Senior Policy Advisor

2 weeks ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Full time

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

- 307639**Salary**:

- £37,295 - £44,724- National: £37,295 - £41,425, London: £40,262 - £44,724. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’.- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term
- Loan
- Secondment**Length of employment**:

- April 2025**Business area**:

- DEFRA - Strategy - Strategy**Type of role**:

- Policy**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
- Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, YorkAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.
- Strategy Directorate_

Strategy is a fast-paced, dynamic, and challenging environment. Our purpose is to give a high quality and timely service to Ministers and the Permanent Secretary, and to ensure that Defra group is able to achieve the strategic objectives we set out in our Business Plan.

**Job description**:
This is an exciting opportunity in the Strategy Directorate within the Public Appointments Team. This role is unique in gaining an insight and developing a broad understanding of how the Department operates and the organisations within.

The role involves working in a flexible way in undertaking other duties to support wider central commissions as required that are commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of these posts. You will operate with a significant amount of autonomy on a day-to-day basis.

**Person specification**:
**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Managing a team to deliver excellent performance at pace, and supporting their wellbeing.
- Strategic and programme management of future and existing campaigns, forward look, risk management and compliance.
- Managing cross-cutting strategic projects.
- Develop and identifying opportunities to transform and improve how we work, improve the diversity of appointments to our boards and raise the profile of Defra public appointments.
- Working with other team leaders to ensure that senior officials across the department are effectively engaged in supporting the department’s appointments work.
- Providing expert advice on all elements of public appointments to a wide range of stakeholders including Ministers, senior officials, policy teams, Chairs of public bodies and panel members.
- Managing relationships with key stakeholders including Cabinet Office, No.10, appointments teams in other Government Departments and the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

Essential Criteria
- Organised and self-starting, able to run and adapt complex processes to ensure high quality and timely outputs. You will be able to deliver at pace.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to think critically about the strategic purpose and fit of written outputs.
- Confidence and capability in working closely with senior leaders, including upwards management, leading challenging conversations and maintaining positive and trusted relationships.

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

- Managing a Quality Service
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Changing and Improving

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £37,295, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contributes £10,069 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.A career in the Civil Service is like no other. If you’re looking to join a world class team and develop your career with us, then the Civil Service is the place for you You might be wondering, “what’s in it for me”? Take a look below at some of the benefits available to you as a civil servant in Defra.

**Strategy Directorate Benefits**
- Learning and Development_

Everyone in Defra is supported to develop their skills and capabilities. When you join the Directorate, you will be welcomed into your new team through an induction programme that will provide you with helpful information on the civil service, Defra, our work and our policies. Your line manager will also work with you to establish your priorities for the year, developing a performance, learning and development plan tailored to you and your role, while also working with you to connect you with a civil service mentor to help empower you in your new role with the opportunity to benefit from paid for coaching.

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