Civil Service jobs in Belfast
There are currently 31 Civil Service vacancies open in Belfast.
Belfast carries two separate public services that both advertise on this board: the Northern Ireland Civil Service, which serves the devolved administration, and UK government departments operating in Northern Ireland on reserved matters.
They are genuinely different employers. The NICS has its own grading structure, its own pay and its own recruitment process, which does not use the UK Success Profiles framework in the same way. Reading which one an advert belongs to before preparing is not a formality here.
For UK department roles the assessment is the standard Success Profiles process described elsewhere on this site. For NICS roles, check the selection process section of the advert carefully, because the framework and the grade names both differ.
No London weighting applies, and living costs in Northern Ireland are below the UK average, which makes the effective value of a given salary comparatively strong.
Departments hiring in Belfast right now
Live vacancies
The Electoral Commission
OtherLondon, Cardiff +2 more£58,000+20 days left
Head of Implementation and Engagement
HM Revenue and Customs
Grade 6Newcastle upon Tyne, Birmingham +12 more£71,725+13 days left
Head of Physical Security & Resilience
HM Revenue and Customs
Grade 7Newcastle upon Tyne, Birmingham +11 more£58,541+12 days left
The Electoral Commission
OtherCardiff, Edinburgh +1 more£40,031+11 days left
Head of Business Relationship Management
HM Revenue and Customs
Grade 6Birmingham, Manchester +9 more£71,725+11 days left
HM Revenue and Customs
Grade 6Manchester, Leeds +9 more£71,725+11 days left
Field Collections Team - National Collector
HM Revenue and Customs
EOBirmingham, Leeds +9 more£31,096+11 days left
Head of Business Relationship Management (Jobshare)
HM Revenue and Customs
Grade 6Edinburgh, Belfast£71,725+24 days left
National Crime Agency
SEOLondon, Bristol +2 more£57,68711 days left
Commercial Policy, Assurance & Capability Manager
Department for Business and Trade
SEOLondon, Birmingham +5 more£44,913+19 days left
Head of Help to Grow: Management Programme
Department for Business and Trade
Grade 6London, Birmingham +5 more£73,025+3 days left
Deputy Director of Governance, Planning and Performance
Food Standards Agency
SCSLondon, Cardiff +2 more£86,00017 days left
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Department for Business and Trade
Grade 7London, Birmingham +5 more£68,732+8 days left
Information and Privacy adviser
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
HEOCardiff, Aberdeen +3 more£37,0196 days left
Exports Strategy Policy Advisor
Department for Business and Trade
HEOLondon, Birmingham +5 more£37,666+3 days left
National Crime Agency
EOLondon, Birmingham +4 more£37,42818 days left
Stakeholder & Communications Lead
HM Revenue and Customs
Grade 7Newcastle upon Tyne, Birmingham +14 more£58,541+5 days left
People Service Senior Adviser - Pay and Reward
The Electoral Commission
OtherCardiff, Edinburgh +1 more£40,031+4 days left
Office for National Statistics
Grade 7London, Manchester +5 more£56,86112 days left
Investigator (London/Wales Team)
Food Standards Agency
HEOLondon, Cardiff +2 more£34,9553 days left
Innovation and AI Policy Manager
Department for Business and Trade
SEOLondon, Birmingham +5 more£44,913+4 days left
Cyber Threat and Vulnerability Analyst
Department for Business and Trade
HEOLondon, Birmingham +5 more£37,666+4 days left
Service Delivery Manager - Workday and Business Applications
Food Standards Agency
Grade 7Cardiff, Belfast +1 more£58,27917 days left
Department for Business and Trade
Grade 7London, Birmingham +5 more£60,732+6 days left
HM Revenue and Customs
HEONewcastle upon Tyne, Birmingham +12 more£37,682+4 days left
The full board also shows how many posts each campaign is filling, which the official results list does not.
Common questions
- Is the Northern Ireland Civil Service the same as the UK Civil Service?
- No. The NICS serves the devolved administration and has its own grades, pay and recruitment process. UK departments also operate in Northern Ireland on reserved matters, and both advertise here.
- Does the NICS use Success Profiles?
- Not in the same way as UK departments. Check the selection process section of the advert, because the framework and the grade names both differ from the UK Civil Service.
- How do NICS grades compare with UK Civil Service grades?
- They do not map exactly. The NICS uses its own grade titles, so treat an apparent equivalent as approximate and read the salary and job summary rather than assuming.