Director General Business and Economic Growth

Department for Business and Trade

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 12th May 2024

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Details

Reference number

350910

Salary

£130,000

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

SCS Pay Band 3

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Economist
International Trade
Senior leadership
Other

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share

Location

London, Darlington, Salford, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast.

About the job

Job summary

The Director General for Economic and Business Growth will be responsible for developing a long-term plan to boost the supply side of the UK economy. It will set out how Britain will compete outside of the European Union, in a global economy facing increased geopolitical tensions. Using both in-house and publicly available data to provide actionable insights.

Job description

You will be responsible for the strategic direction and leadership for a directorate. You will be responsible for working across the whole department, building strong collaborative relationships with your DG colleagues. You will have management responsibility for the analyst group.
The plan will need to be developed in partnership with business. It will need to give them sufficient clarity and certainty so they can make long term investments. The Director General will need to use in house and publicly available data to provide actionable insights to support departmental strategy.
The Director General will need to work with academics to draw on history of what has worked and what hasn't. They will also need to draw on lessons from other countries, using insights from our Trade Commissioners and the FCDO network.
This will be a cross Whitehall endeavour. The Director General will need to work closely with the HMT Chief Economic Advisor, HMT Second Permanent Secretary and DG for Economic Growth and Productivity along with Director Generals across Whitehall. They will need to leverage existing co-ordination led by HMT, building a shared sense of ownership across the prosperity departments. Collaborative working will be essential.
You will need to build on and bring together existing His Majesty’s Governments plans across the five strategic sectors including the Advanced Manufacturing Plan, the Creative Industries and Life Sciences Vision, along with cross cutting plans such as Critical Imports Strategy

Person specification

Exceptional personal credibility working with senior business leaders at the highest levels, with outstanding influencing and interpersonal skills
The ability to work across central government and within matrix organisations and create collective direction to develop and implement investment strategies to boost productivity
Collaborative leadership style adept at bridging departmental boundaries and skilled in building coalitions at all levels, leading with purpose amongst your peers
A track record of leading high performing teams to deliver in challenging, complex, and ambiguous environments
Experience of developing economic policy through working with central government
Strong vision, able to draw on data, historical and international examples to identify key choices and develop innovative policy options

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £130,000, Department for Business and Trade contributes £35,100 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%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

How to apply

Please follow the online instructions on the Civil Service Jobs website to apply for this role. Applications must be submitted no later than 23:55 on 12/05/2024. You will be asked to upload the two documents outlined below. It is essential you add your full name to both documents:

A CV setting out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role. Please provide reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
A Supporting Statement of around two pages of A4, providing examples of how your experience meets the essential criteria.

Failure to submit both documents will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.

If you encounter any issues or are unable to apply online please contact SCSRecruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk in the first instance.

Please note:

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Nationality requirements

This 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

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Working for the Civil Service

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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 Inclusion

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : SCS Recruitment Team
Email : scsrecruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : scsrecruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Further information

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. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DBT by email at SCSRecruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Civil Service Commission Complaints