Strategic Delivery Lead — Growth & Policy

Government Recruitment Service; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

The Government Recruitment Service is seeking a Senior Delivery Adviser to join the Delivery Unit in Cardiff. You will help drive progress on priorities, identify delivery risks, and coordinate across policy teams, Ministers and senior officials to keep programs on track.

You will build effective relationships, provide constructive challenge, and draft briefings for Ministers while supporting cross‑government delivery and priority planning. This is a permanent, full-time role in Cardiff.

Responsibilities

• Driving progress on the Secretary of State's and Permanent Secretary's priorities, ensuring key delivery risks are identified, understood and escalated where needed.
• Acting as a central link between policy teams, Private Offices, special advisers, Ministers and senior officials to unblock delivery barriers and improve join-up across the department.
• Developing a strong understanding of priority policy areas and delivery plans, using this to assess progress, spot risks and provide constructive challenge.
• Actively troubleshooting problems where delivery is blocked or strategically misaligned, bringing together the right people, applying constructive challenge to different teams and using available escalation routes to resolve issues.
• Coordinating and drafting high-quality briefings, advice and updates for Ministers and senior officials, including for external engagements, cross‑government meetings and Parliamentary business.
• Supporting business planning and departmental prioritisation by maintaining a clear view of progress, dependencies and risks across your portfolio.
• Building trusted relationships across the department and with other government departments, helping teams work together to deliver shared priorities.

Job description

The Government Recruitment Service is seeking a Senior Delivery Adviser to join the Delivery Unit in Cardiff. You will help drive progress on priorities, identify delivery risks, and coordinate across policy teams, Ministers and senior officials to keep programs on track.

You will build effective relationships, provide constructive challenge, and draft briefings for Ministers while supporting cross‑government delivery and priority planning. This is a permanent, full-time role in Cardiff.