personal statement
Budget: £20 – £250 GBP
Hi I need to write a 1000 word personal statement for civil service job
You will need to submit an anonymised CV and Statement of Suitability as part of your application.
Your CV should be no more than 2 pages long and should show us your work history and previous experience. It should be well structured, succinct and written in clear language.
The statement of suitability should be no more than 1000 words and should give us examples of how your skills and experience meet those needed for this role. Consider giving examples that cover all the requirements and use work you have completed to demonstrate your experience.
Skills and Experience
Make effective decisions – you will have strong problem-solving skills, bringing structure to complex policy issues and able to draw sound conclusions, drawing on a range of evidence and analysis to deliver high-quality, innovative and inclusive policy advice. This will include working with quantitative and qualitative data to develop a robust evidence base.
Lead and engage- you will be an open and engaging leader, committed to building an inclusive and high-performing culture within the team, setting strategic direction and supporting your direct reports through coaching. You will have a focus on personal development and wellbeing, playing an active leadership and management role across your team, directorate and the MoJ.
Work collaboratively– you will have excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to build and maintain strong relationships, and influence across the department and beyond to ensure that the work of your team has maximum impact. You will be open to challenge and able to effectively navigate conflicting priorities.
Deliver at pace – you will have strong prioritisation skills and the ability to make effective decisions on how to structure projects to make best use of your resources. You will have the ability to impose structure on complex problems, allocate scarce resources in the context of the department’s strategy and political direction, and set-up and lead teams and bring colleagues together to reach your end goal.
Communicate complex ideas clearly– understanding and articulating complex issues to senior stakeholders and ministers, drawing on your understanding of the bigger picture to ensure communications are clear, concise, effective and relevant, and taking into account political sensitivities.
You will need to submit an anonymised CV and Statement of Suitability as part of your application.
Your CV should be no more than 2 pages long and should show us your work history and previous experience. It should be well structured, succinct and written in clear language.
The statement of suitability should be no more than 1000 words and should give us examples of how your skills and experience meet those needed for this role. Consider giving examples that cover all the requirements and use work you have completed to demonstrate your experience.
Skills and Experience
Make effective decisions – you will have strong problem-solving skills, bringing structure to complex policy issues and able to draw sound conclusions, drawing on a range of evidence and analysis to deliver high-quality, innovative and inclusive policy advice. This will include working with quantitative and qualitative data to develop a robust evidence base.
Lead and engage- you will be an open and engaging leader, committed to building an inclusive and high-performing culture within the team, setting strategic direction and supporting your direct reports through coaching. You will have a focus on personal development and wellbeing, playing an active leadership and management role across your team, directorate and the MoJ.
Work collaboratively– you will have excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to build and maintain strong relationships, and influence across the department and beyond to ensure that the work of your team has maximum impact. You will be open to challenge and able to effectively navigate conflicting priorities.
Deliver at pace – you will have strong prioritisation skills and the ability to make effective decisions on how to structure projects to make best use of your resources. You will have the ability to impose structure on complex problems, allocate scarce resources in the context of the department’s strategy and political direction, and set-up and lead teams and bring colleagues together to reach your end goal.
Communicate complex ideas clearly– understanding and articulating complex issues to senior stakeholders and ministers, drawing on your understanding of the bigger picture to ensure communications are clear, concise, effective and relevant, and taking into account political sensitivities.
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