About us
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has a clear mission - to grow the economy. Our role is to help businesses invest, grow and export to create jobs and opportunities right across the country. We do this in three ways.
Firstly, we help to build a strong, competitive business environment, where consumers are protected and companies rewarded for treating their employees properly.
Secondly, we open international markets and ensure resilient supply chains. This can be through Free Trade Agreements, trade facilitation and multilateral agreements.
Finally, we work in partnership with businesses every day, providing advance, finance and deal-making support to those looking to start up, invest, export and grow.
The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support us in this mission. The team have been nominated three times in a row for ‘Best Public Sector Employer’ at the Women in Tech awards!
Background
The DDaT Private Office sits within Business Operations and is combined into one sub-team together with Policy & Strategy.
This is an opportunity to be part of an exciting, friendly and high-profile team. Having recently grown in number to reflect the priorities of an enlarged directorate delivering against core DBT missions, including to drive improved efficiency and productivity through innovation, this is an exciting opportunity to help shape a new role in an evolving team.
We are responsible for supporting the Senior Leadership Team to oversee, engage and inspire their portfolios.
The two posts will be responsible for a wide range of tasks centred around two functions. One post will support the Deputy Director of Trade & Regulatory Services (TREGS), and the other will support the Deputy Director of Technology (Chief Technology Officer) in setting clear, strategic direction. Secondly, both posts will be delivering administrative support and enabling resilience and development more broadly across DDaT Private Office.
Technology Portfolio Coordinator
You will be:
* Coordinating portfolio-level input for cross-directorate activities to Business Planning, team meetings and reporting updates. Also includes compiling and narrating cross-portfolio input for commissions; e.g. briefing, presentation, Freedom of Information (FoI) and Parliamentary Questions.
* Helping to organise and join-up teams within and across portfolios by working collaboratively and actively building networks, including proactively keeping abreast of new developments (e.g. wider departmental impacts)
* Establishing a detailed understanding of current and upcoming workstreams across the portfolio, to support the creation of a resource pipeline
* Run the portfolio’s communications pipeline, creating and delivering comms plans, engaging with cross-DBT and DDaT teams to deliver messaging as appropriate
* Co-ordinate the Portfolio’s reward and recognition processes
* Line management responsibilities for an Executive Officer (EO)
TREGS Portfolio Coordinator
You will be:
* Coordinating portfolio-level input for cross-directorate activities to Business Planning, team meetings and reporting updates. Also includes compiling and narrating cross-portfolio input for commissions; e.g. briefing, presentation, Freedom of Information (FoI) and Parliamentary Questions.
* Helping to organise and join-up teams within and across portfolios by working collaboratively and actively building networks, including proactively keeping abreast of new developments (e.g. wider departmental impacts)
* Establishing a detailed understanding of current and upcoming workstreams across the portfolio, to support the creation of a resource pipeline
* Potential line management responsibilities for an Executive Officer (EO)
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