Financial Reporting Accountant
Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford
Job Summary
Do you want a career where you can make a real difference? Do you want to have an impact on the UK and beyond? If yes, then a career at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) could be for you.
Here at DESNZ we are delivering our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower, with clean electricity by 2030 and accelerating the UK’s journey to net zero.
Our work is helping ensure clean energy for all, keep bills down and seize the opportunities to lead the world in new green industries, taking back control of our energy with Great British Energy and encouraging greater energy efficiency across the UK. The work of the department has never been more timely or relevant, and by joining us you will be part of making that difference.
Our work is varied, interesting and most importantly it's impactful. Our DESNZ Values are interwoven into everything we do; we are bold, we are collaborative, we are inclusive, and we learn. As a department we are committed to these values to build a culture where everyone can thrive.
We work in an agile way. This means that, as our priorities evolve, your work may adapt to meet emerging needs and help us deliver our mission. This approach offers opportunities to develop your skills, gain new experiences, and contribute where you can make the greatest impact. This relates to the nature of the work rather than contractual terms, such as location or working pattern.
We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.
Find Out More
You can also follow our LinkedIn Careers Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/desnz-careers/
Job Description
DESNZ Finance is a great place to build your career, offering the opportunity to work on interesting, challenging and judgemental issues at the heart of government. We are looking for up to two Financial Reporting Accountants who are great with both numbers and people: confident in analysing complex financial information, exercising sound professional judgement and building excellent working relationships.
The roles provide accounting expertise to support the Department and its Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs), contribute to delivery of the DESNZ Group Annual Report & Accounts, and support production of the Whole of Government Accounts return. They sit within the Financial Reporting and Financial Accounting Teams, which are responsible for delivering the DESNZ Group Annual Report and Accounts and achieving a clean audit to a pre-summer recess timetable. Work in the teams includes providing technical accounting advice, delivering high-quality financial reporting, improving operational finance processes and consolidating accounts from DESNZ ALBs, all in line with HM Treasury’s Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Successful candidates will develop excellent working relationships with Finance Business Partners, finance colleagues in ALBs and stakeholders across the Department, as well as engaging with the National Audit Office (NAO) to provide robust evidence and assurance over accounting processes and transactions. They will deliver at pace in support of departmental objectives, act as a focal point for technical accounting and system queries, and provide timely and consistent advice in complex areas of government finance. They will make effective decisions and provide sound guidance on the application of International Accounting Standards and IFRS, as interpreted by HM Treasury in the FReM, helping to ensure that the DESNZ Group accounts are free from material error.
The SEO Financial Reporting Accountant supports the delivery of accurate, timely and compliant financial reporting across the DESNZ group. The postholder takes ownership of defined areas of accounts production and consolidation, applies sound technical accounting knowledge, and works with Arm’s Length Bodies and internal stakeholders to meet audit and statutory reporting requirements. They will exercise professional judgement, escalate complex or novel issues appropriately, and contribute to improving financial reporting processes and controls.
DESNZ Finance is a great place to build your career, offering the opportunity to work on interesting, challenging and judgemental issues at the heart of government. We are looking for up to two Financial Reporting Accountants who are great with both numbers and people: confident in analysing complex financial information, exercising sound professional judgement and building excellent working relationships.
The roles provide accounting expertise to support the Department and its Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs), contribute to delivery of the DESNZ Group Annual Report & Accounts, and support production of the Whole of Government Accounts return. They sit within the Financial Reporting and Financial Accounting Teams, which are responsible for delivering the DESNZ Group Annual Report and Accounts and achieving a clean audit to a pre-summer recess timetable. Work in the teams includes providing technical accounting advice, delivering high-quality financial reporting, improving operational finance processes and consolidating accounts from DESNZ ALBs, all in line with HM Treasury’s Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Successful candidates will develop excellent working relationships with Finance Business Partners, finance colleagues in ALBs and stakeholders across the Department, as well as engaging with the National Audit Office (NAO) to provide robust evidence and assurance over accounting processes and transactions. They will deliver at pace in support of departmental objectives, act as a focal point for technical accounting and system queries, and provide timely and consistent advice in complex areas of government finance. They will make effective decisions and provide sound guidance on the application of International Accounting Standards and IFRS, as interpreted by HM Treasury in the FReM, helping to ensure that the DESNZ Group accounts are free from material error.
The SEO Financial Reporting Accountant supports the delivery of accurate, timely and compliant financial reporting across the DESNZ group. The postholder takes ownership of defined areas of accounts production and consolidation, applies sound technical accounting knowledge, and works with Arm’s Length Bodies and internal stakeholders to meet audit and statutory reporting requirements. They will exercise professional judgement, escalate complex or novel issues appropriately, and contribute to improving financial reporting processes and controls.
Person specification
Fully or part-qualified ACCA, ACA, CIPFA or CIMA.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.
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.
