Head of business finance policy

Details
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Reference number

462293

Salary

£69,185 \- £80,538
National: £69,185 \- £78,401 London: £72,970 \- £80,538
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28\.97%
GBP

Job grade

Grade 6### Contract type

Permanent### Business area

DBT \- DIME \- Business Growth \- The work we do in DBT helps businesses in all parts of the UK grow domestically and internationally, creating higher paying jobs and strengthening communities. We bring together business leaders and trade experts to make the UK a thriving business hub. We### Type of role

Policy### Working pattern

Flexible working, Full\-time, Job share, Part\-time### Number of jobs available

1
Contents
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• Location


• About the job


• