Strategy Advisor

2 months ago

Salford, United Kingdom Department for Business and Trade Full time

Job summary

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) oversees the domestic business environment, breaks down international barriers to trade and investment, and helps boost economic growth by ensuring the UK is a country where businesses can thrive.�

Climate change is driving the biggest and fastest global industrial transformation in a generation - a change that will impact the business environment and international trade for decades. We need to help ensure UK businesses are well-placed to take advantage of the commercial opportunities from the global green transition and that DBT�s wider work is aligned with the Government�s climate and environment policy ambitions.�

At the centre of the department sits the Global Futures Directorate � an internal strategy team and thinktank focused on driving positive change on long-term issues affecting the UK and global economy. We are recruiting a Green Strategy Advisor to join the Green Strategy Team, to support our work aligning the Department�s business and trade policy with the Government�s climate and environment goals.�

Job description

You will play a multi-functional role in the Green Strategy Team, including:�

Horizon scanning and strategy development � You will have a keen interest in climate and economic policy and pro-actively track the frontiers of thinking to help spot opportunities and risks to the UK, applying that to your work.��Collaborating and influencing with internal and external stakeholders � You will help develop and maintain the team�s network of contacts across the department, Whitehall and with experts outside government to shape the department�s thinking and identify issues and opportunities to deliver our objectives.�Supporting the delivery of DBT�s green objectives - day to day work with policy teams to monitor and report delivery against the Department�s objectives, identifying opportunities and risks for discussion at key governance Boards.�Developing strategic communication on climate issues across Whitehall and externally - drafting and advising on briefings for Ministers and senior officials, preparing, checking and advising on correspondence, PQs, Freedom of Information requests, and responses to other ad-hoc requests to help deliver Ministerial communicationsand ensure DBT has a strong external narrative.�

Person specification

Essential Criteria�

Interest in climate and economic policy making.�Stakeholder engagement � ability to build strong professional relationships with a range of different stakeholders.�Strong written and verbal communication skills.�Flexibility and the ability to deliver at pace in a fast-moving environment.�Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple workstreams.�

Desirable Criteria�

Experience in climate policy.�Experience in trade policy, business policy or international macroeconomic policy.�Experience in supporting or conducting research projects.�

Person Specification�

We are looking for an individual with the drive to innovate and take initiative. You will be keen to upskill yourself on new policy areas, look for gaps or flaws in existing policy, and be eager to come up with innovative solutions to help solve them.�You will be able to develop strong working relationships to facilitate effective cross-cutting communication and policy input across multiple teams, and be able to deliver in a challenging, high-impact environment.�You will be able to coordinate and produce high quality cross cutting briefing material for senior officials and Ministers, working to tight deadlines and high standards�You will be comfortable using analysis to make compelling evidence-based arguments.�As a team player, you will be ready to adapt and support your team, and equally draw on your team�s support when producing joint outputs.�You will support a positive team culture, treating others on the team with kindness and respect.�

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Delivering at PaceMaking Effective DecisionsWorking Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �39,384, Department for Business and Trade contributes �11,409 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Learning and development tailored to your roleAn environment with flexible working optionsA culture encouraging inclusion and diversityA with an employer contribution of

We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

Please refer to the attached candidate pack for further information on our benefits.

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