Assistant Private Secretary to the Director General for Strategy & Operations
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £33,095 to £37,026 per year |
| Additional salary information: | plus a Private Office allowance of £6,500 + benefits. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, Greater Manchester |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 351430 |
Summary
The Assistant Private Secretary is a key role supporting and advising the Director General. It will give the right person access to an enormous amount of departmental delivery and the chance to forge relationships across the department. You should be able to credibly engage with colleagues at all levels, represent the DG’s view and reflect others’ views back to them to drive forward priorities.
This role is a key enabler for achieving outstanding public service delivery in the most efficient way and the role holder would be expected to work closely with business units and delivery teams to steer and drive activity and deliver upon ambitious timescales.
The job requires strong relationship building skills, the ability to prioritise and organise, adaptability and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
You can expect an exciting, fast-paced and varied job, as you provide advice and support to the DG in handling complex issues relating to policy and corporate issues.
You will need to be comfortable working reactively and proactively across a number of varied corporate and policy areas.
Person specification
The ideal candidate would have the following keys skills and experience:
Essential requirements:
The ability to work at pace, driving progress in the face of a range of competing views and being calm and resilient in pressurised situations.
Strategic thinking to understand the sensitivities of the brief and spot the key issues and risks before they arise.
Leadership skills and ability to form effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders internally and externally, and at various levels of seniority.
Strategic analysis skills to provide challenge and fresh ideas across a broad range of issues and in response to breaking events.
Strong organisational skills with the ability to balance competing priorities and pressure.
Desirable skills:
An understanding of how a Private Office operates.
Experience working in or with corporate functions.
We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Georgia Drew and will take place on:
Monday 29 April, 1.30pm to 2.30pm
The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.
Please register your interest by filling out this form and you will be sent an invitation.
Please note that the session will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to recruitment.team@dcms.gov.uk
This role is a key enabler for achieving outstanding public service delivery in the most efficient way and the role holder would be expected to work closely with business units and delivery teams to steer and drive activity and deliver upon ambitious timescales.
The job requires strong relationship building skills, the ability to prioritise and organise, adaptability and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
You can expect an exciting, fast-paced and varied job, as you provide advice and support to the DG in handling complex issues relating to policy and corporate issues.
You will need to be comfortable working reactively and proactively across a number of varied corporate and policy areas.
Person specification
The ideal candidate would have the following keys skills and experience:
Essential requirements:
The ability to work at pace, driving progress in the face of a range of competing views and being calm and resilient in pressurised situations.
Strategic thinking to understand the sensitivities of the brief and spot the key issues and risks before they arise.
Leadership skills and ability to form effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders internally and externally, and at various levels of seniority.
Strategic analysis skills to provide challenge and fresh ideas across a broad range of issues and in response to breaking events.
Strong organisational skills with the ability to balance competing priorities and pressure.
Desirable skills:
An understanding of how a Private Office operates.
Experience working in or with corporate functions.
We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Georgia Drew and will take place on:
Monday 29 April, 1.30pm to 2.30pm
The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.
Please register your interest by filling out this form and you will be sent an invitation.
Please note that the session will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to recruitment.team@dcms.gov.uk