Ministerial Engagement Officer

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

- 251711**Salary**:

- £31,120 - £37,260- National: £31,120 - £33,085; London: £34,410 - £37,260. Successful applicants may be eligible for an Communications allowance of £5,050**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- BEIS - Corporate Services - Communications**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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- Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, SalfordAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**Our Mission**

At BEIS, we are leading the UK’s recovery from coronavirus and are building a stronger, greener country. Our varied work makes a real difference to people across the UK and internationally. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of the BEIS team and our exciting mission

We lead on the UK’s commitments to tackle climate change and drive green economic growth. We support businesses to create jobs and increase opportunity in regions across the UK. We also encourage investment and innovation to make the UK a science superpower producing research that will improve lives.

**Our Inclusive Environment**

We are building an inclusive culture to make BEIS a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

**Job description**:

- Do you want to work on some of the biggest economic challenges of our time? Are you looking for an exciting role working in one of Whitehall’s biggest and busiest departments? Are you a highly motivated self-starter with a background in public affairs or communications?
- This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced communicator to join the External Affairs team at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as a Ministerial Engagement Officer.
- You will be part of a busy team responsible for the planning, co-ordination and delivery of high-profile visits and events for the BEIS ministerial team. Our work is fast-moving and varied, requiring close working with Ministers, stakeholders, policy and communications colleagues, to shape and identify opportunities that showcase the work of Government and the Private Sector to a range of audiences, including the media. Within the team you will also support the delivery of stakeholder communications, aiming to generate awareness, support and advocacy for key government policies.
- You will be joining a team that is responsible for communicating the biggest economic issues we face as a country focusing on our priorities of enterprise, net zero, and innovation.
- In the BEIS communications team our values and behaviours are critical to delivering on our mission and purpose. We recognise that different people bring different strengths, skills and approaches, which together form a team which is greater than the sum of its parts. We believe success comes through taking pride in pioneering, professional excellence, bringing people together and breaking down boundaries.**Person specification**:

- As a member of the External Affairs team, your responsibilities will include:
- Capturing insight from across the policy and stakeholder landscape to inform and influence ministerial engagement recommendations, seeking to generate support and advocacy for the Department’s policies and success stories from the Private Sector.
- Crafting Ministers’ visits and engagement plans, ensuring buy-in from Special Advisers, Private Office, policy and communications colleagues.
- Developing communications plans, often in partnership with high-profile stakeholders, to ensure visits successfully promote the Department's priorities through a range of channels, including media and digital.
- Drafting ministerial submissions and briefings to support visit and stakeholder engagement plans. Including writing visit schedules, coordinating briefings for Ministers and organising recces, often at short notice.
- Leading ministerial visits, amplifying engagement for a variety of channels, including the media and digital.
- Always being alert to communications opportunities and risks by working with communications colleagues to maximise and mitigate respectively, making recommendations, and finding solutions.
- Evaluating the success of ministerial and stakeholder engagement and identifying creative ways to showcase the team's