Strategic Governance Advisor

7 months ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Department for Business and Trade Full time

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

- 351619**Salary**:

- £32,858 - £38,272- National: £32,858 - £34,586 London: £36,583 - £38,272- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- Ministerial Strategy Directorate**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Business Management and Improvement
- Governance**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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- Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London or SalfordAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Secretariat sits at the heart of the Department for Business and Trade in the Ministerial Strategy Directorate. We oversee the Department’s governance framework and provide a strategic and logístical service to the Departmental Board, Executive Committee, and their subcommittees. We support DBT’s senior leaders in their decision-making, ensuring that the right decisions are taken at the right time with accurate and high-quality evidence to support them.

The team also manages the Department's relationship with Non-Executive Directors; ensuring the Department engages them strategically on priority pieces of work, and managing a tailored Private Office function for their interactions with the Department.

Governance advisor roles in the Secretariat will involve building and managing strong working relationships with a wide range of very senior stakeholders, taking responsibility for progressing are defined area of DBT’s governance landscape and working across the Secretariat to support the effectiveness of the whole team’s quality of service. They will also gain exposure to and experience of DBT’s governance arrangements, giving them a cross-cutting view of DBT’s activity and the delivery of its ambitious agenda.

**Job description**:
The team is recruiting for a Strategic Governance Advisor.

The post-holder will:

- Support delivery of the Departmental Board, which meets ~4 times a year.
- Commissioning papers, quality assuring papers and creating the Board Pack.
- High-quality meeting support, drafting concise minutes and commissioning and tracking of actions for the Board.
- Lead the delivery of the Board Effectiveness Review and the implementation of actions from it, to support continuous improvement of the Board.

Lead and manage the Performance and Risk Committee (PRC), which monitors DBT’s performance and performs deep-dives into departmental risks. The Committee meets ~10 times a year.

Supporting the Director General Co-Chair, Tara Smith and David Bickerton, and Committee to fulfil their responsibilities. Delivery of this high-quality service will include:

- Setting committee agendas in line with the committee Terms of Reference.
- Commissioning papers, quality assuring papers and creating each meeting pack.
- High-quality minuting and recording of actions.
- High-quality advice to teams, documentation to support process, clear commissioning and follow up of actions.
- Developing an effective working relationship with the Chair and Committee.
- Developing an effective working relationship with the Performance, Risk and other lead Teams.
- Undertaking effectiveness reviews of the Committee and driving the implementation of continuous improvements.
- Lead on broader project-based work as opportunities arise.

**Person specification**:
**Skills and experience**

**Essential criteria**
- Experience of working on competing priorities, often to short deadlines
- Strong planning and organisational skills with a focus on detail
- A willingness to identify and implement improvements to processes
- Experience of building relationships across a wide network of stakeholders
- A strong team ethic and a willingness to work across the Secretariat team

**Desirable criteria**
- Experience working with senior stakeholders
- Understanding of or experience in governance

**Personal attributes & skills**

Upholding high standards of governance is a responsibility for these roles, operating with integrity and observing the confidential nature of some of the work and ensuring that the principles of good governance are upheld.

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

- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £32,858, Department for Business and Trade contributes £8,871 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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