Divisional Director of Enforcement and Intelligence - Newport or London (IPO\\\'s office locations)About the jobJob summaryThe Divisional Director of Enforcement and Intelligence will drive the IPO\\\'s counter-infringement strategy forward, working with law enforcement, Trading Standards, and private stakeholders. The role will lead the teams responsible for intelligence, enforcement policy, outreach, and campaigns, totalling around 55 staff, with a budget of circa £5 million. This position is accountable to the Director of the Enforcement, Business & International Directorate (ENBID), who serves as a member of the IPO Board. The purpose of this role is to assist the ENBID Director in managing this high profile business unit, as a senior leader demonstrating the IPO\\\'s values: adaptable, accountable, connected. This role drives a wide-ranging agenda, including IP enforcement, the implementation of the IP Crime Centre of Excellence Programme, and national campaigns to reduce infringement. Specific Objectives: Delivering on our IP Counter-Infringement Strategy, including completing the multi-year programme to establish a national centre of excellence for developing and analysing intelligence on the enforcement of IP rights. Finalising a new funding model for the IPO-sponsored Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU). Developing and maintaining strategic awareness on domestic and global enforcement of IP rights. Continuing to be a world leader on IP enforcement.Coordinating the UK\\\'s fight against IP crime and infringement.Empowering consumers and raise awareness and understanding of IP crime and infringement and the risks surrounding it.The post holder will also be a core member of the IPO senior leadership team and will play a wider corporate leadership role. They will report into Director of the Enforcement, Business & International Directorate (ENBID), who serves as a member of the IPO Board in an Agency with policy and operational responsibilities. The IPO is viewed as cutting edge in Whitehall for its work to adopt lean and agile approaches to its work and digital expertise, improving the efficiency and quality of our services.Job description Main Responsibilities: Leading the teams responsible for intelligence, enforcement policy, outreach, and campaigns, totalling around 55 staff, in an environment allowing a diverse range of staff to flourish. Representing the IPO at a senior level within and outside government. Promoting understanding and awareness of our enforcement work within the Policy Group and across the IPO. Owning senior relationships, strengthening bilateral and multinational relationships, and sharing best practices. Embedding and building a culture of well-researched, effective, and forward-thinking policy interventions accompanied by a commitment to robust monitoring, evaluation, and continuous improvement. Building and maintaining the confidence of ministers, providing high-quality, politically astute written and oral advice. Managing a budget of circa £5 million per annum to ensure value for money. Person specification What We Are Looking For: The postholder will be expected to meet the core competencies for SCS1. Setting Direction: Strong awareness of the organisation\\\'s priorities and setting the direction and strategy for the teams to deliver against business objectives. Strong Leadership Skills: Experience in inspiring and empowering diverse teams, increasing capability, professional excellence, and performance to achieve quality outcomes. Delivering Results: The post comprises both policy and policy delivery aspects in a pressured environment, so it is important to be able to deliver at pace, with quality, and value for money. Excellent Track Record in Influencing and Communicating: Highly developed personal skills, alongside written and oral communication skills, with the ability to brief to the highest level on complex issues, presenting in a clear and concise manner. Outstanding Ability to Work in Partnership: Forging excellent relationships and adept at successfully influencing, challenging, and negotiating, both to deliver objectives and to gain the confidence of senior stakeholders, delivery bodies, and international organisations. We will be looking for someone with the following skills (Person Specification): Proven experience of leading high performing Team who have delivered results.Stakeholder Influence: Skilled in influencing and collaborating with stakeholders, including public sector entities, to achieve strategic goals. Excels in building relationships and making a strong impact through effective communication.Law Enforcement Collaboration: Experience in working with or within law enforcement agencies, though not necessarily in an operational role.Intellectual Property Knowledge: Familiarity with intellectual property rights and protection is advantageous but not mandatory.BehavioursWe\\\'ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Leadership Communicating and Influencing Working Together Seeing the Big Picture Making Effective Decisions BenefitsAlongside your salary of £76,000, Intellectual Property Office contributes £22,017 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. BenefitsWhatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Department and wider Civil Service. It is crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead. You\\\'ll benefit from a wide range of training and development opportunities, regular performance and development reviews to ensure this development is ongoing. As a Civil Service employee, you\\\'ll be entitled to a large range of benefits. This includes:Flexible working patterns including part time or term time working and access to Flexible Working Schemes allowing you to vary your working day as long as you work your total hours;A competitive contributory pension scheme that you can enter as soon as you join where we will make a significant contribution to the cost of your pension; where your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken; and where your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire (these are employer 30% contribution and employee 7.35% contribution);Occupational sick pay.Working arrangementsAlthough suitable for hybrid working, as a senior role within the IPO, its essential that the successful candidate is visible and willing to be flexible, with regular attendance at both our Newport HQ and London office for board meetings and staff engagement. Limited overseas travel is expected for this role.Things you need to knowSelection process detailsThis vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.To apply for this post please follow the instructions on the CS Jobs website by no later than 23:55 Monday 16th June 2025. As part of the application process you are asked to complete the following:A CV setting out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role, relevant achievements in recent posts, together with reasons for any gaps within the last two years.A Statement of Suitability (no more than 1000 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.InterviewInterviews will be on or around the w/c 18th July 2025 and further information will be provided after sift.You will be asked to attend a panel interview in person at our Newport office. In order to have a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence in relation to the criteria set out in the Person Specification. Interviews will consist of questions where candidates will be expected to build on the information provided in their personal statement and CV. Candidates may be asked to prepare a short presentation on a topic to be advised if/when invited to the interview stage.The following behaviours will be assessed at interview:• Leadership• Communication and Influencing• Working Together• Seeing the bigger picture• Making effective decisionsYou may also have the opportunity to speak to the vacancy holder prior to the closing date to learn more about the role and the organisation. Please note this is not part of the formal assessment process. Please contact Alex.Sparkes@ipo.gov.uk if you would like to organise this. We may take up references for shortlisted candidates prior to interview.Indicative TimelinePlease note that these dates are only indicative at this stage and could be subject to change. If you are unable to meet these timeframes, please let us know by contacting scscandidate.grs@cabinetoffice. gov.uk. Please ensure you quote the job title and reference number in your e-mail.Launch - Monday 19th May 2025Close - Monday 16th June 2025Shortlist - w/c 30th June 2025Interviews - w/c 18th July 2025 (held in Newport)Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise. As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.SecuritySuccessful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window). See our vetting charter (opens in a new window) .People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirementsThis job is broadly open to the following groups: 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 Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil ServiceThe Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission\\\'s recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.Diversity and InclusionThe Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .