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About the Department

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) is the Department for economic growth. Our purpose is to connect people to opportunity and prosperity right across the country. It demands a huge variety of specialist expertise and resources across a wide range of areas from skills development and investment in new business ideas, to regulation, consumer rights and building Britain’s research base. We’re here to help open up and modernise the UK economy.

Since BIS was created five years ago, it has achieved some remarkable things, including:

• Helping the UK achieve the highest growth rates in the G7.

• Delivering the UK’s first Industrial Strategy for 30 years, working in partnership with the private sector and the rest of Government to offer long-term stability and certainty.

• Delivering 2 million new apprenticeships over the Parliament.

• Securing a sustainable future for higher education funding with 2.3 million students benefitting from higher education in over 150 institutions including an all-time high in accepted applicants from the most disadvantaged backgrounds.

• Keeping Britain at the cutting edge of science and innovation including investing £600 million in “Eight Great” emerging technologies.

• Helping businesses by cutting the annual cost of domestic regulation by over £2 billion per year and through the newly established British Business Bank facilitating £800 million of new financing to 31,000 small businesses.

With a budget of over £27 billion and over 30,000 people implementation and service delivery is a core part of the BIS business model. Our diverse network of 46 Partner Organisations include well known and high profile bodies including Companies House, Land Registry, Intellectual Property Office, Insolvency Service, Student Loans Company, Skills Funding Agency, seven Research Councils, the Met Office and Ordnance Survey all working in partnership to deliver over 250 services to students, businesses, universities and the public.

BIS is implementing an ambitious programme of reform to its corporate services and service delivery including reducing running costs by 50% by the end of the Parliament. Improving project management and commercial awareness has been and will continue to be a key part of this programme.

For more information on the organisation, please go to: http://www.bis.gov.uk

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SEO roles currently available:

1) Senior Policy Adviser: Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) x 1

Location:

London & Sheffield - Other BIS locations might be considered. Job Description:

The Advanced Manufacturing and Services (AMS) Directorate supports businesses across a range of sectors, ensuring the UK economy can grow and benefit from the challenges of globalisation. The Manufacturing, Services and Electronics Unit works to increase the economic contribution of the manufacturing, electronics and

Professional & Business Services (PBS) sectors. We also provide cross cutting services to business; the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative and Manufacturing Advisory Service.

We are looking to recruit an individual into the following permanent post. Please note location in London is not necessary and part time / job share will be considered. The Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) is a fund designed to improve the global competitiveness of our advanced manufacturing supply chains. To date, £245 million has been made available through four rounds of the initiative. A further £100m competition is being run during 2014/15.

The AMSCI Team is based in the AMS Directorate overseeing policy and strategy for the fund. We manage all aspects of outsourced delivery, strategy for stimulating and assessing bids and policy and funding discussions within government.

This role provides the higher level expertise and leadership required to support the head of the team in managing a complex fund with active investments in over 180 organisations. Promoting AMSCI within Whitehall to ministers and colleagues and beyond with potential bidders, partners and investors will be a vital part of the job. The post holder will also support the Head of the Management Support Office on a range of tasks related to corporate effectiveness within the Advanced Manufacturing Services directorate, working closely with senior staff, and provide support to the G6 in providing leadership on cross cutting themes on behalf of AMS within BIS and across Whitehall.

Main Activities/Responsibilities:

The job holder will be required to undertake a wide range of following duties and responsibilities:

• AMSCI is a high profile scheme with high government, business and public interest. The post holder will lead an effective communications strategy with a wide range of audiences including: Ministers, HMT, other civil service

colleagues, potential and successful bidders, delivery partners and investors. • The fund is constantly evolving to meet political and business priorities. The

post holder will need to provide creative input into scheme policy. For example helping to design improvements to the scheme after each round,

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ensuring that we comply with regulatory requirements, business needs and political goals.

• Evidence of scheme delivery is vital to maintaining interest and investment in AMSCI. The post holder will design and manage information flows on scheme performance, delivery and finance from delivery partners through to corporate centre and beyond to HMT. This requires clear-headed judgment of the right pieces of information to provide and the confidence to engage with

departmental systems and processes from the BIS Board downwards. • AMSCI’s account management is delivered by an external body, as are parts

of the assessment process. The post holder will work with the head of the scheme to gain full value from these contracts. The post holder will also manage relations day to day with these bodies, and will need to develop effective working relationships to expedite the many ad-hoc information requests and other tasks that arise on a daily basis.

