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Negotiating Civil Service Starting Pay

mimshack01
Posts: 15 Forumite
Hello,
After a successful interview for HEO grade and few weeks of waiting to complete pre-employment checks, I finally got a formal offer letter for a civil service job but the paypoint is at the lowest entry point.
This is seriously too low than I expect to receive for the job position. Please does anyone know if I could still negotiate for the higher scale of the salary range? If yes, under what conditions can this be done?
After a successful interview for HEO grade and few weeks of waiting to complete pre-employment checks, I finally got a formal offer letter for a civil service job but the paypoint is at the lowest entry point.
This is seriously too low than I expect to receive for the job position. Please does anyone know if I could still negotiate for the higher scale of the salary range? If yes, under what conditions can this be done?
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I'm shocked that they've offered you the job with that grammar!
Than again.. civil service...0 -
You were surely aware of the pay scale when you applied? Unless you already have service you would enter at the lowest point on the scale.
You are free to put forward a business case as to why you are worth more. The likelihood is it will be declined, but there's no harm in asking.
(Did you not ask the same question in March?)
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I don't know if it is possible to negotiate starting salary in the CS, I'm pretty certain it wasn't when I was a civil servant. I would doubt if you are in a good bargaining position anyway.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0
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Depends on the department. it ranges from can only appoint at the bottom of the pay scale to can offer higher starting pay with varying levels of seniority to sign off on the decision.
Also consider that most of the civil service currently has no annual pay progression and the government has committed to a 1% cap for cost of living pay rises0 -
Yes, I asked similar question before when offer was proposed for the HEO level without salary being confirmed. Now they've contacted me with the formal offer letter and first time where the actual salary is being stated.0
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I'm struggling to accept this as the new pay level and have to remain so for next 2 or so years!0
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I see you've changed your original post and removed the bit about being unsuccessful in your G7 application.
In the CS, set roles have specific grades. The recruitment process chooses people based on the requirements of that role or grade and the pay is set accordingly.
Higher starting pay would only be considered if the applicant had skills which were above and beyond that of the role AND those skills were rare and highly desirable.
Does this apply to you? Why do you feel you are worth more than the going rate?
The public sector has been facing a wage squeeze for a few years now; a fact regularly mentioned in the news. You will have known this when you applied and have had ample time to address this by speaking with the recruitment team.
Sorry but if you want to be comfortable working within the public sector then you'll need to accept that the system will not revolve around you and your personal requirements.:hello:0 -
mimshack01 wrote: »I'm struggling to accept this as the new pay level and have to remain so for next 2 or so years!
Why the struggle?
You knew the grade minimum and maximum figures so it shouldn't have come as any real surprise.
As an HEO candidate I would have expected you to have the wits to research the pay freeze etc so that should also be 'old news' to you.
Really, if you take this job, you will become part of a very, very large organisation. One with due process and a policy for all occasions.
You need to accept that or move on.:hello:0 -
Which department is it you've been offered a post with?"You've been reading SOS when it's just your clock reading 5:05 "0
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At HEO grade it's entirely possible you won't even get a 1% rise each year. When the cap was originally introduced, nobody earning over £21k got any rise.0
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