Head of Libraries Superintendence and Data

2 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Department for Culture, Media and Sport Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 354548**Salary**:

- £49,839 - £55,531- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Fixed term
- Loan
- Secondment**Length of employment**:

- 2 Years**Business area**:

- DCMS - Culture and Creative Industries**Type of role**:

- Policy
- Sponsorship**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Arts and Libraries Team is a fun and fast-paced place to work. We are privileged to work on high profile and impactful policies - made more interesting still as arts and libraries are areas that many of us enjoy in our personal lives.

Across the team we have sponsorship responsibility for The National Archives, the British Library, Arts Council England, and Theatres Trust. We also are responsible for the delivery of a wide range of programmes including (among others) the Cultural Development Fund, the Libraries Improvement Fund, and capital investment in the National Theatre. We are currently working towards publishing a new government public libraries strategy.

**Job description**:
Public libraries are well-loved and important local institutions, sitting at the heart of their communities. Our ministers have a statutory role, under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964, to superintend, promote the improvement of the network of around 2,900 public libraries across England - you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting them with this. You’ll also help councils to understand their legal duties, investigate any complaints made to the department about local provision, and advise ministers on how they should respond.

You’ll lead a small team that does high profile and politically sensitive work. We engage with library services and other organisations in positive ways to support good practice - for example, policy on Public Lending Right and collaborating on a project to collect and use robust and timely data about public libraries in England. You will be the team’s lead on liaising with Arts Council England, the development agency for libraries, and supporting them with developing policy and on any Spending Review bids relating to the sector.

**Person specification**:
**Essential requirements**:

- Strong team leadership and delivery skills, to manage the delivery of diverse work streams at pace and ensure high quality work is delivered on time
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, to manage a diverse range of stakeholders with tact and sensitivity; and build capability in your team
- Sound judgement in identifying and analysing evidence to develop and present robust policy advice, and provide excellent input at policy development, strategic or operational levels
- Strong and practical appreciation of how data could be collected and imaginatively used to improve local service delivery and national sector overview

**Desirable skills**:

- An interest in public sector service innovation
- A practical appreciation of local authority issues and decision-making
- An interest in the public libraries sector and the contribution it makes to a wide range of strategic outcomes at local and national level
- Knowledge or experience in developing business cases for government funding and/or managing contractual negotiations and processes

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Sheila Bennett and will take place on: Thursday 30 May, 12.30 - 1.30 pm.

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest by filling out this form and you will be sent an invitation.

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

- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £49,839, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes £13,456 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here. We’re committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department. To support with that, some of the benefits we offer include:

- Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working - DCMS staff work on a flexible basis with time spent in offices, and time spent working from home
- 26.5 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 31.5 days after 5 years’ service
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Access to the Edenred employee benefits system wh

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