Address
Form of work
SalaryDetails
Reference number
344272
Salary
£75,000 - £85,000
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade
SCS Pay Band 1
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
DBT - DG TSG - Bilateral Trade Relations
Type of role
International Trade
Senior leadership
Other
Senior leadership
Other
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share
Number of jobs available
1
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About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
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Location
Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford
About the job
Job summary
This is a new role leading the central International Strategy and Delivery team. This will include setting up brand new functions including assessing and reporting on trade policy trends globally and ensuring that these are reflected in the Department's bilateral and policy approaches.
There will be a strong initial focus for this role in setting up the team and priorities will include:
- Supporting the change management process
- Clearly defining and growing this team's role, influencing and making an impact across the Directorate and Department
Job description
Key Responsibilities
- Leading and managing the team through significant change
- Overall global strategy for engagement on key policy areas across DBT
- Driving delivery and DBT input into DBT priority global or intra-regional Cross-Whitehall initiatives
- Connectivity across DBT and international trade policy, market access and implementation specifically
- Implementation and market access policy and strategy – including driving new initiatives and ways of working across Directorate
- Overall Directorate and Cross-Whitehall Governance
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- An inspiring, inclusive and engaged leader, able to create a positive working environment where people feel motivated and engaged to deliver high quality outputs at pace
- Proven success of building teams, developing capability and creating a strong, supportive and high-performance culture. Ability to create and use networks to collaborate and drive organisational outcomes
- Strong strategic thinking with high intellectual energy and demonstrable experience of delivering evidence-based policy to challenging deadlines
- Finely tuned judgement with highly developed interpersonal and influencing skills, and a proven ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of working in international policy environment ideally grounded in the trade or economic growth space
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £75,000, Department for Business and Trade contributes £20,250 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%
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Please follow the online instructions on the Civil Service Jobs website to apply for this role. Applications must be submitted no later than 23:55 on 01/04/24. You will be asked to upload the two documents outlined below. It is essential you add your full name to both documents:
- A CV setting out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role. Please provide reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
- A Supporting Statement of around two pages of A4, providing examples of how your experience meets the essential criteria.
Failure to submit both documents will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.
If you encounter any issues or are unable to apply online please contact SCSRecruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk in the first instance. For further information please see the candidate pack attached.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Name :
SCSRecruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk
Email :
SCSRecruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk
Recruitment team
Email :
SCSRecruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk
Further information
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DBT by email at SCSRecruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Civil Service Commission Complaints
