Head of Communications and Engagement
3 hours ago
About the Role
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head of Communications and Engagement to join our team. As a key member of our senior leadership team, you will be responsible for designing and delivering stakeholder engagement and external communications strategies that support our ambitious programme of work.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement a comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategy that ensures effective communication with key stakeholders, including local government elections teams, the Electoral Commission, ministers, parliamentarians, and civil society organisations.
- Work closely with the elections sector to manage the stakeholder governance framework and ensure strategic and detailed input from the sector to support policy and planning.
- Design and deliver the change programme, working across each project to identify sector requirements to support change delivery, such as training and funding.
- Lead on external communications and handling, including press office and Parliamentary and wider publications.
- Manage the Directorate's presence at external events and conferences, including Ministerial speeches and interventions, to drive engagement.
- Manage the cross-Directorate briefing and correspondence function, including Ministerial briefing for stakeholder engagement, ensuring consistency of message and timely responses to correspondence and PQs.
- Lead and manage a high-performing team of around 10-12 FTE.
Person Specification
- Proven leadership and management skills, with the ability to set the agenda and prioritise for a busy engagement team.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience of translating complex messages into quality written products for a range of audiences.
- Significant experience of stakeholder management and/or communications.
- Strong planning and project management skills, including in delivering products and announcements at pace in a sensitive environment.
- Excellent relationship management skills and the ability to build productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- The ability to work under pressure to urgent or shifting deadlines, including the ability to work flexibly on quickly changing or multiple priorities.
- Experience and confidence in working with ministers or senior leaders, specifically in communications in government.
- Experience in working with digital services and/or teams.
Behaviours
- Leadership
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
Benefits
- Salary of £61,599
- Membership of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
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