Champion the East Midlands close to home
This is your opportunity to do nationally important, society-enhancing work right here in the East Midlands. These influential UK Civil Service jobs, traditionally located in London, are now being based all across the region.
Join us and you won’t just be doing work for your region, but on behalf of the whole country.
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- [Nahida Ahmed, Senior equality diversity and inclusion consultant, HM Revenue and Customs] I didn't even think I was joining the Civil Service when I joined the Civil Service.
- [Stephen Heggs, Driving test manager, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency] Very few people are aware of how many different departments there are but as far as I'm aware there are pretty much a Civil Service department in all aspects of general life. You know we all know about the likes of HM Revenue and Customs and Department for Work and Pensions and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency but the Environment Agency [is another] so it's, it's a large family.
- [Nahida] When I joined that's where I was really invigorated and encouraged and valued and I was taught that actually I had more to give.
- [Louise Lenton, Regional Director in Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service] You can be anything you want to be – there isn't a career you can't go for virtually. I've had the opportunity to move from behind the scenes working in administration not seeing a customer face-to-face to standing on a stage delivering a conference speech.
- [Nahida] There's so much encouragement to progress and develop yourselves within the Civil Service. Having never done a masters or any kind of academic research I went and did my masters in the Civil Service whilst working full-time in nine months.
- [Louise] The people that I work with amaze me every day. They are so skilled at what they do – the knowledge they've got is phenomenal.
- [Nahida] We're all human and we all have common ground. My role is to bring people together really and understand those common goals and that common ground, and live in harmony together almost. It sounds quite of a cliche but that's so important especially in the workplace.
- [Daniel Warner, Service centre operations lead, Department for Work and Pensions] One thing that I suppose is really close to me is is having a mentor but not in the fashion that people think [like] that person's going to help me get to the next part of my career. I've found lifelong friends who are my mentors. They are just the most wonderful people because they want to see you do well and then they're doing well on their own but they want to see you do well in the same way.
- [Stephen] Work-life balance is great, benefits are good, pensions pretty much second to none, holidays again pretty much second to none. Yeah go for it!
- [Daniel] I worked in Hospitality, you know, I've been to University and I've never found such a supportive environment in my entire career so I wouldn't want to change it. I do not want to go and do anything else. Private sector and school will come along I'm sure at some point, ask me to do certain bits, and they'll never be able to sway me I’m afraid.
East Midlands talent – Career opportunities closer to home
The Civil Service influences everything from employment to social care, education to energy, and industry to inclusion. You won’t need to focus on one area either.
The great benefit of a career with us is that you can move around – as well as up – experiencing a wide variety of career challenges and experiences found almost nowhere else.
The Civil Service career offer
When you begin your career in the Civil Service you will join an inclusive team, with exciting opportunities to help shape what happens within society.
In recent years, civil servants have worked on areas that have had a big impact on citizens, including the COVID-19 response, EU exit and international trade, cyber security, and the economy, to name a few.
The UK Civil Service offers many different avenues for potential applicants to join our organisation, including the Civil Service Fast Stream and Civil Service Apprenticeships.
Have a look, and see if any of them are right for you.
“Relocating roles, at all levels, in the East Midlands, is a great way to attract regional talent and open up opportunities to people from all areas of the East Midlands, to work in Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton and Nottingham. Consider joining us and making a difference to people’s lives.”
Rowena Limb
Director, Cities and Local Growth Unit
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
These are roles of real influence. As well as having a national significance, you’ll join a group of people acting as the collective voice of the East Midlands, ensuring that Whitehall and Westminster understand the needs and goals of diverse communities from Nottingham to Leicester, Loughborough to Lincoln, and everywhere in between.
The Civil Service is an exciting environment to work in, we support the government of the day to deliver policies that affect local communities, support the economy and benefit society.
Where could you work?
- HM Revenue and Customs
- HM Courts and Tribunals Service
- Ministry of Defence
- The Insolvency Service
- Natural England
- Office for National Statistics
- Department for Education
- Government Property Agency
