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  Sample job descriptions for summer vacation placement candidates.

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  Form to apply for a place on the Government Economic Service summer vacation placement scheme.

• The Commissioning Academy: application form

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Guidance and regulation

• Civil Service competency framework

  Guidance

  18 June 2018

  Civil Service

• National security vetting: advice for people who are being vetted

  Guidance

  25 May 2018

  Cabinet Office and Government Security Profession

• Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship schemes

  Detailed guide

  20 February 2017

  Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship

• Civil Service: values and standards of behaviour
  • Statutory guidance
  • 16 March 2015
  • Civil Service
• Government Security Classifications
  • Guidance
  • 21 May 2018
  • Cabinet Office

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News and communications

24 January 2018 — Speech

Civil Service transformation speech

Cabinet Office

1. Millions to benefit from groundbreaking mental health support
   • 26 October 2017
   • Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
   • Press release
2. Civil service ‘hub’ to bring growth to Cardiff
   • 8 August 2017
   • Cabinet Office and Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
   • Press release
3. Civil service ‘hub’ to bring growth to Edinburgh
   • 12 July 2017
   • Cabinet Office and HM Revenue & Customs
   • Press release
4. Government at your service: Ben Gummer speech
   • 10 February 2017
   • Cabinet Office
   • Speech

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Research and statistics

• Bullying, Harassment and Misconduct Review
  • 2 October 2018
  • Cabinet Office
  • Research
• Socio-economic diversity in the Fast Stream: the Bridge report
  • 2 February 2016
  • Cabinet Office, Civil Service, and Civil Service Fast Stream
  • Research
• Removing the barriers to success in the Civil Service: survey findings
  • 26 March 2015
  • Civil Service
  • Research
• Civil Service Quarterly: Issue 6
  • 19 November 2014
  • Cabinet Office and Civil Service
  • Research
• Women in Whitehall: culture, leadership, talent
  • 5 September 2014
  • Cabinet Office and Civil Service Reform
  • Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

• Black skin, Whitehall: Race and the Foreign Office, 1945 to 2018
  • 4 October 2018
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Policy paper
• Commercial operating standards for government
  • 22 February 2018
  • Government Commercial Function
  • Policy paper
• Employee engagement and wellbeing: NE Yorkshire and Humber District
  • 21 December 2016
  • Cabinet Office and Civil Service
  • Case study
• Employee engagement and wellbeing: Clay Cross Jobcentre Plus
  • 21 December 2016
  • Cabinet Office and Civil Service
  • Case study
• Employee engagement and wellbeing: Pyle and Porthcawl Jobcentre Plus
  • 21 December 2016
  • Cabinet Office and Civil Service
  • Case study

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Civil Service headline workforce information
  • 5 October 2018
  • Civil Service
  • Transparency
• Government evidence to the Senior Salaries Review Body on the pay of the Senior Civil Service
  • 24 September 2018
  • Senior Salaries Review Body and Civil Service
  • Transparency
• Trade union facility time
  • 5 June 2018
  • Cabinet Office
  • Transparency
• Civil Service sickness absence
  • 14 December 2017
  • Cabinet Office and Civil Service
  • Transparency
• DfT: Civil Service people survey
  • 14 December 2017
  • Department for Transport
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Cabinet Office
2. Civil Service
3. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
4. Government Digital Service
5. Home Office

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1. Civil Service reform
2. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
3. Civil Service Resourcing
4. HM Treasury
5. Department for Work & Pensions
6. Department of Health & Social Care
7. Civil Service Fast Stream
8. Government Security Profession
9. Department for Transport
10. National security and intelligence
11. Government Economic Service
12. Government Property Profession
13. Government Equalities Office
14. Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
15. Crown Commercial Service
16. Department for Education
17. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
18. HM Revenue & Customs
19. Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
20. UK Visas and Immigration
21. Defence Electronics & Components Agency
22. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
23. Ministry of Defence
24. Government social research profession
25. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
26. Government Office for Science
27. Immigration Enforcement
28. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
29. Border Force
30. Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
31. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
32. Government Commercial Function
33. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
34. Ministry of Justice
35. Northern Ireland Office
36. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
37. Review Body on Senior Salaries
38. Valuation Office Agency

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