Senior Policy Advisor – Supply Chain Resilience

at  Department for Business and Trade

JOB SUMMARY

The Economic Security and Supply Chain Resilience Directorate works across DBT, government, with colleagues in our overseas network and with international partners to build resilience into the UK’s critical and vulnerable supply chains.
The ability to access vital goods and materials from across the globe, reliably and affordably, supports a country’s economic prosperity. In a highly globalised economy like the UK, advanced industries rely on a huge range of inputs. Yet trends beyond our borders have the potential to disrupt and change the flow of imports vital to critical sectors of our economy.
Our mission is to support the UK economy to grow safely by helping businesses to recognise and mitigate economic security threats and resilience risks.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This is an exciting time to join the team as we work to develop the new government’s plans to build the resilience of the UK’s critical supply chains, which will play a key role in government economic and security policies. While the programme of work is still being developed, the role offers a chance to help shape the new agenda from the outset. You will ensure supply chain resilience informs major policy initiatives including the industrial strategy and trade strategy.
This role will focus on deepening understanding of supply chain vulnerabilities and resilience. Responsibilities are likely to include working closely with business to understand their priorities and approaches to supply chain resilience and to deliver opportunities for further government/industry collaboration such as ‘stress tests’ – table top exercises that explore vulnerabilities in critical UK supply chains with external partners.
The successful candidate will have the chance to work on high profile, stretching projects with significant cross-government exposure and ministerial engagement on a major international issue. You will be plugged into the latest thinking on economic security and ensure supply chain resilience is supported by strong analysis and supply chain mapping where necessary. You will be comfortable drafting submissions and briefing ministers on the latest supply chain issues.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES & SKILLS

We are looking for a motivated and proactive individual who is good at building relationships and working with a diverse range of stakeholders, including foreign governments and industry as well as other civil servants. The individual will be required to manage multiple concurrent workstreams.

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) (opens in a new window)
• 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

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