Secretariat Support to Pay Review Bodies

Location

Darlington, County Durham | United Kingdom

Job description

The Office of Manpower Economics (OME) is an independent body providing the secretariat for the eight public sector Pay Review Bodies, which make recommendations on pay for 2.5 million workers, with a pay bill of £100 billion. Each Pay Review Body is an NDPB and its Chairs and Members hold senior, non-Executive type roles. OME is part of Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform Group in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and our work on public sector pay contributes to supporting an efficient and flexible UK labour market.

OME is currently based in Windsor House, 50 Victoria Street, SW1H 0TL. We are a small, friendly and collegiate body with a shared pride the quality of our work. Everyone has full access to DBT training and development opportunities and we are fully committed to playing our part in building an inclusive DBT environment.

This is a hugely exciting opportunity to work in the highly topical area of public sector pay. The post holder will work with three secretariat teams within OME, personally supporting four public sector Pay Review Bodies and overseeing the administrative function across all eight Review Bodies that OME supports.

Should the candidate wish, there will be opportunities for some travel, mostly within the UK, on Pay Review Body visits to remit groups in their workplaces. These visits are usually scheduled several months in advance.

• Provide comprehensive administrative and secretariat support to three teams across OME and four Pay Review Bodies (Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body, Police Remuneration Review Body, NCA Remuneration Review Body, and Senior Salaries Review Body).
• Lead on the administrative and organisational arrangements for all Review Body meetings for those four Pay Review Bodies, including oral evidence with Ministers and senior stakeholders from government departments, trade unions and public services.
• Lead on the processing of Pay Review Body member fees and expenses forms and accurately prepare claims for countersigning by senior colleagues.
• Communicate and engage effectively with a range of people, including internal and external staff and stakeholders, including monitoring and managing correspondence that arrives in group mailboxes. This will include dealing with stakeholder enquiries promptly and courteously by email, telephone or in person, referring to the relevant secretariat lead where appropriate.
• Support the Pay Review Body visits programme by leading on all members’ travel and accommodation bookings.
• Contribute to effective information management (including maintaining administrative and information resources of the Pay Review Bodies) and assist with the dissemination and/or collation of information/returns in a timely manner.
• Develop effective working relationships and communicate regularly within secretariat teams and with Pay Review Body members.
• Provide support to the secretariats throughout the year on a range of ad-hoc duties such as the regular Pay Review Body news briefs or proof-reading final reports.
• Oversee the overall approach to administrative support across all eight Pay Review Bodies, which over time is likely to include line management of 2 Administrative Officers who provide administrative support to other Pay Review Body secretariats.
• Provide cover for other members of the team in their absence and assist with their workloads as necessary.
• Identify, discuss and action own professional performance and training and development needs.

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Salary

£27.33k - £33.02k per annum