# Exports Strategy Engagement Lead

**Company**: Department for Business and Trade
**Location**: Belfast, Northern Ireland
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: GBP 60,732 - 71,296 per year
**Category**: Policy & Public Affairs
**Industry**: Government & Public Sector

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## Description

The Exports Strategy Engagement Lead role is part of the Department for Business and Trade's Domestic and International Markets and Export (DIME) Group. You will design and implement an engagement strategy for the Exports Directorate, capturing stakeholder sentiment, building relationships, and leading projects. The goal is to increase awareness and uptake of the Department's services, contributing to the UK's economic growth and trade ambitions.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Develop an engagement strategy for the Exports Directorate

- Gather intelligence on stakeholder sentiment and concerns

- Build and maintain a network of external stakeholders

- Lead projects critical to effective engagement

- Collaborate across the Department and with external partners

- Motivate colleagues and provide support for effective engagement

- Act in line with the Civil Service code and Departmental standards

- Undertake continuous personal development

**Requirements:**

- Experience in external engagement, public affairs, or government relations

- Proficiency in leading stakeholder engagement campaigns

- Ability to collaborate with complex internal and external stakeholders

- Demonstrable project management skills

- Experience working with a large professional network

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Collaborative team player with flexibility and proactivity

- Experience in creating a culture of continuous improvement

- Ability to adapt approach in a fast-paced environment

**Desirable Criteria:**

- Experience and/or understanding of UK export policy

- Experience working in an international or internationally facing team

**Benefits:**

- Salary: GBP 60,732 - 71,296 per year

- Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme with employer contribution

- Learning and development opportunities

- Flexible working options

- Inclusive and diverse culture

- Civil Service pension with employer contribution of 28.97%

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## Skills

### Required
- stakeholder engagement
- project management
- communication skills
- collaboration
- adaptability

### Nice to have
- UK export policy
- international trade

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