Assistant Director

1 month ago


Salford, United Kingdom Department for Business and Trade Full time

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and high-performing Assistant Director to join DBT�s Strategy and Private Office (SPO).��

SPO sits at the heart of the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), helping to shape the department�s priorities and delivering high-profile projects for Ministers and senior leaders.� �

SPO�s policy and strategy teams address emerging and cross-cutting issues and help DBT take a rigorous and coherent approach to strategic decisions, with a particular focus on economic policy making and growth.�

We work flexibly to deliver strategic projects in response to ministers� and senior officials� priorities, working closely with external experts, teams across DBT and other government departments.���

This role has a particular focus on trade policy and its links to other DBT and Government priorities and equities. Examples of our strategy and policy development projects have included work on forced labour in supply chains, market-distorting practices, green subsidies, trade digitalisation and the role of trade performance in driving UK economic growth.�

The successful candidate will lead a high performing team delivering cross-cutting strategic projects on a wide range of topics. They will be required to think strategically, and engage effectively across DBT (including regular engagement with senior leadership) and other government departments.��

Job description

Provide leadership to the team in delivering strategy and policy projects to address priority cross-cutting issues;�Develop and empower a high performing team (three Grade 7s and two SEOs) and form part of the management of wider SPO;��Oversee policy analysis and strategy development work for team�s projects;�Build credible and collaborative relationships with external experts and colleagues across Government;�Engage effectively across the department at a senior level on the team�s work; and�Develop the pipeline of future projects for the team, through understanding ministerial priorities, engaging with policy teams, identifying emerging issues and tensions the department needs to resolve, and securing agreement from the Permanent Secretary and other senior stakeholders.�

The role is likely to adapt with changing Ministerial and senior official priorities, and to enable SPO to respond to the changing needs of the department.�

Person specification

Essential criteria

Strong leadership skills, including the ability to see the strategic big picture;��Ability to develop evidence-based policies and strategies;�Excellent communication and influencing skills, comfortable working across boundaries and developing relationships with teams across DBT and external stakeholders;�Ability to engage credibly with senior stakeholders and understand their priorities; and�The ability to motivate and empower a team and ensure the delivery of high-quality work.�

Desirable criteria�

Knowledge of trade policy.�Knowledge of economic policy-making.

Behaviours

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

LeadershipSeeing the Big PictureCommunicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �64,432, Department for Business and Trade contributes �17,396 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 average employer contribution of 27%

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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