• The post holder will also work within the Management Support Office to ensure that the corporate requirements for AMS are met effectively and in a timely manner. This will enable the postholder to develop at least a basic understanding of corporate issues such as HR and Finance. Balancing this role with the requirements of AMSCI will require effective prioritisation and an ability to work effectively at pace.

• The postholder will lead on the engagement of AMS peers within other sector teams to understand how all Manufacturing sectors are aligned within, and across, their sector. They will lead on commissioning, collating and authoring AMS [and IEEA] views, issues, and opportunities in relation to the cross-cutting theme relating to innovation and technologies. And will lead on commissioning, collating and authoring the AMS response to any additional ad-hoc requests for sector wide views on any additional cross-cutting topics [e.g. access to finance/procurement]

Experience & Skills:

An experience of project and programme management will be beneficial for the successful applicant along with established financial and marketing experience. There is likely to be some travel within England associated with this role. Reserved / Non Reserved post(s):

This is a Non Reserved post and is therefore open to UK, British Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) Nationals and certain non EEA members.

Security:

If you are a successful candidate you will be expected to undertake Basic Checks. Employment Terms:

Permanent

--- 2) Senior Policy Adviser: European Union Better Regulation x 1

Location:

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London – this is a London post as the post-holder needs to be in London at least 3 days a week to brief Ministers.

Job Description:

The post holder will join the EU team in the Better Regulation Executive

(Directorate). The team works to prevent EU regulation imposing unnecessary costs on UK businesses, a central element of the Government’s European growth agenda. This involves influencing in a complex EU environment, engaging directly with EU institutions, business organisations, and EU governments, after developing positions through cross-Whitehall liaison. The team also work in a Whitehall-facing mode to challenge and assist UK officials to argue for improvements to EU regulations under development, and ensure officials don’t “gold-plate” by going beyond minimum EU requirements.

The post holder is expected to start with the below responsibilities, but they should be prepared to work on other tasks as the team’s focus may change;

• develop and implement our strategy for achieving one or more key better regulation commitments from the EU institutions (e.g. European Parliament, Commission or Council). This is likely to involve promoting the COMPETE principles proposed by the Prime Minister’s Business Taskforce in 2013. The role requires strong influencing, stakeholder management and project

management skills.

• conduct policy analysis and liaison to help the UK influence the European Commission and other EU Member States, making a significant contribution to products ranging from UK responses to EU public consultations to informal lobbying “non-papers”.

• Contribute to (or possibly manage, depending on team skill mix) the team’s extensive briefing work, so Ministers and senior officials champion the UK's EU better regulation priorities at key meetings

• arrange seminars and study visits between senior representatives of the EU institutions, other countries’ governments, and BRE’s senior staff or Ministers. • review Cabinet clearance write rounds relating to the implementation of EU

legislation and prepare ministerial advice, in particular providing support to the G7 lead during peak periods or absences. This entails checking for

compliance with the Government's Guiding Principles on EU legislation to make sure no additional costs are added during when implementing (“gold-plating”).

The team is based in London, so the post-holder should be prepared to visit regularly to fulfill tasks relating to briefing Ministers and arranging events. They should be prepared to undertake some overseas EU trips.

Some EU-relevant experience is essential, e.g. working on a policy issue with an EU dimension, or in an EU institution, or having studied a relevant subject. There are likely to be opportunities for some EU travel, notably to Brussels.

Reserved / Non Reserved post(s):

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This is a Non Reserved post and is therefore open to UK, British Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) Nationals and certain non EEA members.

Security:

If you are a successful candidate you will be expected to undertake Basic Checks. Employment Terms:

Permanent.

--- 3 & 4) Project Researcher in GO-Science x 2

Location:

London - The Government Chief Scientific Adviser and GO-Science are based in BIS, 1 Victoria St, London. The role requires extensive engagement with colleagues in Whitehall.

