Head of Communications

3 months ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Full time

Job summary

The Elections Directorate is a welcoming and inclusive team. We are responsible for a challenging and dynamic policy landscape, always in the public eye, covering electoral policy and law. This includes how elections are run, who can participate and how elections and campaigning are regulated.

We are at the start of an exciting new programme of work to implement key manifesto commitments set out by the new Government, through primary and secondary legislation, and digital and operational delivery.

The commitments include:

Increasing engagement of young people by enfranchising 16 and 17 year oldsEncouraging participation by improving voter registrationReforming voter identification rules to improve accessibility for all electorsStrengthening the political finance framework

We are looking for a Head of Communications & Engagement to design and deliver stakeholder engagement and external communications; crafting a narrative, getting the right input from practitioners, academia, civil society and the electorate and landing the resulting reforms in Parliament and the sector. This is an exciting time to join our team, shaping a high profile and ambitious programme of work that continues to draw significant attention within Parliament, across the media and from a wide variety of commentators interested in how our democracy works.

Job description

The Elections Directorate works with a range of stakeholders including local government elections teams, the Electoral Commission, ministers, parliamentarians, the devolved administrations, civil society organisations and other government departments.

The Head of Communications & Engagement will:

Design and deliver the overarching strategy for stakeholder engagement across the Directorate�s work, across policy development, digital service design and delivery, and operational implementation of the reforms by local authority election teamsWork closely with the elections sector, managing the stakeholder governance framework and ensuring the necessary strategic and detailed input from the sector to support policy and planningAs the work moves into delivery, design and deliver the change programme, working across each project to identify the sector requirements to support change delivery (such as training, funding, etc) and managing delivery against planLead on external communications and handling, including with press office and on Parliamentary and wider publicationsManage the Directorate�s presence at external events and conferences, including Ministerial speeches and interventions, to drive engagementManage the cross-Directorate briefing and correspondence function, including Ministerial briefing for stakeholder engagement. Ensure consistency of message as well as timely responses to correspondence and PQsLead and manage the high-performing team of around 10-12 FTE

Person specification

Proven leadership and management skills, ability to set the agenda and prioritise for a busy engagement team, and quality assure briefings and communicationsExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience of translating complex messages into quality written products for a range of audiences, and the ability to write succinct, clear advice and briefingsSignificant experience of stakeholder management and/or communicationsStrong planning and project management skills, including in delivering products and announcements at pace in a sensitive environmentExcellent relationship management skills and the ability to build productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholdersThe ability to work under pressure to urgent or shifting deadlines, including the ability to work flexibly on quickly changing or multiple prioritiesExperience and confidence in working with ministers or senior leaders, specifically in communications in governmentExperience in working with digital services and/or teams

Behaviours

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

LeadershipWorking TogetherDelivering at Pace

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �61,599, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government contributes �17,845 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

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