About the job

Job summary

This role will work directly to the Birmingham Head of Location.   

We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed leader who is passionate about building Birmingham Hub, making it a core part of the DBT ecosystem and making it a thriving place to work for our colleagues. The individual will be able to spot opportunities, drive delivery, work collaboratively, quickly build reciprocal networks, get things done, and communicate our work and successes brilliantly.  

This role is open only to applicants based in, or willing to relocate to Birmingham/Nottingham.  

Job description

You will support the Head of location and Director General Sponsor in Birmingham to make DBT in Birmingham a great place to work. This will mean identifying and coordinating influential business outreach opportunities, developing innovative programmes of work with colleagues, and ensuring that benefits are delivered. You will role model exemplar leadership and bring the office community to life for colleagues based in DBT’s Birmingham Hub. 

• Developing and communicating the employee proposition for DBT staff at the hub, and supporting colleagues to have thriving, successful careers;
• Leading a regular drumbeat of communications both internally and externally – and regularly sharing developments and insights with other DBT offices;
• Using data to produce regular location-specific reports for the Head of location and Director General;  
• Identifying and driving through to delivery opportunities to lead DBTs aims as part of the Places for Growth programme– including, as a specific example, mapping the journey for direct Civil Service entry routes to identify barriers, blockers, and opportunities and to lead the action to move them out of the way (including ensuring that our induction processes are brilliant);     
• Briefing, support and identifying opportunities for the Head of Location and Director General for business and stakeholder engagement in Darlington, and working across the government hub with other departments to maximise opportunities for the co-creation of programmes and policy;    
• Working with the Places for Growth Team and other Head of locations teams to share best practice across DIT Places for Growth locations;  
• Engaging effectively and credibly with stakeholders at all levels, including from the local business and schools/university/R&D community and partners – this will sometimes involve “out of hours” evening working to represent DBT;  
• Briefing, support and coordination of VIP, business and other visits including playing an ambassadorial role and hosting visit programmes and activity. 

Person specification

Essential criteria       

• Project & programmes experience will be assessed. e.g. Waterfall, Prince 2, Agile, Scrum. 
• The ability to think strategically and seek insight and data from varied sources to spot risks, issues and opportunities;  
• The ability to create, maintain and promote collaborative networks to get things done;  
• The ability to plan, monitor and deliver projects and a programme of work on time and to devise a mechanism for regularly reporting progress in easily digestible formats;  
• The ability to act as an ambassador for DBT and the Campus. 

Desirable criteria   

• Building and growing diverse and inclusive communities. 
• Ability to grow learning and career pathways. 
• Able to deploy effective marketing and communications. 

We are looking for an inspirational, enthusiastic, committed leader who can drive activity, work collaboratively across the campus, build networks inside and outside of the department including with other place based OGDs. This role is all about getting things done and communicating our work and successes effectively.  

The successful candidate will have the leadership and personal skills to engage with, gain insights from, and support DBT colleagues on site as the campus grows.   

You will be able to balance the ability to engage, connect with and collaborate with people and partners at all levels with a strong focus on delivery and getting things done – this will sometimes be through others and managing their work to deliver on time, but will also require you to roll up your own sleeves regularly.   

You will need to use insight and information from colleagues, and others to suggest, plan for and deliver a dynamic programme of work that clearly directly contributes towards DBT and Levelling Up objectives.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £53,560, Department for Business and Trade contributes £14,461 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

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 750 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. 

After the closing date 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:

This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.

• 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.

Feedback

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

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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). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.