GO Science are seeking to fill two posts in the Policy Development Office. These are roles which undertake research looking at the early phase of any project, that might be in subjects as diverse as ageing, energy and finance. It will involve fast paced early stage desk research to scope out the background to a proposed project. It will include defining the potential bounds of a project, looking at current academic thinking on a topic, identifying the lead academics in the area as well as

understanding the position of those in business and not just from the UK. For those looking for an opportunity to see across the broad landscape of the work of

Government and academia this will be a rewarding post. It is likely that these posts will appeal to individuals with excellent writing skills and who have studied to PhD level.

It would be desirable, but not essential, for the candidates(s) to have one or more of the following:

a. A good first degree in an analytical discipline such as in the natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, social science, or possibly economics.

b. Experience of project management

c. Experience of effective engagement with academic experts and analysts and policy officials within governments departments.

This is a Non Reserved post and is therefore open to UK, British Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) Nationals and certain non EEA members.

Security:

If you are a successful candidate you will be expected to undertake Basic Checks. Employment Terms:

Fixed term appointment (2 years)

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--- 5) Senior Policy Adviser, Energy Team x 1

Location:

London - The Government Chief Scientific Adviser and GO-Science are based in BIS, 1 Victoria St, London. The role requires extensive engagement with colleagues in Whitehall.

The energy team in the Government Office for Science supports the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser at the leading edge of the interface between science and policy. The overarching aim of the team is to work across Government to ensure that energy policy in the UK is developed with optimal scientific evidence and

implemented with the very best science and engineering expertise. It does this by: - adding to the evidence base available to policy makers or (more frequently) by facilitating improved access to the existing evidence base;

- encouraging the consideration of a wide range of evidence, including the social sciences;

- challenging the policy approach being taken if that approach is sub-optimal as a result of flawed scientific consideration;

- providing a platform for cross-Government activity, discussion or decision-taking on issues of cross-cutting importance; and

- influencing international debate through bilateral and multilateral engagement/fora; The post holder will work in a small, confident team, reporting directly to a Grade 6. They will be expected to own entire objectives and quickly develop an outward-facing role in the delivery of those objectives. Although the majority of their work will be related to energy, the fast-paced environment necessitates agility and flexibility to pick up a wider range of issues quickly and confidently.

• The SEO will be personally responsible for the management of one or more externally commissioned evidence projects closely related to the highest priority areas of energy policy. The SEO will be expected to develop strong relationships with DECC and other key Government departments, and with evidence providers in academia, industry and elsewhere.

• The SEO will be Secretary to the Council for Science and Technology Sub-Group that advises the Prime Minister on key energy policy questions. Experience & Skills:

This post requires rapid assimilation of scientific knowledge in a range of areas. It also demands close working with the scientific community in the UK. A first degree or higher qualification in a STEM subject is therefore strongly desirable.

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Security:

Permanent

--- 6) Policy Adviser in the Shareholder Executive Group (Urenco) x 1

Location: London

Urenco is a UK/Dutch/German collaborative venture for the production of enriched uranium for use in nuclear power plants. Ownership is divided in equal shares

between HMG, the Dutch government and RWE/E.On of Germany. The Shareholder Executive is leading work across government to prepare for a sale of HMG’s stake in the company. The support of the Dutch and German governments and German shareholders is also required for a sale to be executed.

Work on the options for a possible sale has been underway for some years, with DECC, FCO, MoD, HMT, CO and the Home Office. On 22 April 2013 it was announced to Parliament that the Government had decided to work with the Dutch and German governments and shareholders to move forward preparations for the sale of all or part of our one-third shareholding. The Dutch made a similar

announcement with respect to their shareholding in May 2013.

Any sale of our Urenco shareholding remains contingent upon full protection of our security and non-proliferation interests, and upon achieving value for money for the UK taxpayer. We may also need further engagement with the European

Commission to secure assurances that our proposals are fully consistent with EU rules on free movement.

The post holder will provide support in the development of policy surrounding the Urenco transaction and assist in all communication and briefings, providing a rare opportunity to work on a major asset sale transaction with significant exposure across Whitehall as well as to international Governments.

Main Activities / Responsibilities:

The job holder will be required to undertake the following duties and responsibilities: • Provide support in implementing a corporate governance framework which

protects security and non-proliferation interests but secures value for money. • Provide support in engaging with Whitehall colleagues (FCO, CO, MoD, HMT

and HO) as well as with other interested governments and parties, including the Dutch and German governments and shareholders, the US, the French and the European Commission.

