Secretary of State’s Delivery Unit

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Full time

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

- 306287**Salary**:

- £54,328 - £61,392- For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’.- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DEFRA - Strategy - Strategy**Type of role**:

- Analytical
- Operational Delivery
- Policy
- Strategy**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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**Job summary**:
This Senior Delivery Lead will work with the Delivery Unit’s senior leadership team to drive delivery across the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), turning the Government’s vision into real-world and tangible outcomes.

**Secretary of State’s Delivery Unit**

The Delivery Unit is focused on driving the Secretary of State’s priorities. We are integrated with Secretary of State’s Private Office and the Strategy Unit to make sure Secretary of State’s priorities are well understood and prioritised within Defra’s planning and activities. We:

- Provide the Secretary of State with personal advice and support taking forward her priorities
- Support the Defra Group in making strategic prioritisation decisions to support delivery
- Coordinate and connect Defra to be more than the sum of its parts, ensuring its agenda is well understood across Whitehall and support key outcomes for government including economic growth
- Challenge and support priority areas with delivery. We are supportive, we work with teams, building policy and analytical teams’ capability

**Location**

This role will be based in London. Working arrangements will be available as agreed with the vacancy manager and in line with the requirements of the role. We value flexible working, the ability to work at home on an ad hoc basis will be considered.

**Job description**:
This Senior Delivery Lead will work collaboratively across the strategic and analytical functions of the Secretary of State’s Delivery Unit to drive delivery, in a friendly and collaborative team.

Our roles are demanding, dynamic and intellectually stimulating, providing an opportunity to combine your ability to rapidly identify and analyse problems, with an ability to influence the most senior decision makers in Defra and beyond including No10 and the private sector.

Main responsibilities include:

- Working closely with Private Offices, SCS leaders and working level teams across Defra to help strengthen links between the Secretary of State’s priorities and the Department. You will need to build credibility with policy and analysis teams, nurturing strong, trusted relationships, balancing departmental interests and pressures with the need to quickly drive progress for the Secretary of State
- Provide the Secretary of State, ministers and senior leaders with advice personally on how to prioritise and shape delivery priorities to achieve the greatest outcome - balancing a critical independent view with the departmental view building a consensus
- Lead a portfolio of work, working with the department to develop deep knowledge in your area that enables you to unlock progress
- Lead the iterating of data dashboards, thinking about which data and information is most key to allow the Delivery Unit and the Secretary of State to track and drive progress
- Work collaboratively across Strategy Group to ensure join up and provide a seamless service to the department

**Background**:
**The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs**

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.

**Strategy Directorate**

The Strategy Directorate sits at the core of the department. We are a fast-paced, dynamic, and challenging environment but a highly rewarding one. Our purpose is to give a high quality and timely service to Ministers and the Permanent Secretaries, and to ensure that Defra group is able to achieve the strategic objectives we set out in our Business Plan.

We drive Defra’s strategic objectives. We look at how we can join up with other initiatives across the organisation to identify and unblock barriers, support each other to deliver excellent work and help Defra to make good decisions to ultimately get things done.

**Secretary of State’s Delivery Unit**

The Secretary of State’s Delivery Unit was set up in January 2023 as a new, powerful capability at the heart of Defra to drive forward the department’s ambitious agenda. The DU focuses on core elements of t

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