Private Secretary and Head of Director General's

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Department for Transport Full time

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

- 321553**Salary**:

- £56,844**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DFT - Roads and Local Group (RLG) - RLG DG Office**Type of role**:

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

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

- 1Contents

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**Benefits**:
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- LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Can you work in a fast-paced environment and spearhead on workload completion?

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to rapidly gain experience within a wide range of policy, operational and departmental issues?

Have you built effective relationships with senior stakeholders to influence decisions for better business improvements?

If so, we’d love to hear from you

**Job description**:
The Roads and Local Group (RLG) covers policies that impact users of roads. That’s over 95% of journeys made every day: be it as a pedestrian, public transport user, motorist, or cyclist. RLG covers a diverse range of issues, from large-scale infrastructure delivery to managing the flow through our borders to ensuring there are effective bus, walking and cycling routes in your local area.

We work in partnership with other Government Departments to develop and improve transport links in local areas so everyone can stay connected to their communities. It’s never been a better time to join.

The Private Secretary and Head of Director General’s (DG’s) Private Office leads the DG’s private office with a specific focus on supporting and enabling the DG to operate at maximum effectiveness whilst building expertise in several key departmental areas.

**Responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- Ensuring the DG is engaged at the right stage of policy development and decision making and that their steers are properly understood and reflected.
- Working closely with teams across RLG to identify and maintain a detailed understanding of the Group’s key policy and delivery issues and their current status.
- Acting as a trusted advisor to the DG and the RLG Senior Management Team, using your judgement to manage the escalation of issues and providing information and advice to the Director General.
- Leading the private office team and having direct line management responsibilities of the Private Secretary and counter signing manager for the Diary Manager.

For more information, please see the attached Role Profile.

**Person specification**:

- You will be adaptable and flexible, adjusting to the requirements and strategic direction of the business.
- You will have sound judgement, able to identify issues early across a diverse range of topics and provide effective solutions.
- It is essential that you have experience of policy development and/or delivery, including in complex or high-profile policy areas.
- To thrive in this role, you will have experience in working in a fast-paced environment and will be able to prioritise and complete workloads.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential as you will produce high quality written material.
- You will have the ability to lead and drive continuous improvement and change initiatives.

**Additional information**

A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.

Occasional UK travel may be required.

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

- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture

**Benefits**:
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.

Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.**How to apply**
- Experience of working in a fast-paced environment and prioritising competing tasks/workloads.
- Experience of building effective relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders and influencing at all levels.
- Experience of policy development and/or delivery, including in complex or high-profile policy areas.

The sift is due to take place 21st & 22nd February 2024.

Interviews are likely to be held 5th & 6th March 2024, if you are successful at the interview stage you will be invited to the presentation stage.

Presentations are due to be conducted on 20th March 2024.

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may

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