Key responsibilities include:

• Upholding and enhancing effective contract management across Defra Group's shared services arrangements
• Leading the management of contractual change, acting as the focal point for the Request for Change (RFC) process
• Utilising extensive knowledge of contractual arrangements and supplier management principles to support effective decision-making
• Leading and coordinating contract audit and assurance activity
• Providing expert advice and guidance on contractual, governance and supplier management matters
• Supporting the Head of Contracts, Change and Improvements in identifying and managing contractual risks, dependencies and opportunities
• Leading, motivating and developing team members

The role requires strong stakeholder management, commercial awareness and the ability to operate confidently across multiple workstreams.

The salary for this role is GBP 58,207 - 71,178 per year.

Benefits include:

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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As Digital Lead, you will shape our approach to social media, online content, video and a range of digital platforms. You will champion direct, meaningful communication with citizens, ensuring our content is relevant, accessible and responsive to their needs. You will also build and maintain strong relationships with digital media publishers and influencers, working collaboratively to reach new audiences through their channels, communities and followers.

Using data, insight and innovation, you will drive digital performance, grow and engage audiences, and maximise the reach and impact of our communications in support of departmental and wider government priorities.

Working at the heart of the communications function, you will be the digital lead for a portfolio of work and will collaborate closely with the Grade 6 (G6) Head of Digital and Creative Content to ensure digital is fully integrated with media, marketing and campaigns. You will engage with thematic working groups, collaborating with other delivery leads to ensure digital activity supports the wider Defra group communications strategy. You will champion innovation in how we reach and engage the public online, working in close partnership with ALB communications teams to ensure a coherent digital presence across the group.

Job description

• Digital strategy and channel ownership: Develop and deliver insight-led digital communications strategies that support departmental priorities, maintaining overall responsibility for channel strategy, content planning and platform management across social media, web and emerging digital channels. Build the team's AI literacy, understanding what tools are appropriate to use and when, and knowing how to apply the Government Communication Service (GCS) ethical innovation framework.
• Content and creative direction: Lead the creation of compelling digital content that translates policy announcements and campaigns into engaging formats, working with policy, media and marketing teams and commissioning external suppliers where required. Ensure all content meets GCS accessibility standards and considers diverse audiences.
• Data and performance: Use audience insight and platform analytics to inform planning, measure impact and drive continuous improvement. Report on digital performance to senior leaders, providing actionable recommendations. Handle all data appropriately in line with GDPR obligations.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with thematic leads and delivery colleagues to ensure digital activity is integrated with wider communications planning.
• Platform expertise and innovation: Maintain knowledge of established and emerging platforms, content trends and formats. Champion innovation and build digital capability across the wider communications directorate through training, guidance and knowledge sharing, drawing on the GCS SAFE Framework and the Framework for Ethical Innovation.
• ALB digital partnership: Build and maintain effective working relationships with ALBs within Defra group, providing strategic digital expertise, sharing best practice and supporting a coherent, integrated digital presence. Work to remove duplication across ALB digital channels, identify opportunities for shared approaches, and ensure ALB digital activity is consistent with group standards and GCS professional requirements.

In addition, all Grade 7 (G7) communications professionals within Defra group Communications will be expected to:

• Provide professional leadership for their functional area, including line management, performance oversight, quality assurance and capability building. Deploy expertise collaboratively across priorities with other G7s.
• Lead and develop their team, motivating staff and embedding new ways of working across the group.
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders, Ministers, Special Advisers and stakeholders, providing trusted strategic communications advice.
• Foster a proactive, flexible and collaborative team culture, managing competing priorities and balancing reactive work with strategic goals.
• Communicate complex information clearly and persuasively, both in writing and verbally, adapting style and approach for different audiences and purposes.
• Support crisis and incident communications, working across disciplines and with partners to ensure timely, coordinated information reaches audiences. This includes out-of-hours working when required.
• Uphold GCS professional standards, ensuring compliance with the Communication Functional Standard (GovS011), propriety guidance and accessibility requirements.

Person specification

• Significant experience of leading social media teams and managing high-profile organisational channels, with strong knowledge of platforms, audiences and emerging trends.
• Experience of developing and delivering insight-led strategies across social media, web, video and emerging channels.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to motivate teams, manage performance and build capability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including setting editorial standards and turning complex policies into clear, accessible content.
• Strong analytical skills, using monitoring and performance tools to understand audiences, evaluate impact and inform decisions.
• A track record of delivering high-quality communications while managing competing priorities, reactive demands and tight deadlines.
• Excellent influencing and relationship-building skills, including providing trusted advice to senior leaders and securing support for creative ideas.
• Experience of collaborating across communications disciplines and organisational boundaries to deliver integrated activity.
• Experience of leading digital communications during incidents or crises, ensuring information is timely, accurate and coordinated.
• Experience of developing digital partnerships and applying professional standards, including accessibility, data protection, propriety and the ethical use of emerging technology.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £64,015, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contributes £18,545 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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The post-holder will work closely with the NBC Programme Director and project sponsors, acting as the primary civil service conduit for formal governance, ensuring that investment decisions, financial payments, approvals, and change control are exercised.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as overall client-side lead for capital project delivery on behalf of the NBC Programme Intelligent Client Function (ICF)
• Working with the Programme Director and Project Sponsors to support the development of project delivery strategies
• Assuring compliance with planning conditions for all projects within the portfolio
• Ensuring projects remain aligned with programme constraints, focusing on value-for-money, exercising financial approvals and change control across the portfolio
• Building and maintaining respected and trusted relationships with APHA, Defra group Property, government stakeholders, and key regulators
• Leading the development of the workforce strategy and associated recruitment to build the long-term capability required by the Programme

The role requires experience of overseeing the delivery of major complex construction projects, managing design, construction, benefits realisation, and business change within complex, technical design-led programmes.

Alongside your salary of £86,000, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contributes £24,914 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Benefits include:

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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The successful candidate will work with the Visits and Events Lead to ensure ministers are supported with well-organised, high-quality activity that communicates departmental priorities and creates meaningful engagement opportunities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the development and maintenance of the visits and events programme
• Leading end-to-end logistics for ministerial visits and events
• Preparing logistical briefing materials for ministers and senior officials
• Evaluating visits and events activity against objectives
• Collaborating with internal teams, partner organisations, and external stakeholders

The role requires UK travel, potential overnight stays, and out-of-hours working.

As a Senior Executive Officer (SEO) communications professional within Defra group Communications, the postholder will also be expected to:

• Act as a trusted strategic communications adviser to senior leaders and stakeholders
• Plan, deliver, and evaluate high-quality communications activity
• Build and maintain effective working relationships across internal teams and external stakeholders
• Identify and manage risks to reputation and communications objectives

The salary for this role is GBP 44,052 - 52,010 per year.

Benefits include:

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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The team is responsible for:

• International fisheries policy and negotiations
• Management of shared fish stocks
• EU Reset and EU Delivery Programme
• Seafood trade and market access
• Major programmes and digital services
• Fisheries controls and enforcement policy
• Combatting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing
• Stakeholder engagement and influence
• Leadership and delivery

Responsibilities for the role include:

• Overall leadership of a multidisciplinary team of around 50 colleagues
• Providing visible leadership across international fisheries, seafood trade, fisheries controls, and regulatory policy
• Participating in and co-leading the wider corporate activities of the Marine and Fisheries Directorate
• Leading the UK's international fisheries policy and negotiating strategy
• Overseeing engagement with coastal states and international partners on shared fish stocks, fisheries access arrangements, and sustainable fisheries management
• Securing outcomes that balance environmental, economic, and diplomatic interests
• Leading delivery of the fisheries elements of the Government's EU Reset agenda and the Directorate's contribution to the EU Delivery Programme
• Overseeing seafood trade policy
• Leading major programmes, services, and systems that support seafood exports, traceability, and market access
• Ensuring fisheries and seafood interests are effectively represented across Government trade priorities and Free Trade Agreements
• Leading fisheries control and enforcement policy
• Leading domestic and international action to combat IUU fishing
• Managing significant operational, reputational, and policy risks
• Providing strategic advice to Ministers and senior officials
• Acting as senior sponsor for the seafood sector
• Leading delivery of complex and politically sensitive programmes

The successful candidate will have:

• A track record of driving delivery and providing visible and inclusive leadership
• Significant experience of leading complex international negotiations and influencing successful outcomes
• Strong strategic, analytical, and evidence-based decision-making skills
• Proven ability to translate international agreements and commitments into effective policy, programmes, and delivery

Alongside a salary of £86,000, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contributes £24,914 towards being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Benefits include learning and development tailored to the role, flexible working options, a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, and a Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.

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The role will include:

• Working with policy colleagues to understand evidence needs and advising on how these can be filled;
• Leading on the commissioning, management, and dissemination of research and evaluation projects;
• Undertaking in-house research as required;
• Working with our arm's-length bodies and devolved administrations to support a coordinated approach to identifying and prioritizing research needs;
• Building, or supporting, partnerships with the broader research community;
• Supporting policy colleagues in policy development, in areas such as public consultations and theories of change;
• Assurance of arms-length body evidence projects, as appropriate;
• Line-management of a social research fast streamer;

The ideal candidate will have a history of successfully designing, commissioning, and delivering evidence projects, ideally including policy evaluations, from beginning to end. Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills, project management skills, and the ability to build strong networks and relationships are also essential.

In return for your hard work, you will receive a salary of £44,052 - £48,168 per year, plus a range of benefits including a Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%, learning and development tailored to your role, an environment with flexible working options, and a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

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