Senior Delivery Adviser

The Mission Delivery Unit (MDU) has been established as an integral part of central government, acting as the guardian of the centre's approach to Mission-led government, driving progress on the Prime Minister’s top priorities and building capacity to facilitate successful delivery of the Government's ambitious agenda for the people of this country. The MDU will work with partners across Whitehall to deliver national renewal and change across the Prime Minister’s five missions: Kickstart economic growth; Make Britain a clean energy superpower; Take back our streets; Break down barriers to opportunity; Build an NHS fit for the future., The jobholder will work in one of the Mission teams or the Strategy team of the Mission Delivery Unit, drawing on their experience in delivering for citizens to tackle the most pressing problems of our time, right in the heart of government. These are a demanding and intellectually stimulating role, providing an unparalleled opportunity to combine delivery experience with an ability to influence the most powerful decision makers in the country, including the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (CDL). The jobholders will have a unique opportunity to have a high and far-reaching impact on citizens and frontline partners across the UK. They will work with the rest of the MDU, Mission teams, CO, No10 and HM Treasury to deliver on the government’s missions.
There are six teams:
The Opportunity team works closely with the Department for Education and other government departments to break the link between people’s backgrounds and their future success. The work focuses on setting every child up for the best start in life, helping every child to achieve and thrive at school, building skills for opportunity and growth so that every young person can follow the pathway that is right for them, ensuring every child has a safe loving home, and tackling the barriers that mean too many families struggle to afford the essentials. You will ensure strong delivery plans are in place and work to unblock issues that arise.
The Growth team works closely with HMT, other government departments, and external partners on the government’s central mission to kickstart economic growth. You will work closely with HM Treasury, departments, and external partners in the delivery chain to define delivery success and advise on ambitious but achievable delivery planning. The mission is aiming for the highest sustained growth in the G7, with more people in good jobs, higher living standards and productivity growth in every part of the UK.
The Energy team works closely with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and other government departments, as well as industry, to build the UK’s position as a clean energy superpower. The mission is focused on delivering clean power by 2030, accelerating our transition to net zero, and establishing Great British Energy. You will work closely with the MDU’s Growth team to ensure these priorities are delivered in a way that enables economic growth.
The Safer Streets team works closely with the Home Office, MOJ, other government departments, and external partners on the government’s mission to ‘Take Back our Streets’. This important and ambitious crime and justice mission is focused on halving violence against women and girls and knife crime and raising confidence in the police and criminal justice system. You will work closely with partners in the centre, including No10, HMT and EDS to drive forwards delivery of the mission, assessing delivery plans and briefing CDL and the PM on progress.
The Health and Social Care team works closely with DHSC and NHSE, alongside wider government departments to deliver on the mission to create an ‘NHS fit for the future’. The team works on tracking delivery and unblocking challenges to achieve the mission’s three key aims: to improve access to the NHS – including delivering government’s target on elective waiting times, reduce lives lost to the biggest killers such as CVD and cancer, and shorten the time spent in ill health through a renewed focus on prevention.
The strategy team works closely with the other MDU teams to identify and address cross-cutting issues and interdependencies across the five Missions, lead the coordination and delivery of mission enabling work across the MDU, lead on cross-Whitehall engagement to help develop horizon scanning for potential future delivery issues across Whitehall., As a Senior Delivery Adviser in the MDU mission teams, your responsibilities would include:
+ Working closely with departments, and external partners in the delivery chain to define delivery success and advise on ambitious but achievable delivery planning.
+ Collaborating with departments to identify, structure and solve delivery challenges and to build creative solutions.
+ Working closely with departments to rigorously and objectively assess delivery performance, drawing on quantitative and qualitative evidence to appraise whether performance is on track or at risk, and why this is the case.
+ Horizon scanning for potential future delivery issues, and considering intervention options
+ Persuasively negotiating with senior stakeholders to gain buy-in for solutions and drive the best outcome for citizens.

As a Senior Delivery Adviser in the MDU Strategy team, your responsibilities would include:
+ Work closely with MDU teams to identify cross-cutting issues and interdependencies across the five Missions, assessing delivery challenges to create and implement solutions, advising CDL on any trade-offs and he needs to consider.
+ Lead the coordination and delivery of mission enabling work across the MDU, undertaking special projects to deliver high-priority issues. This could include time-bound ministerial priority projects that relate to one or multiple of the Missions.
+ Lead on cross-Whitehall engagement for departments that contribute directly to the Missions, ensuring a coherent approach to ensure relevant work is factored into core mission delivery.
+ Working closely with No10, HMT, other government departments and external stakeholders to define success to inform the development of the government’s Mission Strategy.
+ Horizon scanning for potential future delivery issues across Whitehall, ensuring early intervention to de-risk Mission delivery.
+ Taking a leadership role within the Mission Delivery Unit, driving corporate workstreams to ensure the Unit is a great place to work., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Seeing the Big Picture
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Communicating and Influencing, If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.
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+ Excellent strategic analysis and problem-solving skills that can be deployed flexibly across a wide range of priorities, whilst demonstrating political awareness
+ The ability to manage complex projects in a multistakeholder environment, driving progress in the face of a range of competing views and priorities. Ideally doing so when faced with challenges, such as resistance from multiple stakeholders or political uncertainty.

+ Highly developed communication and written skills, including to translate complex information into meaningful, easily understood narratives to persuade stakeholders to take a particular action and to aid decision making.

+ An ability to quickly build strong relationships and operate with very senior stakeholders across No10/CO/HMT in order to navigate the centre of government and relationships with government departments, taking into account the political context and wider strategic picture.
+ Experience of working on government and/or public sector delivery in central or local government, or frontline services.

Alongside your salary of £61,005, Cabinet Office contributes £17,673 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 which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%.
+ A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.