Senior Advisor - London, United Kingdom - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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- £49,403 - £61,392
  • National: £49,403 £55,823 London: £54,328 £61,392. 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:
  • Grade 7
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • DEFRA
  • Strategy
  • Strategy
    Type of role:
  • Policy
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 2Contents
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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.


We work in support of Defra's strategic objectives, look at how we can join up with other initiatives across the organisation to get things done, support each other to deliver excellent work, help Defra to make good decisions and we identify and unblock barriers to change.


_ Encouraging diverse applicants_

Location
This role can be based at any Main Defra Policy Hub.

We value flexible working, the ability to work at home on an ad hoc basis will be available to be considered.


Job description:


We are recruiting two Grade 7 Senior Advisors into the Fiscal Strategy team as we prepare for the next spending review, one leading on strategy and one driving delivery of the programme.

The team is vital to ensuring Defra group makes best use of our resources to deliver against some of the most pressing issues of our time, such as the Biodiversity and Climate crises.

We are responsible for business planning and fiscal strategy, including prioritisation, input into fiscal events and the leading preparation and input into next spending review.


Person specification:


Both roles will require:

  • Developing a good understanding of Defra Group (Defra plus ALBs) and the challenges to delivering Defra objectives
  • Advising, steering and challenging business areas across Defra group to develop plans and proposals that meet strategic outcomes and cross government priorities
  • Working closely with HMT colleagues
  • Linking up with teams across the business to take advantage of funding from all sources to deliver outcomes and make sure they are in the right place with the right people.
  • Both roles are likely to include line management

Role1:
Strategy

Responsibilities:


  • Working across Defra's policy outcomes and ALBs to understand the resourcing requirements and opportunities to become more productive and efficient as the department seeks to deliver environmental improvement, climate adaptation, more productive farming, improved biosecurity and economic growth
  • Developing alternate approaches to delivering Defra's outcomes in a challenging fiscal environment, including through improved use of technology or through private sector partnerships
  • Advising ExCo and Ministers on the best way for Defra Group to make use of its budget, including addressing trade offs
  • Leading development of a compelling narrative that will guide Defra's approach to resource allocation
Person Specification

  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Strong strategic thinking and able to recognise opportunities, risks and connections across a wide range of policy areas
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • Collaborative and effective at building relationships with a track record for using these effectively to deliver objectives
  • Confidence being a 'critical friend' and engaging directly with senior officials and ministers

Role 2:
Governance and coordination

Responsibilities:


  • Coordination of Defra fiscal strategy and the next spending review
  • Proactively working across analysts, finance and HR to ensure that Defra has the evidence base and data needed to allow Ministers and ExCo to take big decisions about how we use our resources
  • Annual business planning for Defra Group

Person Specification:

  • Confident working with data and strong attention to detail
  • Good project management skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • Collaborative and effective at building relationships with a track record for using these effectively to deliver objectives

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