Heo Policy

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

- 306005**Salary**:

- £35,400 - £39,200- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- CO - Office of Government Property - Places for Growth, Civil Service People and Places Directorate**Type of role**:

- Policy**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Glasgow, YorkAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the smooth running of government - from developing policy, to modernising public services. We welcome talented people from all backgrounds with the skills and the commitment to build a career in the Civil Service.

The Cabinet Office Purpose is:

- To maintain the integrity of the Union, coordinate the security of the realm and sustain a flourishing democracy;
- To support the design and implementation of HM Government’s policies and the Prime Minister’s priorities; and
- To ensure the delivery of the finest public services by attracting and developing the best public servants and improving the efficiency of government.

The work Cabinet Office delivers is vast and therefore presents opportunities to develop your skills and experience in a variety of critical government agendas

**Job description**:
The Government has a clear agenda to level-up across the UK, promoting growth in the regions, and strengthening the Union. We have seen a seismic shift in the way we work in the past few months on both an individual and cultural level. COVID-19 has demonstrated that we can move away from our London-centricity and still deliver key government priorities. We must build on this, to ensure that the Civil Service and administration of government is better connected with the communities across the UK.

To drive this forward the Cabinet Office established the Places for Growth_ _Programme that has been tasked with coordinating the planning across Government departments and public bodies to create a more geographically dispersed and better-connected Civil Service, who live and work in the communities they serve.

The Places for Growth Programme is delivered by the Civil Service People & Places Directorate, which sits within the Office of Government Property DG Group.

We enjoy working together. We're flexible. We deliver results. We embrace smarter working. And we're excited by the future. Good thing, too - after all, we're leading the government's thinking to change how the civil service will work in the future

**Person specification**:
We are looking for an adaptable policy professional to join the Policy & Communications Team within the Civil Service People & Places Directorate, reporting to the Grade 7 Senior Policy Adviser.

The Policy & Communications team is a supportive, welcoming team responsible for:

- Establishing and maintaining a clear set of policies that facilitate successful PfG role relocation's and wider directorate responsibilities
- Horizon scanning, relationship building and policy alignment with related initiatives across government
- Communicating PfG aims and successes to internal and external stakeholders
- Providing clear, concise briefing to Ministers, governance boards and senior officials about the PfG Portfolio

**Key responsibilities will include, but not limited to**:

- Supporting the development and implementation of a communications strategy and action plan
- Identifying and developing communications channels for key programme stakeholders
- Providing policy support across the directorate and identifying where further policy interventions are required to support successful programme delivery
- Supporting G7 Senior Policy Adviser in developing and implementing policy solutions
- Providing high quality briefing and papers to Ministers, senior officials and governance boards in a timely manner
- Identifying and generating opportunities to promote the work of PfG
- Drafting external products including publications, Parliamentary Questions and correspondence
- Responding to media queries and FOIs
- Developing strong relationships with teams across the directorate and with related policy areas such as Modernisation & Reform and Levelling Up

**Essential**
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience leading a complex policy area
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with a variety of stakeholders

**Desirable**
- Experience of developing and delivering communications strategies or campaigns using established methodologies
- Political awareness and an understanding of Ministerial priorities

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

- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture

**Technical skills**:
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