• Provide secretariat support for the Grade 5 chaired cross-Whitehall working group and the G3 chaired cross-Whitehall Steering Group.

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• Provide support in the development of a strategic and transaction action plan. • Lead on developing and maintaining press lines, responding to Parliamentary Questions, FOI requests and proving first drafts of briefing for senior officials and ministers, including Cabinet Committee correspondence.

Experience & Skills: See main job advert

Security:

Permanent

--- 7) Senior Policy Adviser on University Research & Knowledge Exchange x 1 Location:

London

Research Strategy Unit, Research Base, Knowledge & Innovation Group:

Knowledge & Innovation (K & I) Group’s purpose is to make the UK world class at enabling people, organisations and systems to create, disseminate and exploit knowledge for economic growth and benefit to society. The Research Strategy Unit plays a key role in this.

RSU is directly responsible for over £2.3 billion of annual public investment in UK science and research, and for working with Research Councils Unit on Government policy on science and research in the UK. The Unit works with the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), UK Space Agency and Research Councils UK to fund research and provide advice to Ministers on strategic and cross-cutting research issues, covering the sciences, engineering, economics and arts and

humanities. RSU will also be responsible for co-ordinating the evidence and making the case for ca £6billion Government funding for science, research and innovation in the next Spending Review.

The Post holder will support a Grade 6 to provide policy advice to Ministers and senior officials on university research and knowledge exchange, including

encouraging university-business engagement in support of economic growth. Key responsibilities will include:

Providing policy advice and briefing, and helping to make the case for university research funding and for funding to help universities work with business; working

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closely with the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (budget ca£2bn pa):

• Continue development, with HEFCE, KIG Analysts and others, of the

evidence on the quality and impact of university research and of university-business knowledge exchange, including IP knowledge transfer;

• With HEFCE and others contribute to the development of evidence for future Higher Education research, research capital and KE funding.

• Providing policy advice and briefing on allocation of HE Research Capital; including managing payments to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (budget £21mpa) and on the £500m UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (announced in Budget 2012)

• Develop and manage stakeholder relationship with HEFCE on research, university-business engagement and KE; engaging directly with HEIs on these

issues; and with Devolved Administration counterparts to ensure coherent framework for UK university research policies.

• Drafting responses to Ministerial correspondence; advising and briefing Ministers for speeches and visits to universities; providing input into relevant S&T Select Committees enquiries.

Within the flexible work style of K & I, responsibilities for the post may change. Please note this post is full time and based in London to flexibly and effectively support the work of the RSU team as a whole, and this requires a high degree of interaction across the team, as responsibilities are closely integrated, and also to maintain close integration with colleagues in Research Councils Unit and with other key stakeholders in London.

An interest in science, research and higher education issues, with experience or a background in science, engineering, social science or an analytical discipline would be an advantage – for example a qualification to first degree level or equivalent. Reserved / Non Reserved post(s):

Security:

Permanent

--- 8) Senior Policy Adviser - Co-ordination of science and innovation input to Spending Review x 1

Location: London

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Research Strategy Unit, Research Base, Knowledge & Innovation Group : K&I Group’s purpose is to make the UK world class at enabling people, organisations and systems to create, disseminate and exploit knowledge for

economic growth and benefit to society. The Research Strategy Unit plays a key role in this.

RSU is directly responsible for over £2.3 billion of annual public investment in UK science and research, and for working with Research Councils Unit on Government policy on science and research in the UK. The Unit works with the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), UK Space Agency and Research Councils UK to fund research and provide advice to Ministers on strategic and cross-cutting research issues, covering the sciences, engineering, economics and arts and

humanities. RSU will also be responsible for co-ordinating the evidence and making the case for ca £6billion Government funding for science, research and innovation in the next Spending Review.

• Project management of the overall SR process for science and innovation team, both in preparation for the SR and during the negotiation phase. The post holder will help ensure effective cross team working and synthesis of parallel work streams including developing the evidence base, financial analysis and

communications;

• Analysis, synthesis and challenge of the evidence for the impact of public investment in science to help make the case for investment to BIS and HMT, working with Partner organisations such as Research Councils and K&I’s own analytical team;

• Develop and manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders as part of the communications plan for the Spending Review. This will require direct engagement with a large, active and effective science stakeholder community. It will also require the post holder to build links to wider BIS goals through key BIS teams including Strategy, Finance and Sector Teams.

