{"id":2115,"date":"2021-06-07T14:46:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T13:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/?page_id=2115"},"modified":"2021-06-08T15:31:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T14:31:38","slug":"civil-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/civil-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A career in the Civil Service offers you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the opportunity to make a difference to people\u2019s lives in the UK<\/li>\n<li>learning on the job and good career development opportunities<\/li>\n<li>flexible working hours and comprehensive benefits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can explore careers across the Civil Service on the <a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk\/\" rel=\"external\">Civil Service Careers website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entry routes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The different routes into the Civil Service include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>moving directly into a Civil Service job (these can be permanent or fixed-term contracts, full-time or part-time) &#8211; you can\u00a0<a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk\/csr\/index.cgi\" rel=\"external\">start a job search now<\/a><\/li>\n<li>the\u00a0<a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.faststream.gov.uk\/\">Civil Service Fast Stream programme<\/a>\u00a0for graduates<\/li>\n<li>the\u00a0<a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.faststream.gov.uk\/summer-diversity-internship-programme\/\" rel=\"external\">Summer Diversity Internship programme<\/a>\u00a0for ethnic minority students, disabled students and those from under-represented socio-economic backgrounds<\/li>\n<li>the\u00a0<a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.faststream.gov.uk\/early-diversity-internship-programme\/\" rel=\"external\">Early Diversity Internship programme<\/a>\u00a0for ethnic minority students and those from under-represented socio-economic backgrounds<\/li>\n<li>the\u00a0<a class=\"govuk-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/movement-to-work-work-experience-in-the-civil-service-for-unemployed-young-people\">Movement to Work scheme<\/a>\u00a0which offers work experience in the Civil Service for unemployed young people<\/li>\n<li>student placements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Graduate entry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Civil Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faststream.gov.uk\/\">Fast Stream<\/a> is a development programme designed to prepare graduates for careers at the highest levels of the Civil Service. There are 15 different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faststream.gov.uk\/all-schemes\/index.html\">schemes on the Fast Stream<\/a>. Graduates work in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk\/departments\/\">central Government departments<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/about\/working\/introduction\/\">the Houses of Parliament<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faststream.gov.uk\/diplomatic-service\/\">the Diplomatic Service<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faststream.gov.uk\/government-communication-service\/\">the Government Communications Service<\/a>\u00a0and in specialist areas including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faststream.gov.uk\/human-resources\/\">HR<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faststream.gov.uk\/finance\/\">Finance<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faststream.gov.uk\/project-delivery\/\">Project Delivery<\/a>. The programme offers experience in policy, operational, commercial and financial areas, rotating between different Government departments and with opportunities for external secondments.<\/p>\n<p>Impartiality is a cornerstone of the Civil Service and civil servants are required to be politically neutral in carrying out their duties. Their job is to enact the wishes of the Government in a way that works for the public in the best way possible, regardless of their own political views or their opinion of the policies. More senior civil servants cannot be a member of a political party. If you are highly active in politics, you should consider whether the Civil Service is really the right career option for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prospects.ac.uk\/job-profiles\/civil-service-fast-streamer\">Job profile of a Civil Service Fast Streamer from the Prospects website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/targetjobs.co.uk\/careers-advice\/job-descriptions\/278963-civil-service-administrator-job-description\">Job profile of a Civil Service administrator from the TARGET Jobs website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/civil-service-fast-stream\">Civil Service Fast Stream website<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/civil-service\/&amp;t=Civil Service' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Civil Service%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/civil-service\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/civil-service\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/civil-service\/&amp;title=Civil Service' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/civil-service\/&amp;title=Civil Service' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A career in the Civil Service offers you: the opportunity to make a difference to people\u2019s lives in the UK learning on the job and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/civil-service\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75552,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2115"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2145,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2115\/revisions\/2145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/aspirations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}