After submission of the first stage of your application you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Judgement Test. If you successfully pass the test, you will be invited to complete the final stage of the application.
Please complete the online tests as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended), the closing date for the tests is 23.55 on 23/11/2026 If you fail to complete the online test before the deadline your application will be withdrawn. Guidance for the test will be available when you are invited to take the test. The tests are administered online and accessed via the CS Jobs website.
All online tests will be unavailable for candidates for the entire weekend of 14 November 2026, between midnight on Saturday 14 November 2026 and 6am on Monday 16 November 2026.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV, personal statement and a number of behavioural statements.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please use your personal statement (in no more than 500 words) to describe how you meet the person specification for the role.
Please note - the CV incorporated into the application form is for information purposes only and will not be scored.
Applications will be sifted on behavioural statements and personal statement.
In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the lead behaviour statement (Making Effective Decisions) only.
Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
The interview will consist of behaviour and strength-based questions.
Sift and interview dates
Expected Timeline subject to change
Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.
Further Information
Reasonable Adjustment
We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.
Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our DESNZ Candidate Guidance. A DESNZ Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.
We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.
Candidates who meet the minimum benchmark may be placed on a Reserve List for consideration for similar roles, including those at a lower grade. Candidates who narrowly miss the benchmark and are not placed on the Reserve List may still be considered for an offer in a similar role at a lower grade.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Any move to the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero 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.
DESNZ does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).
DESNZ cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.
DESNZ holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.
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
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.
Feedback
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) 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
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.
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).
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. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
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 you should contact in the first instance DESNZrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints
Job Summary
Do you want a career where you can make a real difference? Do you want to have an impact on the UK and beyond? If yes, then a career at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) could be for you.
Here at DESNZ we are delivering our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower, with clean electricity by 2030 and accelerating the UK’s journey to net zero.
Our work is helping ensure clean energy for all, keep bills down and seize the opportunities to lead the world in new green industries, taking back control of our energy with Great British Energy and encouraging greater energy efficiency across the UK. The work of the department has never been more timely or relevant, and by joining us you will be part of making that difference.
Our work is varied, interesting and most importantly it's impactful. Our DESNZ Values are interwoven into everything we do; we are bold, we are collaborative, we are inclusive, and we learn. As a department we are committed to these values to build a culture where everyone can thrive.
We work in an agile way. This means that, as our priorities evolve, your work may adapt to meet emerging needs and help us deliver our mission. This approach offers opportunities to develop your skills, gain new experiences, and contribute where you can make the greatest impact. This relates to the nature of the work rather than contractual terms, such as location or working pattern.
We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.
Find Out More
You can also follow our LinkedIn Careers Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/desnz-careers/
Job Description
DESNZ Finance is a great place to build your career, offering the opportunity to work on interesting, challenging and judgemental issues at the heart of government. We are looking for up to two Financial Reporting Accountants who are great with both numbers and people: confident in analysing complex financial information, exercising sound professional judgement and building excellent working relationships.
The roles provide accounting expertise to support the Department and its Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs), contribute to delivery of the DESNZ Group Annual Report & Accounts, and support production of the Whole of Government Accounts return. They sit within the Financial Reporting and Financial Accounting Teams, which are responsible for delivering the DESNZ Group Annual Report and Accounts and achieving a clean audit to a pre-summer recess timetable. Work in the teams includes providing technical accounting advice, delivering high-quality financial reporting, improving operational finance processes and consolidating accounts from DESNZ ALBs, all in line with HM Treasury’s Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Successful candidates will develop excellent working relationships with Finance Business Partners, finance colleagues in ALBs and stakeholders across the Department, as well as engaging with the National Audit Office (NAO) to provide robust evidence and assurance over accounting processes and transactions. They will deliver at pace in support of departmental objectives, act as a focal point for technical accounting and system queries, and provide timely and consistent advice in complex areas of government finance. They will make effective decisions and provide sound guidance on the application of International Accounting Standards and IFRS, as interpreted by HM Treasury in the FReM, helping to ensure that the DESNZ Group accounts are free from material error.
The SEO Financial Reporting Accountant supports the delivery of accurate, timely and compliant financial reporting across the DESNZ group. The postholder takes ownership of defined areas of accounts production and consolidation, applies sound technical accounting knowledge, and works with Arm’s Length Bodies and internal stakeholders to meet audit and statutory reporting requirements. They will exercise professional judgement, escalate complex or novel issues appropriately, and contribute to improving financial reporting processes and controls.
DESNZ Finance is a great place to build your career, offering the opportunity to work on interesting, challenging and judgemental issues at the heart of government. We are looking for up to two Financial Reporting Accountants who are great with both numbers and people: confident in analysing complex financial information, exercising sound professional judgement and building excellent working relationships.
