Senior Strategy - London, United Kingdom - Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Salary:

- £49,839 - £61,627
  • London £54,769 £61,627 National £49,839 £55,531 + benefits.
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Grade 7
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
  • Fixed term
  • Loan
    Length of employment:
  • 12 months
    Business area:
  • DCMS
  • Corporate Strategy
    Type of role:
  • Administration / Corporate Support
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share
    Number of jobs available:
  • 2Contents
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  • Manchester, LondonAbout the job

Job summary:

The Strategy and Policy Unit (SPU) sits in the centre of DCMS as part of the Corporate Strategy Directorate.

We are a friendly, supportive and high performing team of around 30 people supporting the strategic management of the department through:

  • Providing senior officials and ministers with high quality advice on complex strategic / policy issues to support effective decision making;
  • Delivering high profile cross cutting policy, such as economic growth, tech, environmental sustainability, union and devolution and levelling up;
  • Coordinating the delivery of the department's legislation;
  • Leading the department through fiscal events and General Election preparation;
  • Building the department's strategic capabilities.


Our broad team remit means there is plenty of opportunity to get involved in many different aspects of the department's work.


Job description:

These are two diverse and important roles, which are right at the heart of DCMS.

This is a particularly exciting time to join, with an upcoming Spending Review (SR) that will touch all parts of the department.


Key responsibilities will include:

  • Supporting DCMS's fiscal event preparations, including the upcoming SR for the department: ensuring we have the right evidence, analysis and relationships to succeed for our sectors and stakeholders.
  • Leadership of several key workstreams within the fiscal event process, including account management of policy and/or corporate teams and project management of the Fiscal event process.
  • Supporting the development of DCMS' long term strategy and priorities, particularly around Youth policy and the department's contribution to Economic Growth.
  • Providing assessment of the strategic case of business cases for the department


You'll play a key role in helping DCMS build its capability in preparation for SR, providing high quality advice to ministers and officials on complex and novel issues.

You will work closely with Strategic Finance, Analysts, policy colleagues, Ministers and the centre of Government. You will be expected to lead and plan work, reporting directly to senior DCMS leaders.


Person specification:


Essential requirements

  • Confident and experienced in delivering at pace, amidst uncertainty and conflicting priorities;
  • Able to think strategically to design and deliver complex programmes of work, identifying areas of joinup to streamline activity;
  • Has strong interpersonal skills and is comfortable challenging senior colleagues to deliver shared and (sometimes) differing objectives;
  • Able to think critically and proactive identify and address opportunities, risks, barriers and tensions within a fiscal event context;
  • An excellent communicator, with experience in giving direction and negotiating with clarity, integrity and enthusiasm.
Desirable skills

  • Experience of working in strategy and/or spending teams;
  • Experience working across Departmental boundaries, such as (but not limited to) crosswhitehall funds, white paper development or No10, HMT or Cabinet Office secretariat roles;
  • Comfortable with financial data.
We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role.

this will be hosted by Amy Jolliffe, and will take place on:

16th May, 11:30am-12:30pm


The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department.

It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest by filling out this form and you will be sent an invitation.


Behaviours:

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

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

Benefits:


  • Alongside your salary of £49,839, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes £13,456 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here. We're committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department.

To support with that, some of the benefits we offer include:


  • Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working
  • DCMS
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