found on our website.
Location preferences
You can select up to two locations in order of preference. Please ensure that these are locations you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at one of your preferred locations and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.
Reserve list
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is no guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.
Candidates judged to be a near miss at interview may be offered a post at the grade below the one advertised without the need to go through a further selection process, providing the role has the same Success Profiles elements and essential skills. There is no guarantee that further such vacancies will arise.
Standards
All Civil Servants are expected to comply with the Civil Service Code, and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.
Additional Security checks
As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, candidates will be subject to a range of additional checks. The range of checks carried out will depend on whether you are a current Home Office employee, existing civil servant or an external new entrant as well as the role requirements. Further details are included in the Notes to Candidates.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
Please be aware the levels of national security clearance are changing which may impact on the level needed for this role by the time of appointment. All efforts will be made to keep candidates informed of any changes and what that will mean in terms of vetting criteria. For more information please See our vetting charter
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service 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.
If you are invited to an interview, you will be required to bring documentation for the purposes of establishing your identity.
You will need to meet the nationality requirements for this role and obtain the necessary security clearance to take it up. For meaningful security checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. Learn more on our website. Security Checks - Home Office Careers
Visa sponsorship
We do not sponsor individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas.
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is 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 HOrecruitment.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
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre
- Email : HORCCampaignTeamHSGPSGandMBG@homeoffice.gov.uk
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- Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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