The roles provide accounting expertise to support the Department and its Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs), contribute to delivery of the DESNZ Group Annual Report & Accounts, and support production of the Whole of Government Accounts return. They sit within the Financial Reporting and Financial Accounting Teams, which are responsible for delivering the DESNZ Group Annual Report and Accounts and achieving a clean audit to a pre-summer recess timetable. Work in the teams includes providing technical accounting advice, delivering high-quality financial reporting, improving operational finance processes and consolidating accounts from DESNZ ALBs, all in line with HM Treasury’s Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Successful candidates will develop excellent working relationships with Finance Business Partners, finance colleagues in ALBs and stakeholders across the Department, as well as engaging with the National Audit Office (NAO) to provide robust evidence and assurance over accounting processes and transactions. They will deliver at pace in support of departmental objectives, act as a focal point for technical accounting and system queries, and provide timely and consistent advice in complex areas of government finance. They will make effective decisions and provide sound guidance on the application of International Accounting Standards and IFRS, as interpreted by HM Treasury in the FReM, helping to ensure that the DESNZ Group accounts are free from material error.
The SEO Financial Reporting Accountant supports the delivery of accurate, timely and compliant financial reporting across the DESNZ group. The postholder takes ownership of defined areas of accounts production and consolidation, applies sound technical accounting knowledge, and works with Arm’s Length Bodies and internal stakeholders to meet audit and statutory reporting requirements. They will exercise professional judgement, escalate complex or novel issues appropriately, and contribute to improving financial reporting processes and controls.
Person specification
- Provide high-quality technical accounting advice on financial accounting and reporting issues, applying relevant IFRS and IAS requirements and escalating complex or novel matters where appropriate;
- Manage assigned aspects of the accounts production process, coordinating inputs, monitoring delivery against agreed milestones, and ensuring outputs are accurate, supported by appropriate evidence, and compliant with HM Treasury guidance and the FReM;
- Develop effective working relationships with Arm’s Length Bodies and internal stakeholders to secure timely and accurate financial information, maintain clear evidence for accounting judgements, and resolve routine issues promptly;
- Support engagement with the National Audit Office, coordinating responses to audit queries and helping to ensure that agreed information is provided accurately and on time;
- Take ownership of defined elements of the preparation and consolidation of DESNZ’s Annual Report and Accounts, applying the relevant accounting requirements and delivering complete, accurate outputs to agreed milestones;
- Coordinate assigned in-year consolidation exercises, prepare accurate group-level eliminations and adjustments, and work with stakeholders to ensure that technical accounting requirements are applied consistently;
- Work collaboratively with Finance Business Partners, sponsorship teams, Arm’s Length Bodies, HM Treasury, and other stakeholders to deliver directorate priorities, address issues, and improve reporting processes and ways of working;
- Prepare and review inputs to Whole of Government Accounts returns and other statutory reporting requirements, identify data-quality issues, and work with relevant stakeholders to resolve them promptly.
- Preparation or audit of Central Government or public sector financial statements;
- Knowledge of the WGA cycle from a Central Government departmental perspective.
Fully or part-qualified ACCA, ACA, CIPFA or CIMA.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
- A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
- Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
- An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
- Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
- A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40-60% of their time in the office (minimum of 40%) over a month with flex dependent on balancing business and individual need.
The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.
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.
After submission of the first stage of your application you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Judgement Test. If you successfully pass the test, you will be invited to complete the final stage of the application.
Please complete the online tests as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended), the closing date for the tests is 23.55 on 23/11/2026 If you fail to complete the online test before the deadline your application will be withdrawn. Guidance for the test will be available when you are invited to take the test. The tests are administered online and accessed via the CS Jobs website.
All online tests will be unavailable for candidates for the entire weekend of 14 November 2026, between midnight on Saturday 14 November 2026 and 6am on Monday 16 November 2026.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV, personal statement and a number of behavioural statements.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please use your personal statement (in no more than 500 words) to describe how you meet the person specification for the role.
Please note - the CV incorporated into the application form is for information purposes only and will not be scored.
Applications will be sifted on behavioural statements and personal statement.
In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the lead behaviour statement (Making Effective Decisions) only.
Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
The interview will consist of behaviour and strength-based questions.
Sift and interview dates
Expected Timeline subject to change
Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.
Further Information
Reasonable Adjustment
We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.
Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our DESNZ Candidate Guidance. A DESNZ Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.
We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.
Candidates who meet the minimum benchmark may be placed on a Reserve List for consideration for similar roles, including those at a lower grade. Candidates who narrowly miss the benchmark and are not placed on the Reserve List may still be considered for an offer in a similar role at a lower grade.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Any move to the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero 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.
DESNZ does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).
DESNZ cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.
DESNZ holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.
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
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.
Feedback
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) 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
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.
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).
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. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
- Name : Katya Ratushnaya
- Email : katya.ratushnaya@energysecurity.gov.uk
- Email : desnzresourcing.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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 you should contact in the first instance DESNZrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints