Executive officer policy advisor Review

by Civil Service

Rating

2.2/5
  • Skills
    2.8
  • Responsibilities
    2.0
  • Support & Guidance
    2.0
  • Culture
    2.8
  • Your Impressions
    1.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Respond to member of the publics queries on the policy, provide advice to members of government. Provide admin support for legislative reviews

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • How to multitask, soft skills, essay writing

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 1/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 3/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Not a lot, my manager insulated me from most of the important work

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 2/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • None. My manager really didn’t bother helping me develop my skills. I was left to get on with small hits of work none of the wider team wanted to do. Despite making it clear I had Asperger’s, my manager didn’t factor this is to account and it made working in the environment difficult

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 1/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Due to being the youngest in the team by over 3 decades, it was always serious and there wasn’t much of an opportunity to joke. Management wasn’t interested in hearing our opinion on how things could be approached. We were just cogs in the machine

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 1/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 1/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • Really didn’t enjoy at all. Found the work repetitive, being pushed outside of my stretch zone repeatedly without any help, when I asked for help it was largely ignored and I was delegated to simple admin jobs. I repeatedly felt anxious and that the work culture was borderline toxic. There were multiple occasions I considered quitting

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 1/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 1/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Civil Service

    • 1/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Civil Service to a friend?

    • No

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Civil Service

    • Be aware that you have little autonomy or freedom to approach work, you have to conform to established processes. Whilst good for getting core soft social skills, be aware that you’ll need thick skin to be able to get the most out of this.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

North West

November 2021

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