Strategic Engagement and Communication Officer

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Full time

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

- 345423**Salary**:

- £38,732-
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- Spatial Data Unit**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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- Bristol, Darlington, London, Manchester, WolverhamptonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Have you got a good track record of improving capabilities within teams? Do you want to be part of a team who are passionate and committed to improving the way that the Department uses data?

The Secretary of State for Levelling Up has set out a highly ambitious agenda to level up the country and deliver better outcomes for all. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has established a new Spatial Data Unit (SDU), who have developed a Data Strategy which aims to improve the way that data are used across the department, our missions are:

- **Cross DLUHC leadership drives excellent value from data.** We will build a culture of data leadership and ensure our leaders advocate for the value of data.
- ** Data is for everyone**: We will support everyone in DLUHC to build on their expert knowledge and make more and better use of data, whatever work they do.
- **Enable effective place-based working**: We will support the use of spatial data to improve the understanding of place and develop and deliver levelling up through locally appropriate policies and programmes.
- ** Data is effectively managed and governed**: We will make sure our data is of good quality and easy to find.
- **Efficient data acquisition, sharing and publishing**: We will make sure we can acquire new data when we need it and share our data and analysis securely.
- **The right tools and infrastructure**: We will make sure we have the data tools we need and can quickly and efficiently build the new systems we need.

The SEO Capabilities Officer will be sitting in the Data Transformation Programme that aims to deliver these improvements across the department. The role will be key to planning and delivering the capability strategy to underpin the data skills required to achieve the Data Strategy.

This post would be suitable for someone without a data background, but who can identify ways to make a complex specialism - data - accessible to wider audiences through a range of training packages and materials accessible to all skill levels.

**Job description**:
We are looking for a Capability Officer to help design and lead a capability strategy for improving data literacy across the organisation.

You will lead the department’s approach to data capability and embed this throughout HR processes and initiatives. You will support and drive forward a range of capability uplift activities (recruitment, induction, driving forward delivery of training packages, and goals setting).
You will work closely with the SEO Strategic Engagement and Communications Officer and the G7 Change Manger to engage the department in activities to improve and use their data more effectively.

You will be working at the heart of both DLUHC and the Government to deliver this high-profile agenda, working with other government departments as well as other key stakeholders.

**Responsibilities**
We are looking for an individual who is motivated, flexible, and enthusiastic with great people and communication skills. Specifically, you will:
- Lead the development of a Capability Strategy for data improvement in DLUHC, ensuring that there is a golden thread between HR processes and data capability.
- Lead the delivery of that Capability Strategy through recruitment, induction and training; identification of skills based courses and HR processes to uplift data skills. This will require skills in planning, coordination, and communication to deliver effectively.
- Deploying research techniques to understand the data skills already in the department.
- Enabling the set up and running of peer to peer learning groups to uplift capability and to communicate strategic developments.
- Identify access to and link people to appropriate training courses based on capability needs and, occasionally, provide light touch training to support objectives.
- Monitor effectiveness of Capability Strategy through reviews and user feedback, continuing to improve and iterate approach based on the feedback received.
- Work collaboratively with stakeholders, communicating effectively to deliver capability uplift objectives.

**Person specification**:
**Key skills/criteria**
- Demonstrable experience of commissioning, accessing and/or procuring training courses.
- Strong understanding of HR recruitment, induction and training processes to deliver capability uplift within an organisation.
- Building networks and relationships of

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