Ministerial Engagement Officer

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Full time

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

- 270140**Salary**:

- £34,410 - £37,260- Communications Allowance - £5,050**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- BEIS - Corporate Services - Corporate Services - Communications**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing
- Press Relations**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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**Job summary**:
**Our Mission**

At BEIS, we are leading the UK’s recovery from coronavirus and are building a stronger, greener country. Our varied work makes a real difference to people across the UK and internationally. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of the BEIS team and our exciting mission

We lead on the UK’s commitments to tackle climate change and drive green economic growth. We support businesses to create jobs and increase opportunity in regions across the UK. We also encourage investment and innovation to make the UK a science superpower producing research that will improve lives.

**Our Inclusive Environment**

We are building an inclusive culture to make BEIS a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

**Job description**:

- Do you want to work on some of the biggest economic challenges of our time? Are you looking for an exciting role working in one of Whitehall’s biggest and busiest departments? Are you a highly motivated self-starter with a background in communications? If so, we'd love to hear from you
- This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced communicator to join the External Affairs team. The team is fast-paced, supportive and fun. We work highly collaboratively across all communications disciplines, with post holders given the opportunity to lead communications for and build knowledge of many policy areas. You will gain exposure to the whole Ministerial team.
- You will be joining a team that is responsible for communicating the biggest economic issues we face as a country to grow the economy.
- In the communications team our values and behaviours are critical to delivering on our mission and purpose. We recognise that different people bring different strengths, skills and approaches, which together form a team which is greater than the sum of its parts. We believe success comes through taking pride in pioneering, professional excellence, bringing people together and breaking down boundaries.**Person specification**:

- As a member of the External Affairs team, your responsibilities will include:
- Plan, co-ordinate and lead on high quality media and digital events, visits and engagements for Ministers, in order to deliver policy and communication objectives.
- Crafting Ministers’ visits and engagement plans, ensuring buy-in from Special Advisers, Private Office, policy and communications colleagues. Drafting ministerial submissions and briefings to support visit and stakeholder engagement plans.
- Work in a team and individually to identify, recce venues ahead of Ministerial visits
- Travel with Ministers to ensure that they are well supported and briefed, that logistics are effectively executed, and risks mitigated.
- Work closely with Ministers, Special Advisors, Private Office and policy colleagues from within the Department and across government.
- Manage key stakeholders from a variety of sectors across industry to help support future engagement opportunities.
- Support the Head of External Affairs in developing a strategic programme of events that is well integrated with Ministerial policy priorities

**Skills and Experience**

You will need to be able to work flexible across different communication and policy priorities to support colleagues during busy periods and as Government priorities shift.

You will have experience working across multiple communications disciplines, including a good sense of what makes an eye-catching visit with engaging visuals that work on digital and broadcast media.

You will need excellent political judgement to spot communications opportunities and risks, as well as a sharp news sense, being alert to the wider government agenda and vision.

You must have the ability to quickly build strong relationships, and the confidence to engage directly with senior colleagues, stakeholders and Ministers.

You will have excellent verbal and written skills a



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