22 Oct
Department for Business and Trade
London
Job details
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Pay
- £64,432 - £74,825 a year
Job type
- Part-time
- Full-time
- Fixed term contract
Location
London
Benefits
Pulled from the full job description
- Childcare
- Company pension
Full job description
Details
Reference number
374306
Salary
£64,432 - £74,825
National: £64,432 - £73,014; London: £67,794 - £74,825
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Job grade
Grade 6
Contract type
Permanent
Fixed term
Length of employment
Post 1- 1 year with scope to extend
Business area
DBT - BG - Industry
Type of role
Policy
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Number of jobs available
3
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About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
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Location
Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford
About the job
Job summary
Businesses are at the heart of the economy and DBT’s priorities. Our aim is to make the UK the best place in the world to start and grow a business.
DBT’s Materials Directorate works to ensure the UK has internationally competitive industrial sectors and resilient supply chains for strategically important materials and products – such as critical minerals, chemicals, glass, ceramics, steel and aluminium. We are responsible for ensuring that these industries create jobs, decarbonise, build skills and continue to invest and grow economic wealth.
We are looking to recruit three Grade 6s into exciting, varied and high-profile roles across the Directorate which will involve leadership, strategy and policy development across a broad portfolio. All of the roles will involve significant engagement with Ministers,
senior officials across Whitehall and senior stakeholders from businesses.
DBT is a modern and diverse workplace, committed to promoting and ensuring equality and valuing diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process.
Job description
Post 1 – Head of Chemicals and Plastics
The post holder will be responsible for leading economic growth in two of the UK’s biggest manufacturing sectors – chemicals and plastics – helping them remain internationally competitive,
create jobs, secure investment and boost exports. Specific responsibilities include:
Working closely with the chemicals and plastics industries to understand their priorities, seek their input on Government policy, and influence other Government departments to help to ensure positive outcomes for the sectors.
Supporting the chemicals and plastics sectors' transition to Net Zero and protection from carbon leakage; working with the Industrial Decarbonisation team in DESNZ to navigate the policy landscape for their decarbonisation pathways.
Working with other government departments and overseas Posts to support inward investment and growth opportunities across the sectors,
including horizon scanning and agreeing priority markets and supporting individual companies to land investments.
Working to secure the chemical sector and ensure its supply chains remain secure and resilient.
Please note – this post is initially on a 12 month basis with scope to extend.
Post 2 – Head of Energy Intensive Industries
The Energy Intensive Industries (EIIs) team is a small policy team dedicated to delivering high quality, well evidenced and impactful change. We are the sector team for industries such as cement, paper, glass and ceramics, and work closely with other teams whose sectors are high energy users, such as steel and chemicals.
EIIs are businesses whose energy and trade intensity leaves them particularly exposed to competition from abroad. We deliver policies to support them with the high cost of energy and ensure they remain internationally competitive,
ensuring that UK energy policy does not disincentivise investment and production in the UK.
Given our interest in energy policy, the key government department we engage with is DESNZ, and we expect our work over this parliament to be heavily geared towards the strategic approach to industrial decarbonisation. By ensuring the voice of industry is heard in government we will help deliver policies that are effective, pragmatic, and which do not come at the cost of de-industrialisation.
Specific responsibilities include:
Working closely with the Energy Intensive Users Group and EII trade associations to understand their priorities, seek their input on Government policy, and influence other Government departments to help to ensure positive outcomes for the sectors.
Supporting transition of EIIs to Net Zero whilst ensuring they can remain viable as businesses over the coming years and decades. This will require close working with a range of industrial energy policy teams in DESNZ to create the right balance of nudges and incentives as they make this complex and costly transition
Effectively represent the priorities and concerns of EIIs across a range of cross emerging Government publications – notably the Circular Economy and Industrial Strategies
Post 3 – Head of Critical Minerals and Mining (Strategy and Investment)
The critical minerals team is developing and delivering policy to improve the resilience of critical mineral supply chains, safeguard future manufacturing industries, support the energy transition and protect national security.
This area of policy has become increasingly strategically important for Ministers, and the role provides an excellent opportunity to lead on a fast paced and high-profile area of work.
Specific responsibilities include:
Leading the development, delivery and governance of the UK government’s approach to critical minerals.
Overseeing projects to monitor and manage critical mineral supply risks faced by UK businesses (for example, the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre, and taking forward the recommendations of the Task and Finish Group for Critical Minerals Resilience.
Shaping domestic policy to increase the security of supply of critical minerals.
Supporting the growth of UK critical mineral businesses including via identifying and facilitating inward investment opportunities.
Person specification
Skills and Experience
Essential criteria
We are looking for three engaging leaders with a track record of successfully leading multiple work strands within fast paced conditions. You will need to have:
- A track record of strong and effective leadership, with experience of building high-performing and engaged teams.
- Excellent drafting skills and significant experience of leading the policy development process, including managing input from various experts to present policy recommendations.
- Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation and influencing skills with evidence of building close, trusting relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to work under pressure and adapt to a fast-paced environment.
- The ability to build close, trusting relationships with a variety of stakeholders across Whitehall, with stakeholders external to Government and with Ministers and Senior Officials.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Leadership
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Leadership
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £64,432, Department for Business and Trade contributes £18,665 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- 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 employer contribution of 28.97%
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
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours 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.
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. 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 [email protected] 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.
- This role may be considered as a secondment opportunity. Please reach out to the hiring manager listed at the bottom of this advert to discuss.
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 [email protected] 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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
Vetting
Please be aware the levels of national security clearance are changing which may impact on the level needed for this role by the time of appointment. All efforts will be made to keep candidates informed of any changes and what that will mean in terms of vetting criteria.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
Feedback
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).
See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
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.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Name :
Katy Burton
Email :
[email protected]
Recruitment team
Email :
[email protected]
Further information
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.
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: [email protected].
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
▶️ Materials Directorate
🖊️ Department for Business and Trade
📍 London