To wonder if this Civil Service starting salary is negotiable?

[bagdaddeo]

I have seen a Civil Service job I'd like to apply for. I'm very well qualified for it and have lots of relevant experience so have a good chance of getting it. My current salary (in a similar role at a university) is in the middle of the scale for the Civil Service job so, if offered the role, I would like to think they could at least match my current salary. However, the advert says that new entrants to the Civil Service will be expected to start at the bottom of the scale (around £4.5k lower than my current salary). Does anyone know whether this rule is negotiable?

For context, I would also be getting significantly less Annual Leave and working slightly more hours (37 rather than 35). I haven't yet managed to get my head round whether the Civil Service pension scheme is significantly better than the USS scheme I'm currently on.

They’re fictional. Twenty years ago when I first joined the CS you got an annual increment in addition to revaluation for inflation, so you progressed through the band in your time in that grade. Since 2010 it hasn’t been true, I agree with a PP that advertising the range is virtually a bare-faced lie.

Having said that, it’s worth a go at negotiating- I made a case for higher starting pay for a Grade 6 recruitment last year (so not SCS). All the appointable candidates were paid significantly more than the bottom of the scale.