Senior Programme Advisor
| Posting date: | 14 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £39,384 to £46,715 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National Salary: £39,384 - £43,169; London Salary: £43,007 -£46,715 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 June 2024 |
| Location: | B2 4BJ |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 353201/1 |
Summary
The Multilateral and WTO team leads on delivering UK trade policy in several high-profile areas in the multilateral fora including: the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the G7 and the G20. We look to influence global trade rules, manage the UK’s relationship with bilateral trading partners and use the UK’s voice at the WTO to advocate for, and reform, the rules-based international system. To do that effectively we need to develop and manage a busy multilateral trade policy programme supporting UK engagement across multiple fora, including the WTO, G7, G20 and Commonwealth.
This high-profile, stretching, and diverse role sits within the heart of the WTO programme team. As the successful candidate, you will be responsible for managing the UK’s multilateral and WTO programme delivery, ensuring coordination and coherence of activity across multiple workstreams, managing the programme systems and processes, as well as managing the secretariat function for internal and cross-departmental governance.
You will work closely with a wide range of strategy and policy leads to manage our programmatic approach. You will work closely with seniors to support overall programme delivery, develop the required programme management information, including working with teams to set workstream milestones, progress reporting up to Ministerial level, managing issues/risks, and wider programme communication to key stakeholder groups.
All aspects of the role will require you to build strong professional networks and work closely with the UK Mission in Geneva, DBT Regional Teams, colleagues at Post, as well as policy teams across the Department and Whitehall. The role offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity for the right candidate to make a tangible impact and work directly on the UK’s priorities at the WTO.
- Manage the delivery of the UK multilateral trade policy and engagement. Working closely with the Head of Programme, this includes working closely with team leads to monitor programme and workstream level objectives and KPIs. Identify and assess programme risks and associated mitigations.
- Manage the key products, processes, and ways of working to support programme delivery; work includes holding policy and engagement leads to account for delivery and working closely with senior leaders.
- Report appropriate programme management information and progress up to Ministerial level.
- Manage a secretariat function for all internal team and cross-departmental governance to support effective and timely information sharing and programme decision making.
- Manage a Delivery Hub to oversee all programme delivery activity, proactive communication with internal and external stakeholders, approvals for HMG travel to Geneva, team corporate reporting, budget and financial planning.
- You will line manage one HEO and an EO.