Civil Service Executive Officer (EO) jobs
There are currently 150 EO vacancies open across the Civil Service.
Executive Officer is the first grade where the Civil Service expects you to own something. An EO is trusted with a piece of work rather than a queue of cases: a small project, a reporting cycle, a supplier relationship, a team of AOs. The shift from AO is a shift from doing the work well to being answerable for whether it gets done.
EO is also the widest grade in the Civil Service in terms of what the job actually is. The same grade covers operational team leaders in DWP and HMRC, junior analysts, project support officers, HR and finance specialists, and the first rung of most professions. Two EO adverts from different departments can describe almost unrelated jobs, which makes the profession filter more useful at this grade than at any other.
For applications, EO is where Success Profiles behaviours step up a level, and it is the step candidates most often underestimate. Panels want examples where you took responsibility for an outcome, not just for your own task — where you noticed something needed doing, decided how to do it, and dealt with what went wrong. Answers that would have scored well at AO frequently fail at EO for exactly this reason: the story is competent but nothing in it was yours to decide.
It is also the grade where the STAR structure starts to matter. At EO the panel is scoring a specific example against defined indicators, and an answer that describes what you generally do rather than what you once actually did has nothing for them to score. Being concrete about a single situation beats being impressive about several.
Live vacancies
Crown Court Clerk (Ref: 23360)
HM Courts and Tribunals Service
EOWorcester£29,303+15 days left
Facilitator: Group Worker (Ref: 23508)
HM Prison & Probation Service
EOThis position is based at HMYOI EASTWOOD PARK WOOTON-UNDER-EDGE, GL12 8DB£34,44015 days left
HM Courts and Tribunals Service
EONorthampton£29,303+14 days left
Associate Corporate Knowledge Information Manager
Crown Prosecution Service
EOThis post can be based in any location within England and Wales where a Crown Prosecution Service office is located. You are expected to travel to Crown Prosecution Service locations as part of this role£31,840+13 days left
Crown Prosecution Service
EONewcastle upon Tyne, Middlesbrough£31,840+13 days left
4272 - Tribunal Case Officer X 3
Welsh Government
EOWales£30,754+13 days left
4240 - Leadership Engagement and Events Officer x 3
Welsh Government
EOWales£30,754+13 days left
Competition & Markets Authority
EOLondon£32,330+13 days left
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
EOManchester£32,196+12 days left
Cabinet Office
EOWestminster£35,479+10 days left
Vessel Traffic Services Operator
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
EOFalmouth£39,52714 days left
Crown Prosecution Service
EONewcastle upon Tyne, London +4 more£31,84014 days left
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
EOYeading / Uxbridge location change£32,02713 days left
HM Courts and Tribunals Service
EOLincoln£29,303+13 days left
OFGEM
EOLondon, Cardiff +1 more£26,694+13 days left
Verification Assurance Officer - North East
Department for Work and Pensions
EOChester, Bradford +1 more£32,13712 days left
Verification Assurance Officer - Home Counties
Department for Work and Pensions
EOBedford, Chelmsford +6 more£32,137+12 days left
Workforce Management Real Time Analyst (Ref: 23487)
HM Courts and Tribunals Service
EOLondon£29,303+12 days left
Specialist Instructional Officer (Information & Communication Technology), No.1 Radio School
Ministry of Defence
EORAF Cosford, WV7 3EX£30,74032 days left
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
EOSalisbury, Fareham£28,039+17 days left
Medr
EOMerthyr Tydfil, Cardiff +2 more£18,585+17 days left
Legal and Data Services Policy Assistant
Office for National Statistics
EOThis role is aligned to ONS hybrid working principles, which are based on attending the office with purpose. The postholder will be expected to contribute to the organisation’s overall 40% office attendance£28,13814 days left
Home Office
EOSalford£34,415+12 days left
Cabinet Office
EONewcastle upon Tyne, Glasgow£30,768+11 days left
UK Health Security Agency
EOSalisbury£28,547+11 days left
The full board also shows how many posts each campaign is filling, which the official results list does not.
Common questions
- What behaviour level is assessed at EO?
- EO sits a level above AA and AO in the Success Profiles framework. In practice the panel is looking for evidence that you took responsibility for an outcome and made decisions about how to reach it, rather than that you carried out a task well.
- Do EO roles involve managing people?
- Many do — EO is the standard first line-management grade in operational departments — but plenty do not. Analytical, project and specialist EO roles often have no direct reports. Read the job summary on the advert rather than assuming either way.
- Can I apply for EO roles from outside the Civil Service?
- Yes. A large share of EO campaigns are external and open to all. The board defaults to showing every live vacancy, and each advert states who it is open to.
- What salary can I expect as an EO?
- EO pay varies by department and by London weighting, and the range across departments is wide. Filter this board by minimum salary to see what live EO vacancies are currently paying.
Read the full guide — what the grade involves, how it is assessed, and worked answers.