Stakeholder Engagement Advisor

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

- 243156**Salary**:

- £32,640 - £36,510**Grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

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

- 12 months**Business area**:

- CO - Government Commercial Function - Commercial Policy**Type of role**:

- Business Management and Improvement
- Commercial
- Communications / Marketing
- Knowledge and Information Management
- Operational Delivery
- Policy
- Project Delivery
- Other**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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- Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, Sheffield, YorkAbout the job

**Summary**:
Every year, in central and local government, defence, education, in health and beyond, some £300bn is spent on public procurement in the UK and it is important that this spending delivers the best outcomes for taxpayers.

The Transforming Public Procurement Programme is working to completely overhaul the procurement rules that govern how this money is spent. The new regime will drive improved commercial outcomes, increase innovation and reduce red tape by removing complex and unnecessary bureaucracy.

Comprehensive and coordinated stakeholder engagement together with a funded programme of easy-to-access learning and development will be key to embedding the changes in procurement practice so that the full benefits can be realised.

**Job description**:
We are looking for an exceptional person who has an excellent track record of delivering high quality stakeholder management, as well an ability to confidently communicate with a broad range of stakeholders across the public sector.

**Responsibilities**:

- Support the SEO Stakeholder Engagement Manager to identify appropriate communications channels and approaches to ensure those impacted by the changes are engaged effectively throughout the life of the Programme
- Day to day management/ monitoring of key tools such as stakeholder maps and communications plans/ grids, stakeholder mailboxes, and audience databases
- Liaise and maintain working relationships with colleagues across the Transforming Public Procurement Programme and with colleagues in Cabinet Office and Government Commercial Function communications teams to ensure effective co-delivery of activity when and where necessary

**Essential Criteria**:
Previous experience of:

- Creating engaging written content including drafting, editing and proofreading
- Identifying, planning and prioritising forward stakeholder engagement and communications activities using comms planning products such as grids, events calendars, online research and professional or stakeholder networks
- Managing communications grids, stakeholder mailboxes, and audience databases
- Working at pace and being resilience to changing circumstances

**Desirable Criteria**:
Previous experience of:

- Change management communications or working in a change programme environment
- Using lessons learned and intelligence gathered via engagement to improve project or operational communications activities
- Preparing and maintaining a programme core script and briefing/lines to take for senior stakeholders, including Directors and Ministers
- Familiarity with marketing software/ platforms such as Mailchimp and Salesforce

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

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

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working options.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
- A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.
- A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

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**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.**Application process**

You will also be asked to provide a 250 word statement relating to one of the Behaviours being assessed (Delivering at Pace).

**Selection process**

Expected sift date - w/c 24th Oct
Expected interview date/s - w/c 14th Nov
Interview location - Virtual via Google Meet

**Further information**

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

**Reasonable Adjustment**

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

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