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The Department
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is the department for economic growth. We work with business partners across the country to support investment, growth, and create jobs and opportunities. In our engagement, we strive to understand businesses needs for the international trading environment and help unlock post-Brexit freedoms.
The Team
The Global Supply Chains and Economic Security Directorate plays a vital role in the UK Governments approach to ensuring the security of the UKs critical imports. The Directorate leads on ensuring resilience in critical supply-chains, assessing vulnerabilities, consulting with key stakeholders, and developing policies to secure resilience.
We do this by:
- Strengthening our understanding and monitoring of the UK’s critical supply chains
- Designing policies and guiding interventions to strengthen the long-term resilience of global supply chains.
- Creating and supporting international efforts to strengthen the resilience of critical supply chains.
The Strategy and Policy team, within the Global Supply Chains and Economic Security Directorate, develop policies and interventions that guide government action to strengthen the resilience of the supply chains that are critical to the UKs economic growth and national security. This role will lead the Strategy and Policy teams stakeholder engagement following the publication of the UKs first Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy.
As part of our commitments in the Strategy, we will be expanding collaboration between government, business, and academia to safeguard the most critical supply chains now and in the future.
You will be working with businesses, trade associations, academics, and other government departments on a range of cross-cutting policy areas. You will develop a comprehensive programme of business and academia engagement on supply chains to build intelligence on supply chain resilience and inform policy development.
The team is high-performing, ambitious, and inclusive , and is the ideal place for those looking to use their business knowledge and develop their strategy and policy skill set.
Job description
This is an exciting time join DBT. The work we do has a real impact on jobs and growth across the United Kingdom. Our mission is to help businesses export, drive inward and outward investment, negotiate market access and trade deals, and to champion free trade. We are an international department based in 108 countries, and we work closely with our colleagues worldwide.
The Strategy and Policy team, within the Global Supply Chains and Economic Security Directorate, develop policies and interventions that guide government action to strengthen the resilience of the supply chains that are critical to the UKs economic growth and national security. We have a range of different levers at our disposal and often a combination of these may be the best solution to address a vulnerability. The teams work is underpinned by the Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy and this role will play a big part in implementing this Ministerial priority.
In this role, you will:
- Design and deliver a programme of business and academia engagement on global supply chains, including supporting ministerial engagement when required, to inform the development of relevant policy proposals and tools.
- Develop and deliver tool kits for businesses, to help them improve understanding of their supply chains and take steps to improve resilience.
- Work closely with businesses to build intelligence on supply chains issues.
- Identify and establish links with other external supply chain experts, including academia and think tanks.
- Expand collaboration and manage relationships between government, business, and academia to safeguard the most critical supply chains, including by sharing business sentiment to inform policy development.
- Support work to expand our programme of supply chain resilience stress testing with businesses.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- Experience of business engagement.
- Communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience engaging across government.
- Experience briefing senior officials/ministers and writing submissions.
- Experience in policy and strategy development across government.
- Experience of working with businesses or other external stakeholders
Personal Attributes & Skills
- You will be a self-starter with excellent interpersonal skills.
- You will have a strong business acumen and be confident in engaging and working with external stakeholders to build meaningful relationships.
- A strategic thinker, you will enjoy problem solving and you will compile, assimilate, distil, interpret and present evidence and options, drawing upon experts as appropriate.
- You will be a strong communicator both written and orally – confident writing for a variety of audiences, preparing briefs, submissions and papers for colleagues and seniors, including Ministers, and presenting your ideas to colleagues. You will present to a high standard and be able to summarise key messages for different audiences.
- You will have a strong interest in and focus on continuous learning and be open to learning, keeping knowledge and skills set current and evolving.
- You will be personally resilient, flexible and a highly articulate team player.
Behaviours
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Benefits
£10,633 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%
We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities
Please refer to the attached candidate pack for further information on our benefits.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in-person interviews by exception.
Please ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way.
To apply for this post, you will be asked to complete the following as part of the online application:
- A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Provide employment history that relates to the essential criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages.
- A Personal Statement of up to 500 words explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential criteria.
It is likely that the sift will take place 1-2 weeks after the closing date and interviews 3-5 weeks after the closing date though this is subject to change.
In the event of a large number of applicants, an initial short sift will be conducted on the Personal Statement only. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
Reasonable Adjustments
We are committed to supporting candidates so they can perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. This includes making reasonable adjustments to our process. In order to request an adjustment:
Complete the Assistance required section on the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process.
Alternatively contact the Government Recruitment Service at DBTrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
Candidate Support
You may want to join a virtual Candidate Support Session. These sessions include helpful tips and advice on the recruitment process, from application to interview.
Please see attached Candidate Pack for further information on: Diversity and Inclusion; Benefits; Learning and Development; Working Patterns and what we deliver as a department.
Further Information:
- A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made. Reserve Lists will be for each location and appointments made in merit order based on location preferences.
- Any move to the Department for Business and Trade from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments.
- The Department will not consider sponsoring a visa or issuing a Certificate of Sponsorship. We are unable to offer advice on any Visa and Immigration cases.
- New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
- Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty. Any applicant who has details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
- A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
- Terms and Conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Please note the successful candidate will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of 18 months before being released for another role.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk
For further information on the Access NI confidential checking service telephone: the Access NI Helpline on 0300 200 7888 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email accessni@ani.x.gsi.gov.uk
Vetting
The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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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).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Anna Gibbons
- Email : Anna.Gibbons@businessandtrade.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dbtrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
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: Resourcing@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: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints
