Senior Campaign Manager

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• About the job
• Benefits
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• Apply and further information

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About the job

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity in a newly established CO Appointments Team sitting within the Civil Service and Cabinet Office Governance Team. This role is unique in gaining an insight and developing a broad understanding of how the Department operates and the organisations within. 

The CO Appointments Team delivers a crucial service to Ministers and the wider department in the delivery of appointments to Cabinet Office’s Arm’s Length Bodies. High calibre appointments are important in helping to deliver the department’s objectives. The successful candidate will be part of a dedicated centralised centre of excellence across all of Cabinet Office’s policy areas. This is often a fast-paced, high-profile role which involves a wide range of stakeholders across the department and beyond, including working closely with Ministers’ Private Offices, senior stakeholders, Cabinet Office and No.10. It is a combination of policy and operational delivery, managing a high-quality service to Ministers, policy teams and candidates, regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The role also offers opportunities to deliver change management and service improvement, leading on projects such as social media strategy, events, data and building a diverse talent pipeline. 

Our Arm’s Length Bodies need strong and diverse Boards to help shape the vision of their organisations and support their Executive Teams in fulfilling their statutory functions and deliver their strategic objectives. Appointments to these Boards are made by Ministers, based on advice from the CO Appointments Team. The team also plays a key role in Honours Committee appointments. This post delivers an end-to-end service for Ministers that offers them a choice of excellent candidates from a wide and diverse talent pool that is representative of the public and communities that they serve. 

The role involves working in a flexible way in undertaking other duties to support wider central commissions as required that are commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of these posts. You will operate with a significant amount of autonomy on a day-to-day basis.

Job description

Your responsibilities will include:

• Strategic and programme management of future and existing campaigns, forward look, risk management and compliance.
• Managing a team to deliver excellent performance at pace, and supporting their wellbeing.
• Managing a portfolio of cross-cutting strategic projects and utilising project management tools to set priorities and manage your time.
• Develop and identify opportunities to transform and improve how we work, improve the diversity of appointments to our boards and raise the profile of Cabinet Office public appointments.
• Taking the initiative to identify risks and provide solutions to team leaders.
• Working with other team leaders to ensure that senior officials across the department are effectively engaged in supporting the department’s appointments work.
• Providing expert advice on all elements of public appointments to a wide range of stakeholders including Ministers, senior officials, policy teams, Chairs of public bodies and panel members.
• Managing relationships with key stakeholders including elsewhere in Cabinet Office, No.10, appointments teams in other Government Departments and the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
• Line management of a HEO. This includes setting clear priorities, ensuring both yourself and the HEO can meet deadlines, and ensuring that they have the support they need to develop.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Organised and self-starting, able to deliver and adapt complex processes to ensure high quality and timely outputs. You will be able to deliver at pace.
• Confident and capable of working closely with senior leaders, including upwards management, leading challenging conversations and maintaining positive and trusted relationships.
• Ability to think critically and strategically, proactively identifying potential risks and solutions.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in public appointments and line management is desirable but not necessary.

As a member of the Civil Service and Cabinet Office Governance Team, successful candidates will be expected to take an active corporate role in making the Governance Team the best possible place to work. 

Additional information:

A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,500, Cabinet Office contributes £12,015 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 average employer contributions of 27%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Sommer Bristo
• Email : sommer.bristo1@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact Government Recruitment Service by email at : cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at info@csc.gov.uk. For further information on the Recruitment Principles. and bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk.

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