Private Secretary to The Minister for Mental Health

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Department of Health and Social Care Full time

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

- 294186**Salary**:

- £34,192- HEO Private Office Allowance - £7,170- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent
- Loan
- Secondment**Length of employment**:

- These roles are being advertised on a permanent basis. Loan or Secondment options will also be available if preferable.**Business area**:

- DHSC - Group Operations - MAS**Type of role**:

- Governance
- Operational Delivery
- Policy
- Secretarial**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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**Job summary**:
In DHSC, we are proud of our purpose - to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you’d like to work in, we’d love to hear from you.

This role represents an incredible opportunity to work alongside the nation’s health and social care leadership, including Ministers and seniors officials in DHSC and the NHS. If you believe that you are highly organised and have outstanding interpersonal skills, we would love to hear from you We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible and hope all those from underrepresented groups feel empowered to apply.

**Job description**:
This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a private office as a Private Secretary. You will get to play a key part in supporting the Minister for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy to drive forward the Minister’s and the department’s priorities. Private office is a fast-paced environment and you can expect every day to be varied, exciting and challenging.

The role involves day-to-day interaction with the Ministers and senior officials in DHSC and across government, including No10, HMT and Cabinet Office. You will also work with external stakeholders in the health and care sector and in Parliament. You will be working as part of close-knit, friendly, and supportive private office team.

Hours will vary throughout the year and are balanced with shorter working days during parliamentary recess. A Private Office allowance on top of basic salary is payable to reflect that out of hours working is sometimes required.

**Role responsibilities**
- Building and maintaining good working relationships with the Minister, private office team, officials in the department and other stakeholders.
- Supporting the smooth and efficient running of the Minister office, delivering the highest quality support to the Minister across their policy responsibilities.
- Work closely with colleagues in the Secretary of State and Special Advisers’ offices to effectively communicate decisions and recommendations between Ministers and officials.
- Provide strategic advice and join up on the preparation of policy advice from across the Department, representing the Minister’s priorities, views and expectations.
- Ensure that the Minister’s engagement with key stakeholders supports the broader engagement strategy of the Department.
- Arranging and supporting the Ministers on visits and in meetings
- Writing and circulating accurate records of engagements in a timely manner.

**Person specification**:
**Key skills and experience required for the role**

To be successful, you will need to be someone who can communicate well with internal and external stakeholders. You can engage effectively to build relationships with stakeholders, officials and other Ministerial offices, being able to demonstrate a degree of discretion when discussing the Minister’s daily commitments.

You will have excellent organisational skills with high attention to detail. You demonstrate resilience, good judgement and the ability to remain calm when situations change at short notice.

This role is full time only and requires attendance in our London Victoria Street office - with remote working a secondary option should the business need allow for it.

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

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

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £34,192, Department of Health and Social Care contributes £9,231 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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- This vacancy is using Success Profiles

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