Senior Civil Service Pay Band 1 (SCS PB1) Civil Service Jobs
34 SCS PB1 (Senior Civil Service Pay Band 1) vacancies are currently open across the Civil Service. Typical starting pay ranges from £86,000 to £90,000. They span 18 departments, including Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Defence and HM Land Registry. The next closes 12 October 2026.
Current vacancies
| Openings | Position / DepartmentDept | Grade | Location | Salary | Closing In | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🔒Reveal | Chief Financial Officer (CFO), PackUK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs First seen 23d ago | SCS PB1 | Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff +4 📍 Locations Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York Interviews will be held face to face in London. | £86,000+ | 9h left | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director for Government Cyber Services and Deputy Government CISO Department for Science, Innovation & Technology First seen 13d ago | SCS PB1 | London | £86,000+ | 9h left | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director, Arts (Maternity Cover) Department for Culture, Media and Sport First seen 17d ago | SCS PB1 | London, Manchester | £86,000+ | 9h left | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Head of IT Change Delivery HM Revenue and Customs First seen 16d ago | SCS PB1 | Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol +9 📍 Locations Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Portsmouth, Telford, Worthing Due to workforce controls, Birmingham is only open to existing HMRC employees. | £86,000+ | 9h left | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Chief Financial Officer Forestry Commission First seen 18d ago | SCS PB1 | Bristol | £95,000+ | 2 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | ODA and International Biodiversity Funds Deputy Director Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs First seen 16d ago | SCS PB1 | Bristol, London, York | £86,000+ | 2 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Chief Executive Officer, The Office of Environmental Governance Wales (OEGW) Welsh Government First seen 27d ago | SCS PB1 | Llandudno Junction | £86,000+ | 3 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director, Place Division Welsh Government First seen 16d ago | SCS PB1 | Cardiff | £86,000+ | 4 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director, Railway Engineering & Investment Office of Rail and Road First seen 24d ago | SCS PB1 | Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow +3 📍 Locations Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London, Manchester, York Requires working from a workplace location for at least 40% of each month. | £90,000+ | 4 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director People Analysis Ministry of Defence First seen 14d ago | SCS PB1 | London, Bristol, Andover +2 📍 Locations London, Bristol, Andover, High Wycombe, Portsmouth Contractual location can be London or Bristol, with regular attendance required in London. | £86,000+ | 6 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director, Hosting & Cloud infrastructure Services, HO Digital Home Office First seen 24d ago | SCS PB1 | London, Croydon, Manchester, Sheffield | £86,000+ | 6 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director, Small Modular Reactor Programme: Great British Energy Nuclear - Sponsorship and Policy Department for Energy Security & Net Zero First seen 14d ago | SCS PB1 | Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol +5 📍 Locations Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford Occasional travel to Anglesey and elsewhere in England & Wales is expected. | £86,000+ | 6 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Director of Communication, Scotland Office Ministry of Justice First seen 17d ago | SCS PB1 | London, Edinburgh | £86,000+ | 6 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Chief Customer Officer, UK Hydrographic Office Ministry of Defence First seen 17d ago | SCS PB1 | Taunton | £115,000+ | 7 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Chief Information Security Officer OFGEM First seen 17d ago | SCS PB1 | Cardiff, Glasgow, London | £81,000+ | 7 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director - East of England Department for Education First seen 18d ago | SCS PB1 | Cambridge, London | £86,000+ | 7 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Chief Operating Officer (FTA) Queen Elizabeth II Centre First seen 4d ago | SCS PB1 | London | £90,000+ | 10 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director for Criminal Enforcement Unit Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency First seen 5d ago | SCS PB1 | London, Potters Bar | £86,000+ | 12 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director - Counter Fraud HM Land Registry First seen 17d ago | SCS PB1 | Birkenhead, Croydon, Coventry +9 📍 Locations Birkenhead, Croydon, Coventry, Durham, Weymouth, Gloucester, Kingston upon Hull, Leicester, Nottingham, Peterborough, Plymouth, Warton Staff are expected to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office. | £86,000+ | 13 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director - Risk Assurance and Security HM Land Registry First seen 17d ago | SCS PB1 | Birkenhead, Croydon, Coventry +9 📍 Locations Birkenhead, Croydon, Coventry, Durham, Weymouth, Gloucester, Kingston upon Hull, Leicester, Nottingham, Peterborough, Plymouth, Warton Expectation to spend at least 60% of working time in the office. | £86,000+ | 13 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director Chief People Officer Function & HR Profession Ministry of Justice First seen 12d ago | SCS PB1 | UK-wide | £90,000+ | 13 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Digital Deputy Directors, Migration and Borders Group (4 posts) Home Office First seen 16d ago | SCS PB1 | London, Glasgow, Croydon +2 📍 Locations London, Glasgow, Croydon, Manchester, Sheffield Frequent travel to 2 Marsham Street, London will be required if based elsewhere in the UK. | £86,000+ | 13 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Head of Air and Space Media & Communications (RAF) Ministry of Defence First seen 7d ago | SCS PB1 | High Wycombe, London | £95,000+ | 13 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director Technology Services HM Land Registry First seen 17d ago | SCS PB1 | Plymouth | £95,000+ | 14 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director, IT Service Operations OFGEM First seen 10d ago | SCS PB1 | Cardiff, Glasgow, London | £81,000+ | 14 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Distinguished Engineer- (Head of Service Reliability Engineering) HM Revenue and Customs First seen 13d ago | SCS PB1 | Bristol, Leeds, London +2 📍 Locations Bristol, Leeds, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Telford | £86,000+ | 14 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Lead Analyst for Digital Transformation Group Department for Work and Pensions First seen 10d ago | SCS PB1 | Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds +4 📍 Locations Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Pontypridd, Sheffield | £86,000+ | 14 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director for Media and Content Department for Education First seen 3d ago | SCS PB1 | London | £92,000+ | 16 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Environment Agency Deputy Director, Thames Strategy & Partnerships Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs First seen 7d ago | SCS PB1 | London | £81,000+ | 16 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (Cyber Operations) Home Office First seen 10d ago | SCS PB1 | London, Croydon, Manchester, Sheffield | £90,000+ | 20 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director - Strategic Change Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs First seen 2d ago | SCS PB1 | Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York | £86,000+ | 20 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Director Counter-Terrorism, UK and Crisis Operations Ministry of Defence First seen 2d ago | SCS PB1 | London | £86,000+ | 20 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Regional Deputy Director of US Partnerships Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency First seen 3d ago | SCS PB1 | Washington | £86,000+ | 20 days | View |
| 🔒Reveal | Deputy Directors - Local Transport Infrastructure Sponsorship and Delivery Department for Transport First seen 4d ago | SCS PB1 | Birmingham, Leeds, London | £86,000+ | 21 days | View |
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