Head of Advanced Manufacturing Monitoring, Evaluation and Policy Design Team London, England
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Our Mission
At BEIS, we are leading the UK’s recovery from coronavirus and are building a stronger, greener country. Our varied work makes a real difference to people across the UK and internationally. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of the BEIS team and our exciting mission!
We lead on the UK’s commitments to tackle climate change and drive green economic growth. We support businesses to create jobs and increase opportunity in regions across the UK. We also encourage investment and innovation to make the UK a science superpower producing research that will improve lives.
Our Inclusive Environment
We are building an inclusive culture to make BEIS a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.
We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.
We actively welcome applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion. We will fully support candidates with a disability or long-term condition who require adjustments in our recruitment process.
Job description
The Sectors Analysis team is a friendly, multi-disciplinary, diverse and vibrant team of over 20 analysts. Our mission is to provide authoritative advanced manufacturing analysis to raise sector productivity and support UK business growth.
- Advise and shape evidence-based advanced manufacturing policy with a strong focus on Net Zero, Innovation and Skills;
- Monitor, evaluate and make policy recommendations from sectoral analysis, including evaluation of external shocks, such as macroeconomic impacts (inflation), trade (EU terms of trade, US Inflation Reduction Act) and ;
- Maximise Value for Money of HMG’s sectoral investments.
Your role will be a job share (0.6-0.8 FTE), working with Emma Drever (0.7 FTE), covering a broad portfolio and leading a 9 strong multi-disciplinary analytical team. Your role will be critical in shaping the UK’s advanced manufacturing policy, offering insight on long-term, strategic issues, including:
1. How can our policy be optimally designed for UK manufacturing to benefit, and increase its productivity, from the opportunities of net zero?
2. What are the main barriers to growth for UK manufacturing and how does the UK’s business environment compare to international competitors?
3. What are the short-term and long-term economic impacts of our business support programmes in automotive, manufacturing, aerospace and electric vehicle battery supply?
Person specification
- Providing effective, inclusive and supportive leadership to a diverse analytical team – setting direction in a complex policy environment;
- Assuring impactful internal and externally commissioned research, with a focus on monitoring and evaluation of our £billion business support programmes;
- Leading rapid analysis and developing policy recommendations from cross-sectoral and advanced manufacturing sector insight, that engages and influences external and cross-government expertise;
- Managing the directorate’s research budget, ensuring Value for Money;
- Build and leverage effect relationships across government, academics, trade bodies and research organisations to ensure our evidence base reflects the latest insight.
Skills and Experience
You will have excellent leadership and communication skills and enjoy using your analytical expertise to help shape policy development, within a rapidly changing environment.
Essential experience includes:
1. Analysis to influence policy making – demonstrable experience leading analysis that informed policy design and development;
2. Leading analytical teams – experience leading multi-disciplinary analytical teams on cross-cutting issues, drawing on internal and external expertise to develop the evidence base.
The key skills for the role are:
A. Leadership. This includes both analytical leadership to ensure new analytical methods and techniques are used to bolster our evidence base and strategic leadership to ensure that our analysis influences the wide range of policies where a sectoral perspective is important;
B. Seeing the big picture. This includes strategic vision and understanding the interface between analysis and decision making within organisations;
C. Communicating and Influencing. This includes the ability to assimilate complex evidence and present it in a clear concise way that persuades and influences others;
D. Delivering at pace. This includes an ability to work at pace within a rapidly changing environment and to ensure the interests of the team and Department are influential in this policy space. In this context, knowledge and experience of industrial policy would be desirable but is not essential.
The candidate must hold or be ready to obtain membership of a Government analytical profession:
Government Social Research Service (GSR) https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-government-social-research-competency-framework
Government Operational Research Service (GORS) http://www.operational-research.gov.uk/recruitment/competencies/
Government Statistical Group (GSG) https://analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/policy-store/competency-framework-for-the-government-statistician-group-gsg/
Government Economic Service (GES) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ges-technical-framework-2022
Please state your current analytical profession (or the one you wish to join) clearly in the Personal Statement.
Eligibility for the analytical professions is outlined below (detail also available here https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-analysis-function/about/membership):
o For social researchers a 2:1 (or higher) in a relevant social science degree with a substantive research element, such as demography, economics, human geography, linguistics, or psychology. Alternatively a 2:2 in a non-social science degree plus a masters level social science degree, or work place experience and a degree equivalent (Certificate or Diploma), are also accepted.
o For statisticians a 2:2 in a subject containing at least 25% taught statistical content, such as statistics, mathematics, economics, sciences, business studies, psychology, geography, or a higher degree, e.g. a MSc or PhD, in a subject containing formal statistical training.
o For operational researchers a 2:1 or higher numerate degree, or a 2:2 with relevant work experience or postgraduate qualification. Highly numerate degrees include: Astrophysics, Data Science, Decision Science, Econometrics, Engineering, Mathematics, Operational Research, Physics and Statistics.
o For economists a first or upper second-class honours degree in economics (or international equivalent), or a postgraduate degree in economics. If it is a joint degree, at least 50% of the course modules must be in economics. You also need to have studied both macroeconomics and microeconomics.
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We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Practising member of government analytical profession. Evidence you are a member, or meet the criteria, of a government analytical profession
- If GES then: Applying economic theory and analysis.
- If GORS then: knowledge and application of skills.
- If GSR then: Knowledge of research methods, techniques, & application of these.
- If GSS then: Presenting and disseminating data effectively Definition
We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:
- Practising member of government analytical profession. Evidence you are a member, or meet the criteria, of a government analytical profession
Benefits
BEIS offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40-60% of their time in the office (minimum of 40%) over a month with flex dependent on balancing business and individual need (from September 2021, depending on how the public health guidance evolves).
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As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please align your personal statement (in no more than 750 words) to 'why you are applying for the role and how you meet the essential experience: (1) leading analytical teams and (2) analysis to influence policy making'
Applications will be sifted on personal statement, CV and any technical skills required.
In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the CV. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
The interview will consist of behaviour and technical questions.
Interviewees will be asked to deliver a presentation; further details will be provided nearer the time.
Expected Timeline subject to change
Sift dates: w/c 20th March 2023
Interview dates: w/c 27th March 2023
Interview Location: 1 Victoria Street, London.
Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process.
Further Information
Existing BEIS recruitment campaigns are continuing as usual, but candidates should be aware that following the Government’s announcement on the changes to some civil service departments, roles may be subject to the machinery of government moves and will ultimately be located in one of the new departments. We will provide more information if you are selected for a role. This work remains of high importance to the civil service, and we thank you for your continued interest.
Reasonable Adjustment
If a disabled person is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
- Contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
- Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
We are proud to be a disability confident leader, more information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that BEIS offers to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our candidate guidance document. A plain text version of the guidance is also available.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Any move to Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
BEIS does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).
BEIS cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. BEIS holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service / Disclosure Scotland on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email [email protected]
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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