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Civil Service fast streamer : Salary and conditions

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  • Starting salaries usually range between £25,000 and £27,000.
  • Typical salary after promotion, usually after four to five years but dependent entirely on performance: around £45,000, eventually rising to around £57,000 or more.
  • These salary ranges apply to London-based posts. Most entry-level posts are based in London. Starting salaries can vary across departments and sometimes departments offer pay above the minimum to reflect certain experience or qualifications (e.g. a relevant postgraduate degree).
  • Departments differ quite widely in their range of work and style. Some roles require long and/or irregular hours, but working hours are more likely to be a standard nine to five and most roles do not require working weekends or shifts.
  • A generous holiday entitlement of 25 days plus 10.5 days public and privilege holidays are given.
  • A large proportion of the work is office based.
  • Family friendly benefits, including flexible working hours and job sharing, are widely available. Many departments also offer crèches, holiday play schemes or childcare assistance. Some departments offer loans for transport season tickets, and access to sports and social facilities.
  • Part-time work and career breaks are possible but self-employment/freelance work is not.
  • It is often necessary to work under considerable pressure.
  • Although slightly more than half of Civil Service jobs are held by women, men continue to be over-represented in the more senior roles. The Civil Service is committed to increasing diversity in its workforce and regularly publishes its employment statistics, see Civil Service: Diversity .
  • Initially, jobs are in restricted locations. Most departments will start Fast Stream recruits in London, but many civil servants, including senior staff, work outside the South East. There are also opportunities in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Leeds and Sheffield, for example.
  • Travel within a working day, absence from home overnight and overseas work or travel may be required occasionally. Relocation and mobility may be required to make progress in some departments and may be a permanent fact of life in others, such as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) . Here, diplomats and operational staff can expect to spend a significant part of their working life abroad.
 
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Written by AGCAS editors
Date: 
October 2010
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