21159 - Visits Support Officer


Company:	Ministry of Justice
Salary:	£35,335 - £37,847
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Belfast, BT1 4GF
Working pattern:	Hybrid - 2 days remote
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	14 Aug 2026
Closing date:	28 Aug 2026

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Summary

Background

The Northern Ireland Office supports the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in promoting the best interests of Northern Ireland. We make sure that Northern Ireland interests are represented within the UK Government and that UK government responsibilities are fully and effectively represented in Northern Ireland. We are the centre of expertise on Northern Ireland issues across Government.

We employ around 170 staff, with offices in Belfast and London. As a small Department, we adopt a flexible project-based approach to ensure that we have the right people, with the right skills, in the right place to support the delivery of our key objectives.

Due to our structure and size, we are able to offer extensive exposure to Ministers and the opportunity to work on a far wider portfolio of policy and responsibilities than might be the case in a larger department. This creates an interesting and stimulating work environment.

Our key priorities are set out in our Operational Delivery plan and include:

• Supporting greater inclusion, tolerance and openness in Northern Ireland

• Contributing to a safer Northern Ireland, where terrorist and paramilitary groups are less able to cause harm to communities

• Ensuring that governance in Northern Ireland is responsive, transparent and able to deliver effective public service.

• Addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland

For more information about what we do:

Visit:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/northern-ireland-office

About The Role:

This role involves working closely with Private Offices, other Government Departments and external stakeholders in planning, delivering and monitoring Ministerial visits and events in Northern Ireland, linking in with policy and communication teams and PSNI as needed.

Duties And Responsibilities:

The main responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Providing effective administrative support to the Northern Ireland Office visits team, including, but not limited to, the maintenance of a visits forward look and tracker, notification of Ministerial visits, and production of a weekly visits summary

• Support to other Government Departments (OGDs) to monitor, develop and deliver programmes of Ministerial visits in Northern Ireland.

• Acting as Visits Officer on occasion to support ministers on NIO visits and events

• Providing resilience and flexible support for wider demands which may arise within the visits team, in the wider Communications, Visits & Ceremonials Team and across the Department.

• Travel within Northern Ireland will be required.

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