900 Civil service EO jobs

[Darbs76]

Hi all

Just thought I’d share this advert for 900 civil service jobs at Executive Officer (EO) role - various locations. I see a lot of posts about CS jobs so thought I’d share.

www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?jcode=1812856

I just want to point out, before anyone gets too excited, that even though the salary is advertised as a band between £25,750 - £31,950, in reality, you can earn only the lower amount, £25,750. The salary is not negotiable.

I do not know how the civil service has been getting away with this shit for so long re. Misrepresenting the wage.

It's a progressive pay band though isn't it? You start at 25 and over time build up?

No, you can no longer progress up the pay scale. You stay at the bottom until you get promoted, with a 1% pay rise annually if you are lucky. And then when you are promoted you go to the bottom of the next pay scale.

We got more than 1% this year. You do earn more over time as pay rises happen, but of course best way to earn more is to go for promotion, and get the next grade up salary

@Darbs76 where you sit at the bottom of the pay scale until you get promoted…

Thanks OP!

If you’re promoted you are guaranteed minimum of 10% salary increase

Not all civil service depts have the same pay increases it varies massively each year - we just had.a 13% over 3 year deal with HMRC and DHSC is 2% award this year

Well I’ve been in my new grade 3 months and salary increased by 1.5k already - so not true

Interesting, which department are you in OP?

DH is a civil servant and they used to get incremental rises, but freezes mean they only get small percentages which don't keep up with cost of living.

Most people he knows are effectively getting pay cuts each year unless they get promoted, so they're haemorrhaging staff to the private sector (who then get contracted back in at higher rates of pay!)

I progressed up my pay scale this year, as did everyone in my department. Have done in previous years/departments too. Obviously not in line with inflation but not nothing.

Also to bear in mind you could end up being forced to action disgusting government policy around asylum and immigration in that role so even if it was paying 90k a year I wouldn't go near a job like that.

All that blurb just puts people off! And the salary is so incredibly low!

DH managed to negotiate the salary to get to the upper end if the scale. He told them
he only applied as the upper end was closer to his current salary . HR went back to the board and cane back with a revised salary offer.

I have a friend who works there and he told me that staff were given the option as to whether they worked on that project or not.

Wrong if you are a current civil servant you get either a 10% pay rise or move to the bottom of the scale whichever is more favourable. That's why they advert the scales. I know I'm a current civil servant

Is it not the same as local authority pay scales in that you go up one spinal point each year of you achieve your target and them up another one if you exceed in them? Once you are at the top spinal point you then receive the inflation pay increase (if there is one)?

Nope, nothing like that. You get your 1% (maybe 2 or 3 in some depts this year) a year. At 1% it would take me around 18 years to reach the top of the pay band - and that wouldn't take into account how much inflation had eaten away at the pay band in the meantime.

Depends on the department , we had a 14.5% award in HMRC over 3 years following a review of terms - I’m just about to transfer over to DHSC and will be at the top of their pay scale , not all departments award rises uniformly

Did anyone apply for this?