Job summary
Heritage is all around us, it is valued by people, and it drives pride in place and wellbeing. It is a key part of the Government?s place and community agenda, and a brilliant place to come and make a difference. Our preserved heritage tells our national story - from monuments such as Stonehenge, to our industrial landscapes to local pubs.
Job description
You will lead the heritage sponsorship team of 3 SEOs to oversee the performance of Historic England, The Royal Parks (TRP), Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), the National Heritage Memorial Fund/National Heritage Lottery Fund (NLHF), and the Churches Conservation Trust. This role will afford you high profile and regular visibility with senior leaders in the heritage sector. Key responsibilities include:
Driving alignment between ALBs and ministerial priorities, through building relationships with senior teams in your ALBs and holding them to account.
Ensuring sponsorship standards are met, monitoring performance as well as compliance with government standards.
Leading on the negotiation of a new contract with HRP, putting in place framework agreements with HRP and TRP, supporting the appointment of new NLHF and HRP chairs, supporting spending review planning and developing the business case for TRP retained assets.
Contributing to policy preparation for a potential heritage bill.
Ensuring correspondence is drafted in a timely way and to a high standard.
Person specification
The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience, please note that that desirable skills will only be used in the event of tied candidates:
Essential requirements:
Sponsorship: You will have experience leading sponsorship of one or more ALBs and be able to set a clear vision and galvanise support across organisations.
Line management: You will be an experienced line manager, able to set a positive, supportive team culture in line with DCMS values. You will be capable of setting direction in your team, taking responsibility for team performance, and ensuring the timely delivery of work. You will coach your team to develop new skills in line with priorities and support their wider learning and development.
Communication: You will have a proven ability to communicate on complex issues with clarity (including to senior leaders and ministers) ? strong written skills, confident presentation skills, and ability to use data in communications
Stakeholder management: You will have excellent stakeholder management skills, including evidence of working with internal and external partners to deliver government priorities at pace.
Desirable skills
Project or programme delivery
Knowledge of or an interest in the heritage sector.
Government governance or finance skills
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Seeing the Big Picture
Leadership
Making Effective Decisions
Delivering at Pace
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £56,582, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes £16,391 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here. We?re committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department. To support with that, some of the benefits we offer include:
Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working - DCMS staff work on a flexible basis with time spent in offices, and time spent working from home
26.5 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 31.5 days after 5 years? service
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Access to the Edenred employee benefits system which offers discounts to popular retailers and access to various useful resources such as financial and savings advice
3 days of paid volunteering leave
Up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave
Staff reward and recognition bonuses that operate throughout the year
Occupational sick pay
Access to the Employee Assistance Programme which offers staff 24/7 confidential support and resources such as counselling, debt guidance and management advice
Active and engaged staff networks to join including the LGBT+, Ethnic Diversity, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality Networks
Exceptional learning and development opportunities that you can explore alongside your day to day work
Season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and much more!
Things you need to know
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