• Providing briefing for Ministers and Select Committees in relation to the SR and science budget matters including responding to correspondence

This is an opportunity to work at the heart of financial decision making and prioritisation at a critical time for the Department and the new Government. Please note this post is full time and based in London to flexibly and effectively support the work of the RSU team as a whole, and this requires a high degree of interaction across the team, as responsibilities are closely integrated, and also to maintain close integration with colleagues in Research Councils Unit and with other key stakeholders in London.

An interest in science, research and , innovation issues, with experience or a

background in science, engineering, social science or an analytical discipline would be an advantage – for example a qualification to first degree level or equivalent Reserved / Non Reserved post(s):

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Security:

Permanent

--- 9) Senior Policy Adviser: Reshoring and Business Investment x 1

Location:

London & Sheffield - Other BIS locations might be considered. Job Description:

The Advanced Manufacturing and Services (AMS) Directorate supports businesses across a range of sectors, ensuring the UK economy can grow and benefit from the challenges of globalisation. The Manufacturing, Services and Electronics Unit works to increase the economic contribution of the manufacturing, electronics and

Professional & Business Services (PBS) sectors. We also provide cross cutting services to business; the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative and Manufacturing Advisory Service.

We are looking to recruit an individual into the following permanent post. Please note location in London is not necessary and part time / job share will be considered. Reshoring is a high profile issue attracting significant attention from Ministers, business and the media. It is the return of economic activities from low-cost economies in the Far East, particularly manufacturing but also outsourced service such as call centres. It is attracting significant attention in Europe and the US as an opportunity to boost jobs, rebuild lost industrial capabilities and strengthen supply chains.

In January 2014, the Prime Minister set up Reshore UK to spearhead a campaign to bring back jobs and create a new generation of goods and services made in Britain. This is being achieved by better aligning policy and joining-up the range of support available in ways that maximises the benefits of this emerging trend to the UK economy.

The Reshoring and Business Investment team leads on reshoring policy across government and works with delivery partners UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) to provide expert advice on reshoring and practical support to help firms source more products locally.

Working in a small team, the post holder will take ownership of a number of workstreams covering policy, communication and operational delivery and quickly develop strong relationship with our delivery partners, sector teams in AMS and wider stakeholders.

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The main activities and key responsibilities will include:

• Developing the evidence base for reshoring to better inform policy making. Engaging with business, trade bodies and academics as well as specifying and managing research contracts to better understand reshoring trends and drivers, opportunities being created for the UK and the policies being deployed in other countries.

• Developing and implementing policy interventions to support reshoring and create opportunities for UK suppliers.

Working across BIS and other Government Departments to influence policies, particularly work as part of Industrial Strategy to strengthening UK Supply Chains. • Provide strategic direction and ensure the effective delivery of Reshore UK. Liaison with UKTI and MAS on operational aspects of Reshore UK delivery, including maintaining a pipeline of Ministerial reshoring announcements and preparing policy papers and reports for the BIS/UKTI Reshore UK Tasking Board.

• Lead an effective communications strategy and work with our delivery partners to promote it to business and wider stakeholders.

Developing marketing assets and tools to make the reshoring “business case” for key sectors and promoting reshoring in social media and the Government’s Business is Great campaign.

• In addition, the post holder will provide financial management support to the MSE director including forecasting and monitoring of the team’s budget.

1. Knowledge of manufacturing and internationally mobile investment decisions would be an advantage but not essential.

2. Good analytical skills and experience of developing options and challenging others’ analysis in a policy environment.

3. Excellent drafting skills and experience of supporting Ministers and special advisers.

4. Ability to build relationships with key stakeholders across Government

departments and other key internal and external stakeholders and use these to take forward the Department’s objectives.

5. Experience of programme and project management.

6. Close working with the delivery partners of Reshore UK is required and therefore experience, or an understanding, of MAS and UKTI would be beneficial.

Reserved/Non Reserved post(s):

This is a Non Reserved post and is therefore open to UK, British Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) Nationals and certain non EEA members

Security:

If you are a successful candidate you will be expected to undertake Basic Checks. 12

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Employment Terms: Permanent