JOB SUMMARY

The Strategy Unit is one of six Units in the Planning Inspectorate. It is working to plan strategically for the future, improve our ability to prepare the organisation for change, and deliver improvements for customers.
The Chief Strategy Officer has articulated our Unit vision as: ‘We look to the future and work with partners within the Inspectorate and across the planning system to support Inspectors and other decision makers deliver quicker and higher quality decisions and recommendations’.
We are a small team that reports to the Head of Strategy and Change, and our remit is to support strategic development, organisational planning, our Executive Team and our corporate governance framework.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for 2 individuals who would be good team players, be organised and forward thinking, able to exercise judgement, deliver quality service in an effective and efficient way, be customer-focused, good communicators and able to build strong relationship with Executive Team members and other stakeholders
The roles provide support to members of the Executive Team, including diary management, forward planning and handling correspondence. With both of these roles you will identify priorities and delegate tasks as appropriate, ensuring the Executive Team members are prepared for meetings liaising to resolve issues.
These roles will provide a secretariat service for a number of corporate governance meetings and supports facilitating improvements in our corporate governance as needed.

APPLICATION

Complete the online application form on Civil Service Jobs which requires the following information:

• A CV : The CV section lets you share your job history. List your jobs, how long you worked at each, and briefly describe your roles and duties. Make sure to show how your experience matches the essential criteria of the job you’re applying for. Type or paste this information into the ‘Employment History’ box in the online application. You can’t attach your CV.
• A Personal Statement (1250 words max): The personal statement lets you explain why you’re a good fit for the job in more detail. Use it to show how you meet the essential criteria listed in our advert and connect your answers to the Success Profile elements we’re looking for

If there are many applications, we might use a lead sift. This means we’ll first check if you meet the key requirement listed below. If you don’t, we won’t review the rest of your application.

• Experience of servicing corporate meetings

Experience of handling sensitive information, awareness of information management legislation
All shortlisted candidates will be advised of the outcome shortly afterwards.

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)
• 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

Further information on nationality requirements

Administration / Corporate Support
Governance
Secretarial