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Are you an engaging leader with excellent stakeholder engagement, collaboration and influencing skills?
Would you relish an opportunity that provides exposure working with a range of senior leaders?
If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for someone who has the drive and desire to make a real difference, and we would love to hear from you.
The Government is committed to developing a ten-year infrastructure strategy to help improve rail connectivity across the north of England. It aims to do this by improving transport across the North, including boosting rail connectivity from East to West.
Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) is an exciting opportunity, where you can really help shape a major project and impact lives. This project will deliver better transport connections in the North of England, boost local growth and transform lives.
In this outward-facing role, you will lead the team responsible for both engagement and local growth.
Working with local leaders, including local mayors, is key to delivering NPR. Doing so will help shape both the railway scheme itself and how local areas are able to maximise its benefits. Taking these together represents a real opportunity to maximise NPR’s impact and benefits.
You will be joining a friendly and dynamic division, who are passionate about delivering for the public.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
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As Head of NPR Engagement and Local Growth, your key responsibilities will include:
Stakeholder engagement:
* Developing trusting and collaborative relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, each with different priorities and views.
* Working with lead sponsors for each area of NPR’s development to effectively interface between their activity and wider stakeholders.
* Developing and implementing engagement policy.
Strategic Consultation:
* Responsibility for the end-to-end development and running of a Strategic Consultation.
Local Growth:
* Building strategic partnerships with a diverse range of local areas to understand their needs and help them to maximise opportunities for their areas off the back of better connectivity.
* Developing local growth strategy and policy.
* Overseeing the grant funding of some local authorities along the line of route.
Team leadership and management:
* Line management responsibilities, supporting and developing your team of two Grade 7s and building an environment which enables everyone to continue thriving.
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