12294 - Communications, Visits, and Ceremonials
| Posting date: | 27 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £42,914 to £46,182 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 December 2025 |
| Location: | BT1 4GF |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 12294 |
Summary
BACKGROUND
The Northern Ireland Office supports the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in promoting the best interests of Northern Ireland. We make sure that Northern Ireland interests are represented within the UK Government and that UK government responsibilities are fully and effectively represented in Northern Ireland. We are the centre of expertise on Northern Ireland issues across Government.
The Northern Ireland Office employs around 170 staff, with offices in Belfast and London. As a small Department, we adopt a flexible project-based approach to ensure that we have the right people, with the right skills, in the right place to support the delivery of our key objectives.
Due to our structure and size, we are able to offer extensive exposure to Ministers and the opportunity to work on a far wider portfolio of policy and responsibilities than might be the case in a larger department. This creates an interesting and stimulating work environment.
Our key priorities are set out in our Operational Delivery plan and include:
Supporting greater inclusion, tolerance and openness in Northern Ireland
Contributing to a safer Northern Ireland, where terrorist and paramilitary groups are less able to cause harm to communities
Ensuring that governance in Northern Ireland is responsive, transparent and able to deliver effective public service.
Addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland
For more information about what we do:
Visit:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/northern-ireland-office https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
This role involves working closely with the NIO Ministerial Team, Private Offices, policy colleagues, and external stakeholders in planning and delivering Ministerial visits and events in Northern Ireland, linking in with policy teams and communications on briefings and messaging.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The main responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
Planning and delivering Ministerial visits and events, which support the NIO’s business priorities.
Developing and maintaining a network of stakeholders to help deliver Ministerial visits.
Supporting the delivery of high profile UKG VIP visits, working in close partnership with PSNI, hosts and other UK Government Departments.
Working alongside comms team colleagues to help to deliver positive and engaging content to maximise publicity for the visit.
Providing resilience and flexible support for wider demands which may arise within the Visits Team, in the wider Communications, Visits & Ceremonials Team and across the Department.
Travel within Northern Ireland will be required.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
The post holder will need to demonstrate the following in their application and at interview:
Experience in planning and delivering major events and/or visits.
Experience of working with Ministers and senior officials.
Excellent communication skills.
Excellent organisational skills.
A good understanding of the political environment in Northern Ireland.
Driving licence and access to a vehicle.
BEHAVIOURS:
We will assess you against the following Success Profiles behaviours at the SEO level during the application sift and interview process:
Working Together (lead behaviour)
Communicating and Influencing
Seeing the Big Picture
Please note that in the event of a large number of applications being received we may run the initial sift on the lead Behaviour Working Together.
The Northern Ireland Office supports the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in promoting the best interests of Northern Ireland. We make sure that Northern Ireland interests are represented within the UK Government and that UK government responsibilities are fully and effectively represented in Northern Ireland. We are the centre of expertise on Northern Ireland issues across Government.
The Northern Ireland Office employs around 170 staff, with offices in Belfast and London. As a small Department, we adopt a flexible project-based approach to ensure that we have the right people, with the right skills, in the right place to support the delivery of our key objectives.
Due to our structure and size, we are able to offer extensive exposure to Ministers and the opportunity to work on a far wider portfolio of policy and responsibilities than might be the case in a larger department. This creates an interesting and stimulating work environment.
Our key priorities are set out in our Operational Delivery plan and include:
Supporting greater inclusion, tolerance and openness in Northern Ireland
Contributing to a safer Northern Ireland, where terrorist and paramilitary groups are less able to cause harm to communities
Ensuring that governance in Northern Ireland is responsive, transparent and able to deliver effective public service.
Addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland
For more information about what we do:
Visit:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/northern-ireland-office https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
This role involves working closely with the NIO Ministerial Team, Private Offices, policy colleagues, and external stakeholders in planning and delivering Ministerial visits and events in Northern Ireland, linking in with policy teams and communications on briefings and messaging.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The main responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
Planning and delivering Ministerial visits and events, which support the NIO’s business priorities.
Developing and maintaining a network of stakeholders to help deliver Ministerial visits.
Supporting the delivery of high profile UKG VIP visits, working in close partnership with PSNI, hosts and other UK Government Departments.
Working alongside comms team colleagues to help to deliver positive and engaging content to maximise publicity for the visit.
Providing resilience and flexible support for wider demands which may arise within the Visits Team, in the wider Communications, Visits & Ceremonials Team and across the Department.
Travel within Northern Ireland will be required.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
The post holder will need to demonstrate the following in their application and at interview:
Experience in planning and delivering major events and/or visits.
Experience of working with Ministers and senior officials.
Excellent communication skills.
Excellent organisational skills.
A good understanding of the political environment in Northern Ireland.
Driving licence and access to a vehicle.
BEHAVIOURS:
We will assess you against the following Success Profiles behaviours at the SEO level during the application sift and interview process:
Working Together (lead behaviour)
Communicating and Influencing
Seeing the Big Picture
Please note that in the event of a large number of applications being received we may run the initial sift on the lead Behaviour Working Together.