Briefing and Secretariat Manager
| Posting date: | 19 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £40,201 to £47,986 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National: £40,201 Min - £43,347 Max. Inner London: £45,724 Min - £47,986 Max. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 August 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 354672/6 |
Summary
Are you enthusiastic, curious and committed to creating a bright future for our customers?
Do you enjoy collaborating with others to deliver in high performing dynamic teams that value everyone’s contributions?
If so, you should consider a career in Change and Resilience Group within DWP.
We are looking for people who have a range of experience to lead and be responsible for planning, co-ordinating and delivering communications and briefings to audiences such as Ministers, Director Generals and trade unions.
We welcome applications from candidates with a diverse range of skills who are ambitious, curious and committed to developing their career in a programme environment.
DWP are looking to fill 3 Briefing and Secretariat roles within some of the largest programmes across Government. Details about the various programmes in our Group can be found in the Candidate Information Pack.
As Briefing and Secretariat Manager, you will be required to work to strict deadlines and manage priorities while working with other programme strands to draft briefings for ministers and trade unions on programme activity. You will be responsible for drafting submissions to ministers, correspondence for ministers to deliver in Parliament and content for trade union briefings about elements of the programme.
Forming great stakeholder networks across the department is key to assist you in this role. You will work across the organisation and beyond, building relationships internally and externally to ensure effective communications.
We have a range of challenging and exciting roles on offer, all of which are vital in supporting the successful delivery of transformation projects and programmes across DWP. If you are highly motivated, interested in a career in a programme environment and would like to support the Government to deliver its next set of priorities, this role is for you. We will also be looking to form a strong reserve list as we expect to have further roles in the near future. Our success depends on our people. We are looking for individuals to join our team who are as motivated by our unique purpose as we are!
What are the role responsibilities?
While no two days will be the same, the responsibilities may vary from role to role but include:
- Leading and managing a team to deliver timely policy and decision making
- Provide briefings for information or recommendations to Ministers, the Permanent Secretary, Press Office and senior DWP leaders and Departmental Trade Union on transformation activity
- Drafting answers to ministerial correspondence and Parliamentary questions
- Drafting replies for freedom of information requests
- Advising other communications strands and beyond on Parliamentary activity such as recess and general elections
- Co-ordinating briefing, commission papers and managing outputs across multiple senior Governance Boards
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with the Department’s Senior Leaders and other Government Departments, working collaboratively with teams to provide high quality deliverables
- Developing, implementing, and reviewing processes, sharing and learning best practice
- Horizon scanning and taking a strategic approach to planning future workload, working closely with senior leaders to ensure priorities are met and to drive progress
- Providing secretariat support to senior forums
Our Mission
The Department for Work and Pensions is one of the biggest government departments, delivering vital services to some of the most vulnerable people in society. As part of the UK’s biggest public service department, we make sure that millions of people receive their State Pension and working age, disability and ill health benefits each year.
Change and Resilience Group (CRG) lead on the Department’s portfolio of Change programmes and projects. We work in multi-disciplinary teams to continually improve how we do things and deliver our services with minimal disruption to DWP customers. More information can be found in the Candidate Information Pack attached and in the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/0lI-sy4rvm4?si=JTNWjbd6_bZpJJ43
The size and scale of DWP means that there are plenty of opportunities to develop, learn and progress throughout your career. We are committed to developing our people now and in the future. Our aim is for our colleagues to be appropriately skilled and qualified from the moment of entry up to becoming an experienced practitioner within their role. To support this aim you may be required to undertake a work-based qualification, including apprenticeships, that relates to your job role and which will support you in developing your knowledge and skills in both this role and your future career.
We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make Change and Resilience Group as diverse as possible, and we particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups, including people from an ethnic minority background, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.