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Can you lead and motivate a team to carry out their duties effectively?
Can you draft high quality written material?
Do you have experience of organising and delivering high profile events or similar?
If so, then this is the perfect role for you!
As Head of Briefing, Correspondence and Engagement, you will drive the UK government’s work in delivering its ambitious programme of activity.
You will be responsible for a team that leads on the maritime directorate’s briefing, correspondence, and external engagement. You will also lead the Department’s activity at the prestigious London International Shipping Week, along with delivering the honours process for the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service.
This role requires exemplary leadership, excellent drafting and stakeholder management.
You will lead relations with the sector to design policy collaboratively and innovatively, You will work with a range of stakeholders including ports, shipping operators, investors, local and devolved administrations, business groups and regulators. The roles will involve working in close partnership with wider DfT colleagues and other government departments. You will also work closely with the Secretary of State and Maritime Minister, their offices and Special Advisers.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
* Oversee stakeholder engagement and relationships with maritime sector, ensuring a strategic approach to all our collaboration and supporting policy teams in their engagement. Work closely with the stakeholder manager, to ensure that external engagement is supporting delivery of maritime priorities.
* Have oversight of all Ministerial briefings, invitations and relevant correspondence sent from the maritime directorate to Ministers and support policy officials across the directorate in administration of these tasks. This includes drafting briefing and correspondence, as well as quality assuring other teams’ work.
* Support ministerial visits and events, working with communications teams and the briefing and correspondence officers.
* Delivering the Merchant Navy Medal for meritorious, a state honour delegated to DfT.
* Delivering the government contribution to London International Shipping Week, a biennial global event showcasing the UK maritime sector to an international audience.
For more information, please see the attached Role Profile.
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills set out in the Civil Service Line Management Standards. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
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