Description
The Director of Communications leads the Department's communications team and is Head of Profession for communications staff across the group.
You will join Directors of Communications across government leading a fundamental transformation in how the government informs and connects with citizens in an era of rapid technological change, evolving media consumption, and the critical challenge of building public trust.
You will be the Secretary of State's senior official communications adviser. You will set communications strategy, ensure high performance delivery, and promote a culture of innovation and improve professional standards across the DfT Group.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead highly effective public and media relations activity, high impact campaign delivery, and targeted stakeholder engagement.
- Be accountable for communications strategy, spend and professional standards across the Department's network of agencies and other bodies.
- Provide professional leadership to all communications staff across this network.
- Role model continuous professional development and ensure the Department for Transport's communications function has the capability and skills it needs to deliver the communications strategy.
- Be part of a senior peer network of Government Communications leaders, collectively responsible for a Civil Service profession of 7,000 communicators across departments, agencies and arm's-length bodies.
Person Specification:
- Exceptional senior communications leader with a strong track record of delivery for large, complex organisations.
- Marketing and storytelling mindset with demonstrable experience of audience-led, insight-driven campaigns.
- Senior advisory and influencing skills – excellent interpersonal and influencing skills as a trusted adviser to diverse stakeholders internally and externally.
- Proven crisis management and transformation leadership - experience leading communications transformation with excellent judgement to manage crises, reputational risk and politically sensitive issues.
- Exceptional leadership of multi-disciplinary teams – a resilient and transformational leader with experience of building capability and fostering a creative, inclusive and impact-focussed team.
Benefits:
- Salary of £120,000 per year
- Contributes £34,764 towards being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave on entry, increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years' service
- Generous paid maternity and paternity leave
- Childcare benefits
- Onsite facilities including fitness centres and staff canteens