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Job summary
These are new roles at the heart of the Department of Business and Trade, following the Machinery of Government changes and the formation of the new Department.
We are expanding the newly formed Partnerships Team to build additional capacity, reflecting the expanded remit of the Department across its Partner Organisations (which is how DBT refers to its Arms Length Bodies (ALBs), which include household names such as the Competition and Markets Authority, Companies House and Post Office).
We are at an exciting time in the development of the Departments wider governance structures and the Partnerships Team have an integral part to play in building systems with appropriate scope for the broad Partner Organisation landscape.
The Partnerships Team ensures that the Partner Organisations are run effectively and deliver value for taxpayers. We provide assurance to the Permanent Secretary through carrying out a wide range of activities, ensuring good governance and accountability of Partner Organisations in line with Cabinet Office/HM Treasury expectations.
ALB Reviews are a demanding element of the Cabinet Office Public Body Reform Programme, a high-profile programme designed to test whether ALBs are meeting expected standards.
Job description
The Roles
There are 2 SEO roles available in the Partnerships Team, with responsibilities including the support of good Corporate Governance standards across the Department, driving forward assurance, risk and data management relating to our Partner Organisations, capability building and supporting reviews of our Arms Length Bodies.
These will both be high profile roles dealing with a range of complex stakeholders, engaging with information critical to providing the Permanent Secretary with confidence in Partner Organisation performance, assurance and risk management.
Whether working on assurance, risk and data management or supporting the team across governance, capability building and reviews, these roles provide excellent exposure to interesting and varied work and will create opportunities to feed into Departmental governance structures.
There will also be scope to provide further support to other team members where required, which could include PMO functionality and communications and engagement with stakeholders.
Key responsibilities:
- Support all aspects of the assurance, risk and data management work undertaken within the Partnerships Team.
- Support the G7 Corporate Governance Business Partners, including implementation of the Sponsorship Code of Good Practice and capability building across the department.
- You will work with a G7 to ensure that the team has sufficient planning to deliver the necessary assurance for the Permanent Secretary, in his role as Principal Accounting Office of DBTs Partner Organisations.
- Supporting the work on the Partnerships assurance framework to monitor and improve Policy Sponsors and Partner Organisations compliance with the Sponsorship Code of Good Practice, which is being implemented across the Partner Organisations.
- Effectively demonstrate and role model good governance and an understanding of sponsorship behaviours and approaches, including understanding the principles of good Corporate Governance.
- Managing and responding to Cabinet Office requests, ensuring a process is in place for meeting central expectations and ensuring continuing improvement to this process.
- Act as further support to other team members where required, which could include PMO functionality, ALB Reviews, capability building, communications and engagement with stakeholders.
Person specification
Required Experience
Essential
- Strong analytical thinking skills;
- Self-starter that proactively seeks out areas to add value and to improve / develop ways of working or process;
- Demonstrate a desire to drive up standards, effectiveness and efficiency and champion continuous improvement;
- Strong communication and presentation skills and able to communicate at all levels and areas of expertise;
- Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills to build collaborative relationships with a range of people and teams;
- Effective personal resilience to work flexibly and adapt to changing priorities to meet the organisation’s outcomes;
- Excellent drafting and communications skills.
Desirable skills
- Experience of working with Arms Length Bodies or partner organisations ;
- Experience of working in governance, assurance, engagement, efficiency, or effectiveness work programmes;
- Experience working with PowerBI to interpret and present data.
Personal skills and attributes
- Work collaboratively and sensitively with a wide range of different stakeholders.
- Able to use a range of IT equipment and software to analyse information and produce intelligent and engaging reports.
- See the bigger picture and understand how individual processes fit within a wider system
- Establish network of contacts to gather best practice.
- Prioritise competing demands.
- Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with an ability to communicate complex technical issues in plain English.
- Build momentum and deliver at pace.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
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.
- You will have 25 days annual leave in your first year, and an additional day for each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days after 5 years).
- 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 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/Disclosure Scotland/Access NI 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 : Pieter Samuelson
- Email : Pieter.Samulson@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
