We are hiring for several roles in the Public Sector Reform team. This growing team is responsible for the government’s overarching strategy to reform public services, including: designing and delivering a new £100m programme of community help partnerships; leading government-wide digital reform and transformation; and working in partnership with the impact economy. Exact role responsibilities will depend on business needs and the specific strengths of successful candidates.
This team sits within the wider Public Sector Reform and Efficiency Director General group, which is also responsible for the Test, Learn and Grown innovation programme, Civil Service Reform, and the government’s vision for a Productive and Agile State.
The roles will involve building strong, productive relationships within the DG group, with political colleagues, with teams in other departments and local government who are delivering services and leading reforms, and with a wide range of external stakeholders.
Successful candidates will therefore require: strong interpersonal skills, including the confidence to invite challenge from experts and seniors; openness to innovative approaches from outside government; the ability to make clear decisions drawing on very diverse evidence and perspectives; and the ability to clearly communicate these decisions and perspectives in written and verbal advice to seniors and political colleagues.
We are recruiting for several SEO roles in the Public Sector Reform team. Although exact role responsibilities will depend on business needs and the specific strengths of successful candidates, we expect roles to support the team's work in several areas:
Designing and launching a new £100m programme of community help partnerships, which will reform support for adults facing multiple disadvantage by integrating health, housing, employment and other services while enabling better prevention. This is a joint CO-MHCLG initiative that will be designed and delivered in partnership with other departments and Local Authorities. Responsibilities could include supporting strategic policy development, programme management, and oversight of governance and stakeholder engagement;Secretariat function for inter-ministerial groups including the Digital IMG, and strategic policy support for the government’s ambition to drive public sector digital and AI transformation;Bringing together work across the government’s reform agenda into a coherent strategy and narrative; Partnering with the impact economy (impact investment, social investment, philanthropy, social enterprises and similar organisations). Responsibilities could include supporting the design of CO-led programmes, managing CO’s external communications with the impact economy, and leading Ministerial and senior briefing.
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