Civil Service application

[DinaFox]

I have another thread about working in project management and have a question leading on from that about the Civil Service if anyone can help me?

I have found a HEO role in the Civil Service as a PMO Support Officer that I am going to apply for. For those of you in the Civil Service, how should I structure my application? They are asking for my CV and there are two boxes to complete: one which says 'Employment History' and the other 'Previous Skills and Experience'.

Should I list all my job roles and key responsibilities to date in the Employment box and then focus on my skills in the second box? Should I structure it in bullet point form or a longer narrative?

Bump in case anyone is able to help.

Google Success Profiles so that you can properly understand the application process & then it will be more obvious what the people sifting (shortlisting) are looking for from your application. Then work through the criteria and make sure you demonstrate evidence that you meet them all so they can put you through to interview.

Make it really clear so it's easy for them. When I did mine I literally went through my cv and then did a list of points at the side of the criteria before I completed the form so I didn't miss anything out.

You need the evidence so don't say "I can run a post office" you need to say "I ran a post office for 6 months. I successfully managed a budget of £x. I employed 3 staff..."

Obv it's a silly example but you can get the idea.

@Iizzyb thank you for the advice, I have been looking online and reading up on the success profiles etc. but my question was more about how to structure my CV in the application form as that is not clear to me from what I have read so far.