Engagement and Project Management Team Lead - Bristol, United Kingdom - Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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Bristol, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £51,934
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Grade 7
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • Implementation and Sponsorship
    Type of role:
  • Policy
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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Location

  • Bristol, Darlington, Manchester, WolverhamptonAbout the job

Job summary:

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is committed to make sure buildings are safe, sustainable and affordable.

This role will help implement reform of the built environment, by leading the new Engagement and Project Management Team responsible for working with key stakeholders to understand challenges everyday people face with their homes, managing the flow or legislation the team is responsible for, and addressing correspondence received by Ministers and the Department on the team's policy areas.


The role holder will contribute to the development and delivery of policy and secondary legislation to make a real difference to the quality of housing and building safety in England.


Job description:

This role will be based in the Regulatory Stewardship and Reform directorate of DLUHC's Safer Greener Buildings Group.

You will be responsible for managing 5 team members of different experience levels to run the wider team's engagement, correspondence and project management functions, with high exposure to policy development.


You will be a key part of the team's ability to horizon scan for upcoming challenges and new opportunities for reform.

In addition, you will work with policy colleagues to identify the right processes for successful delivery of legislation and make sure it is implemented effectively so that it works on the ground.


The role will also involve building and managing strong relationships with senior colleagues, other policy leads, lawyers and analysts and a wide range of stakeholders in both policy and delivery contexts to help deliver positive outcomes for people across England.


Person specification:


Essential:


  • Identifying and overcoming obstacles to delivery and making sure policy teams keep to deadlines
  • Managing a diverse team effectively
  • Strong oral and written skills including the ability to communicate detailed information clearly
  • Working effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders

Desirable:


  • Experience working on legislation
  • Experience of project management

Behaviours:

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

  • Delivering at Pace
  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Leadership
  • Communicating and Influencing

Benefits:


  • Alongside your salary of £51,934, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities contributes £14,022 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 and Experience.
    We are for everyone

We would strongly recommend that applicants get in touch with the vacancy manager to find out more information about this role.
We are for everyone


CV and Cover Letter Declaration


We recruit based on your knowledge and skills, and not background, gender or ethnicity - this is called name blind recruitment.


Please remove references to your:
- name/title
- educational institutions
- age
- gender
- postal address
- phone number
- nationality/immigration status


At sift, through your CV and covering letter we will be assessing:

Skills and experience in line with the person specification.


Your covering letter should be no more than 1 page referencing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description.


The interview will be of a blended nature consisting of behaviour based questions as listed in the advert.

Behaviours:
Seeing the Big Picture, Leadership, Deliver at Pace, Communication and Influencing


In full the campaign will test the below Success Profile Elements:


Experience:
Yes - Experience questions will be based around the essential skills and criteria as listed

Behaviours:
Seeing the Big Picture, Leadership, Deliver at Pace, Communication and Influencing


Grade 7 salary
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The salary for this role is £51,934 (National)
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Benefits

Transfers across the Civil Service on or after 4 October 2018:


Location

  • Bristol
  • Manchester
  • Wolverhampton
  • Darlington*
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