Deputy Head Of Communications And Engagement

Do you possess outstanding communication and influencing skills? Are you able to build effective relationships with peers, across external bodies and organisations to maximise these relationships to ensure a consistent, internal narrative, and to identify opportunities to grow? If you do, we’d love to hear from you !

About the Team

The vision of the Government Finance Function (GFF), which sits within HM Treasury as a cross-cutting central team, is to ensure that we put finance at the heart of decision making. It is at the forefront of the Government’s functional agenda, building a broad and inclusive function that is breaking down silos, sharing the excellent best-practice that exists across Government, and establishing effective relationships with other functions.

We’re looking to recruit a Deputy Head of Communications and Engagement to work in the Strategy, Engagement and Governance Team. We’re a high-profile team at the heart of the GFF who focus on:

• Setting the strategic direction for the function
• Running strategic projects to set best practice and upskill the finance community
• Developing communications to connect with over 10,000 finance employees by building a common identity
• Running events designed to engage and educate audiences across government

The team is ten people strong with a diversity of background and experience. We work in a collaborative way with significant join up and ongoing opportunities to get involved in new tasks.

About the Job

As Deputy Head of Communications and Engagement, you’ll be responsible for ensuring the day-to-day functioning of the Communications and Engagement team, with specific responsibility for designing and implementing a new, external affairs strategy.

Key accountabilities include;

• Redesign our External Affairs strategy – including social media – to take advantage of emerging trends and channels, building the GFF brand in the process
• Work closely with the Head and Deputy Head of Function to build their external profile amongst key stakeholders – both internal and external
• Direct line management responsibilities for three individuals, ensuring each member of the team has the skills and support necessary to deliver high-quality work
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve channels and outputs by using available data and bringing in new technologies where appropriate

For a more detailed list please view the job advert on Civil Service Jobs

About You

You must be confident in all aspects of Communications, from digital communications to events and stakeholder management, as well as dealing with external enquiries and managing reputation and other risk relating to externally facing work. You should also be comfortable working with – and advising – senior leaders at the highest levels of government.

You will be an effective, inspiring, and visible leader, who prioritises innovation and continuous learning and development to ensure the long-term effectiveness of the team.

HM Treasury is proud of a diverse and inclusive work environment, committed to fairness and the promotion of equality of opportunity for all. We know that having a range of experiences, ways of working and thinking makes us a stronger organisation, better at developing policy that is reflective of the communities we serve. We embrace different views and experiences and value the fresh perspective that people from a variety of circumstances bring to the work we do. We welcome applications from candidates who have not previously worked for the Civil Service, mid- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances regardless of disability, ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 27%
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity (e.g. women in the Treasury, ethnic minority network, LGBT* network, faith and belief network)

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk