Commemoration Stakeholder Engagement & Programme Lead

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Project Delivery and Major Events Directorate.

The Directorate brings together three core functions: Project Delivery, Major and Commemorative Events, and Incident Response. We provide assurance and support for major projects, programmes, and policy initiatives and lead the delivery of specific major projects and events This role sits within the COVID-19 Commemoration team.

The COVID-19 Commemorative programme honours the lives lost and pays tribute to the sacrifices made by so many during the pandemic and is delivered at a national and community level. The programme reflects on the extraordinary acts of service, courage and kindness demonstrated right across the UK during this difficult time.

The COVID-19 Commemorative programme:

• supports the UK-wide COVID-19 Day of Reflection taking place in March every year as a moment to come together to remember the lives lost and the sacrifices made
• has launched a new UK-wide fellowship scheme on natural hazards to support future national resilience
• supports the long term preservation of the National Covid Memorial Wall
• maps existing community COVID-19 memorials, working with NHS Charities Together and Forestry England to create 10 new reflective spaces
• publishes a COVID-19 commemoration website including a repository of new oral histories, including a new collection in development by the British Library.

The programme was announced last November and further details can be found here.

As a team we work extensively with a number of stakeholders including national bereaved family groups and we have established a COVID-19 Stakeholder Advisory Group which includes national organisations from the voluntary, youth, bereavement and health sector.

The COVID-19 Commemoration Team is currently recruiting two Grade 7 roles: this role, National and Community Delivery Lead; and a second role, Stakeholder & Programme Lead.

The COVID-19 Commemoration Stakeholder and Programme Lead will:

• create and lead an overarching Stakeholder Engagement plan for the Covid Commemoration programme.
• create and oversee an effective programme management approach for the Covid Commemoration programme.
• provide leadership of the Covid Commemoration Finance plans and to oversee the budget over the life of this Parliament;
• coordinate the Covid commemoration team’s approach and delivery of Business Planning
• lead and manage the Information, Correspondence & Parliamentary requirements of the team (including the Covid commemoration website)
• contribute to the project team leading the preservation of the National Covid Memorial Wall through the development of a stakeholder engagement plan and supporting on short-term projects relating to the Wall
• identify and deliver cross-programme projects, including evaluation, public sector equality duty.

Includes task management of SEO and HEO staff.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

To apply for this vacancy, you will need to submit the following documents which will assessed against the experience success profile:

• A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you provide employment history that relates to the essential and desirable criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages and you should insert your CV into the "Job History" section on the Civil Service Jobs application form.
• A Statement of Suitability (max 750 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential requirements highlighted. You may also choose to reference the desirable skills listed. However these will not be considered in the assessment of your application except in circumstances where there are a high number and calibre of candidates.

For the shortlist, we will select applicants demonstrating the best fit for the role by considering the evidence provided in your application.

In the event of a large number of applicants, an initial sift will be conducted on the statement of suitability. Those who are successful in the initial sift will then be scored on all elements of the application.

For support in writing your application and interviewing, please refer to the ‘Application and Interview Guidance’ document attached to the job advert.

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Nick Cady, the vacancy holder, and two dates are offered:

• Tuesday 13 October, 1.45pm - 2.45pm
• Thursday 15 October, 10.15am - 11am

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest, before 1pm on Monday 12 October by filling out this Registration Form and you will be sent an invitation. Invites will only be sent after this deadline has passed. Please note that the session will not be recorded and will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to resourcing.team@dcms.gov.uk

For indicative sift and interview dates please refer to the attached Candidate Information Pack.

In most cases interviews will take place remotely via Google Meet video call. However please refer to the Candidate Information Pack to confirm the interview approach.

Further Information

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Current Civil Servants (all contract types) will need to ensure that they are still employed as a civil servant at the point of starting in the relevant new post. If their contract ends (e.g. end of FTA contract or resignation) at any point during the recruitment/onboarding process for the advertised role, they will no longer be eligible and may be withdrawn.

Reasonable Adjustment

We are committed to supporting candidates so they can perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. This includes making reasonable adjustments to our process.

In order to request an adjustment, please:

Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section on 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 a verbal test rather than a written one.

Alternatively, contact the Government Recruitment Service via dcmsrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

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