Senior Leader

Government Recruitment Service; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency is seeking a Communications Senior Lead to plan and deliver communication products. The role involves collaborating with diverse stakeholders and leading a team to ensure effective messaging and internal engagement. Strong negotiation and leadership skills are essential, alongside experience in a fast-paced environment and capability to influence at senior levels. Travel across the UK, including overnight stays, is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in communications roles with a focus on stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to create clear messaging aligned with organisational standards.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver communications products and events.
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholder groups to ensure consistency.
• Lead a team, coaching and mentoring to develop skills.
• Monitor and evaluate project progress and outcomes.
• Maintain and evolve products linking to organisational objectives.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Collaboration

Job description

Communications Senior Lead

Communications Senior Lead is a key role in the Delivery Hub team, requiring someone who can create clear, accessible messaging aligned with DWP and CFCD standards, supporting internal engagement and understanding of organisational priorities and objectives.

• Planning and delivery of Communications products and events, virtually and face to face
• Enabling across DWP and CFCD as a supportive Business partner function
• Close collaboration with many diverse stakeholder groups advising on content, accessibility and consistency

CBRS Senior Lead

CBRS Senior Lead assures the Directorate’s approach to compliance with Security, Data and Information requirements

• Leading CFCD collation of responses to Briefings for Freedom of Information requests and other departmental requests
• Identifying and mitigating key CFCD risks
• Working with functional teams on access to small systems which are specific and key to how the organisation delivers
• Ensuring effective controls are in place to keep CFCD secure

The Delivery Hub work is fast paced and interesting and gives Job Holders an opportunity to lead, influence and participate in working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders across DWP. The ability to negotiate, engage, and influence at a senior level is essential.

The Delivery Hub is a National Team, travel for meetings is a key requirement across the UK, including overnight stays in UK locations.

Specific role tasks include:

• Strong leadership of a team, coaching and mentoring to develop skills

• Proactive collaboration with a diverse range of stakeholders, ensuring effective outcomes in a range of areas

• Ability to influence and negotiate tactfully, ensuring the right level of assurance and applying strict governance rules where applicable

• Lead progress monitoring, impacting and evaluation

• Maintain and continually evolve directorate products, plans and registers, linking to organisational objectives