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West Midlands

Build something brilliant closer to home

This is your opportunity to do game-changing work right here in the West Midlands. These influential UK Civil Service jobs, traditionally located in London, are now being based and created all across the region.

Join us and you’ll be doing far-reaching, nationally vital work on behalf of the whole country.

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West Midlands talent – Career opportunities closer to home

The Civil Service influences everything from industry, energy and the environment to social care, culture and justice. 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.

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“Bringing opportunities closer to home and levelling up for people across the UK is really important. People can work for the Civil Service in the West Midlands and have an excellent career working at the heart of government.”

Bal Moore

Delivery Director and Chief Operating Officer

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 West Midlands, ensuring that Whitehall and Westminster understand the needs and goals of diverse communities from Birmingham to Dudley, Wolverhampton to Warwick, and everywhere in between.

Where could you work?

  • HM Prison and Probation Service
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Companies House
  • UK Health Security Agency
  • and more…

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