Strategy Lead - Newcastle upon Tyne, 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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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

2 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
  • S&C
  • Strategy
    Type of role:
  • Strategy
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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  • Bristol, London, NewcastleuponTyne, YorkAbout the job

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 Defra office.

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


Job description:


The Strategy Unit


This is an exciting opportunity to join the Strategy Unit, a small, collaborative, and high performing team which sits at the centre of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

It is our role to develop the department's strategy and make sure we are providing the best possible advice to ministers on a range of important policy and delivery issues.

We help the Department make better and more coordinated decisions, plan for the long-term, and achieve its aims across Whitehall.

You will join us at a time when we are finalising the full range of services the team will provide, expected to include:

  • Successful articulation and ownership of a single departmental strategy, and putting in place mechanisms to ensure delivery against it
  • Oversight and delivery of key strategic projects across the Department identifying the issues, finding solutions, securing agreement, delivering those on the ground and sharing learning more widely
  • Establishing coherence across the department where possible bringing together colleagues to resolve tradeoffs and interdependencies
  • Influencing central government building relationships to represent Defra priorities and influence crossgovernment strategies
  • Horizon scanning developing a model for to support the department in designing/adapting its key delivery activities and in supporting organisational design decisions
  • Developing the strategy profession, and upskilling our strategy cohort, in Defra.

Strategy Lead
We are seeking two Strategy Leads to work within this newly formed unit.


You will lead and deliver a series of high-impact strategy projects that support the Department in achieving its strategic outcomes and improve the effectiveness of Defra's ways of working.


You will be expected to be able to take ownership of individual projects, be able to lead a team and drive forward work independently, working with stakeholders across the Department and beyond to deliver meaningful change.

You should expect to work on 1-2 projects at any time as well as providing coaching and support to other team members.


Person specification:


Essential Criteria


We are looking for a self-motivated, organised and proactive person who is enthusiastic about shaping ways of working alongside senior leadership to deliver impactful change.


The role holder will:

  • Have strong organisational and effective decisionmaking skills;
  • Be able to work flexibly at pace, managing several competing deadlines and rapidly changing priorities at short notice and to very short timescales;
  • Be able to manage upwards and to work with people of all grades, delegating work, and commissioning briefings;
  • Have experience in delivering strategic projects or those that have a lasting impact on organisational behaviour;
  • Be prepared to challenge the status quo and push through new ideas and thinking;
  • Have strong interpersonal and communication skills;
  • Take a strategic approach to decision making and be conscious of the big picture;
  • Display high levels of judgment on a broad range of issues, often
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