Team Leader - Minerals and Waste

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Would you like to join the team working at the heart of national planning policy? Fresh from publishing the new National Planning Policy Framework, we are looking for someone who can lead our work to produce the new National Planning Policy for Waste, and to take forward a range of high-profile implementation work, including reviews of minerals and waste guidance. If you’re experienced in minerals and waste planning, there is no better opportunity than this to shape the national agenda.

The role sits within the Environment and Sustainability Planning team within the Planning Policy Division. The role is suitable for those with experience of planning policy for minerals and waste and a good understanding of how minerals and waste planning policy is implemented in practice. The individual in this role will lead the team responsible for minerals and waste planning policy, including the stewardship of existing policy and policy development and implementation as part of the planning reform agenda.

We are looking for someone with excellent stakeholder engagement skills, ability to grasp complex policy and work with other government departments and key stakeholders to deliver results. Alongside these policy skills is the need to demonstrate excellent management skills including coaching and developing your team.

Key responsibilities:

• Planning policy and guidance development and implementation - working with other MHCLG teams, other government departments and lawyers to develop national planning policies for minerals and waste.
• Stewardship of existing policy - deliver a quality service to Ministers on a wide range of often contentious policy areas through submissions, briefings and other parliamentary business.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders across other government departments, teams within MHCLG and external stakeholders to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Overseeing the management of MHCLG-funded contracts related to aggregate minerals, liaising with suppliers, tracking progress against key milestones, supporting ongoing financial forecasting work and undertaking procurement processes.
• Leading a team, and supporting the wider team leadership, to ensure that all team members are able to take ownership of their own deliverables, to create a rewarding work environment in which everyone contributes and in which all contributions are recognised.

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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Application and Selection

The application process will be split into 2 stages, testing the following Success Profiles:

Behaviours , Experience , Strengths , Technical

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Stage 1: Sift (CV & Cover Letter)

Experience: Your covering letter should be no more than 1 page, and together with your CV should demonstrate how you meet the essential skills and experience required.

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Stage 2: Interview

• Behaviours: Seeing The Big Picture, Making Effective Decisions, Working Together, Delivering at Pace.
• Technical: Technical questions will be based around the essential skills and criteria as listed in the job description.
• Strengths: The strength-based questions will require natural responses from the candidates.

Sift and Interview Dates

Sifting is envisaged to take place the week commencing 14/09.

Interviews are envisaged to take place the week commencing 29/09 and are currently being held remotely via videocall. This could be subject to change.

Disability Confident Scheme (DCS)

We are a Disability Confident employer.

We apply a fair and proportionate interview process for all candidates. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to progress candidates who apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and meet the required minimum selection criteria.

However, where high application volumes are received, progression to interview may be limited to those who best meet the role criteria. In these circumstances, the benchmark required to proceed to interview may be raised for all candidates.

How We Recruit

Find out more about our recruitment processes here.

• Applying
• Sifting
• Interview
• Interview Results & Feedback
• Reserve List
• Near Miss
• Civil Service Grades
• We are a DCS, RIS & GPTWV employer
• Reasonable Adjustments

How to Apply

Find out everything you need to know before applying here.

You must review the following information from the MHCLG Career's Site before submitting your application. This step is essential to ensure your eligibility for the role and that your application is completed correctly.

• Security Clearance Requirements
• Civil Service Nationality Requirements
• Right to Work
• Civil Service Code and Recruitment Principles
• CV Declaration
• Sponsorships
• Salary and Grade
• Existing Civil Servants
• Conflict of Interest
• Location and Flexible Working
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• Appeals and Complaints
• Fixed Term Appointments for:
• External Candidates
• Existing Civil Servants (Including Loans)
• Secondments
• MHCLG employees

Security Clearance Requirements

National Office: BPSS

London Office: BPSS + CTC

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