Senior Parliamentary Engagement Manager

The Parliamentary Policy and Strategy Team sits within the Ministerial Strategy Directorate at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). The Parliamentary Engagement team leads the strategic engagement with Parliament across all the DBT's work. The team's goal is to provide a strategic approach to parliamentary engagement across the Department and provide expert guidance to Ministers and DBT teams.

This role is an exciting opportunity to lead on parliamentary engagement across DBT's trade portfolio. This includes working on trade deals, export promotion and economic security.

You will be responsible for making sure teams understand why we engage with Parliament and provide leadership in developing engagement plans with both the House of Commons and House of Lords across the policy areas in your portfolio.

It is vital that Parliamentarians understand the work of the Department. You will play a leading role developing how we communicate the positive work of the Department to Parliament by working with policy and communications teams and with ministerial private offices and special advisors.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about Parliament. You will need to be confident in talking about parliamentary processes and procedures with policy colleagues and private offices.

You will be responsible for ensuring products processed by other teams reflect the issues that matter to parliamentarians.

You will work closely with the Parliamentary Unit and other teams across the Parliamentary Policy and Strategy group,

• To be successful in this role you will need to be a confident communicator and build strong networks across the Department.


• You will provide guidance to teams on the different ways to engagement with Parliament.


• You will need to be able to confidently edit or draft parliamentary engagement products with the support of policy teams and ensure teams understand the process to share information with parliament.


• You will help lead on upskilling the Department on how to engage with Parliament.


• You will be responsible for developing an in-depth understanding of the policy areas in your portfolio and be able to communicate this clearly to others in the wider team.


• You will need to monitor the news/stakeholder sentiment and look out for issues related to trade and be able to highlight any issues that might arise in Parliament to relevant policy teams.


• You will need to track the opinions of parliamentarians that are interested in your area of work.


• You will need to work with teams across the Department to develop a clear understanding of key moments that will require parliamentary handling plans. You will need to think about how we can develop a clear narrative about the work of the Department and make the narrative relevant to parliamentarians., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:


• Communicating and Influencing


• Seeing the Big Picture


• Delivering at Pace


• Working Together, Please ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way., 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., 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
  
  Knowledge of how Parliament works and the political landscape in Parliament



• Strong organisational skills and the ability to deliver at pace, adapt swiftly to change and manage multiple projects



• Ability to build strong relationships across multiple teams


Desirable Criteria

• Stakeholder management experiment



• Communications experience


Personal Attributes & Skills

• The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about Parliament and will develop a clear understanding of what issues matter to parliamentarians.


• The successful candidate will be ready to build strong relationships across the Department to ensure we deliver strategic parliamentary engagement.


• The successful candidate will be a confident communicator and understand how to adapt their approach when working with different individuals and teams across the Department.


• The successful candidate will be resilient and will be confident adapting to changing priorities.
  
  Alongside your salary of £39,384, Department for Business and Trade contributes £10,633 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 average employer contribution of 27%, 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.