Assistant Head Air Policy and Secretariat

3 weeks ago

Ash, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Full time

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

- 351090**Salary**:

- £57,670- £2000 pa (pro rata) recruitment and retention allowance, payable to staff located at RAF High Wycombe- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Air - HQ Air Command, Director Resources (DRes), Policy and Secretariat**Type of role**:

- Policy
- Strategy**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Walter's Ash, South East England, HP14 4UEAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The role of the Air Policy Secretariat (Air Pol Sec) is to ensure that the RAF fulfils its obligation to Ministers, Parliament and the Public. On behalf of The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) and Air’s Director of Resources, we support Ministers in discharging their responsibilities to Parliament on RAF issues. We work with teams across Air Command (and beyond) to deliver timely, accurate advice across the range of RAF business.

What do we do?
- Provide advice to Ministers on RAF issues, including on handling and presentational considerations.
- Support Ministers in their accountability to Parliament, whether through Parliamentary Questions, briefing material or speeches for debates.
- Lead on Air’s responses to Ministerial and ‘Treat Official’ Correspondence.
- Produce defensive media briefing and ‘lines to take’ on emerging news events.
- Respond to Freedom of Information requests and enquiries from the public.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
You will manage a motivated and experienced team of 3 team leaders who between them cover the entirety of RAF business from operations and equipment issues to personnel and training to infrastructure and the RAF estate.

This is an exciting leadership role in a high-profile and fast-paced environment, which provides an excellent opportunity to develop and enhance your existing leadership skills, while building an understanding of the RAF as well as playing a leadership role across the command. This is a busy and fascinating role, requiring the ability to deliver at pace and excellent organisational skills. The role will suit a motivated individual who is able to prioritise effectively and respond to shifting priorities, balancing short-and-longer term pieces of work.

The team is undergoing a substantive transformation period so the successful incumbent will have a real opportunity to put their stamp on a high-performing team and the way they conduct their vital business.

In addition to Secretariat responsibilities, the incumbent, as one of the senior leadership community working at Air Command, will be expected to play an active role in the leadership and development of the wider civil service in the Director of Resources Area, across Air and the MOD with the Policy Profession. They will also be expected to undertake outreach activity on the importance of Parliamentary business to the RAF. They will have the opportunity to deputise for the Grade 6 at regular intervals.

**Person specification**:
You should be comfortable operating at the strategic level and dealing with senior stakeholders - both military and civilian - across the Department to broker policy solutions to meet the needs of the RAF and Ministers. As such, you will need strong communication skills and be able to successfully influence and command the trust of Ministers, the RAF’s senior leaders and MOD’s senior officials.

You should have:

- Experience of strong working relationships with Ministers, their outer offices, and senior leaders.
- Ability to seek and analyse information to inform decisions.
- Awareness of the current political and strategic context.
- Experience of management of teams.
- Ability to think and work in a creative and agile way.
- Strong communicator, and an ability to engage successfully with a range of stakeholders.
- Self-starter. The ability to be independent and drive forward a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.
- Enthusiasm and a commitment to the development of team members.

Desirable skills:

- Experience in preparing advice to Ministers and drafting correspondence for different audiences.
- Experience of briefing Ministers and senior officials.
- Knowledge of Parliamentary & departmental processes regarding the release of information into the public domain.

While experience of dealing with Ministers and parliamentary casework would be helpful, it is not essential as full support will be provided.

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

- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £57,670, Ministry of Defence contributes £15,570 towards you being a member of t

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