Strategy Adviser, Ministerial Strategy - London, United Kingdom - Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £39,384 - £46,715
  • National : £39,384 £43,169 London: £43,007 £46,715
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Senior Executive Officer
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • DBT
  • DG SI
  • Business Grants & Investment DGSI: Ministerial Strategy Directorate
    Type of role:
  • International Trade
  • Policy
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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Location

  • Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, SalfordAbout the job

Job summary:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and high-performing strategy adviser to join DBT's Ministerial Strategy Directorate (MSD).

MSD sits at the heart of the department and this role provides the opportunity contribute to the delivery of the department's key priorities.


MSD's policy and strategy teams address emerging and cross-cutting issues and help DBT take a rigorous and coherent approach to strategic decisions, with a particular focus on economic policy making and growth.


This role is in the Future Trade Policy team, which delivers cross-cutting strategy projects to support DBT's priorities, with a particular focus on trade policy.

We work closely with ministers, senior officials, teams across DBT and other government departments. Examples of our strategy development projects include work on green trade, market-distorting practices, trade digitalisation and growth strategy.


Job description:


Responsibilities:


  • Producing structured policy analysis on crosscutting policy questions and tensions to support the development of new strategies and approaches, coordinating with policy and analytical colleagues.
  • Developing and communicating policy positions on a wide range of issues to support crossdepartmental and crossHMG discussions, and engagement in international fora.
  • Collaborating and influencing across government departments to ensure DBT's policy priorities are factored into wider policymaking, and to bring together the expertise to develop new strategies and policies.
  • Engaging and building relationships with a range of stakeholders, including teams across the department and with other government departments.

Person specification:


Essential Criteria

  • Ability to see the bigger picture and think strategically.
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills.
  • Ability to work collaboratively, flexibly and effectively in a team.
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities, often to tight deadlines.
  • An understanding and appreciation of the requirement to provide timely, honest, objective and impartial advice in the Civil Service.

Desirable Criteria

  • Experience working in a policy or strategy role.
  • Understanding / knowledge of international trade or economic policy.
  • Able to work effectively across departmental boundaries.

Personal Attributes & Skills

Behaviours:

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

  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Delivering at Pace

Benefits:


  • Alongside your salary of £39,384, Department for Business and Trade contributes £10,633 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Selection process details:


  • This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in-person interviews by exception.

  • A
    CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Provide employment history that relates to the essential criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages.
  • A
    Personal Statement of up to 500 words, explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential criteria.

Reasonable Adjustments

Further Information:


  • A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made. Reserve Lists will be for each location and appointments made in merit order based on location preferences.
  • Any move to the Department for Business and Trade from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between
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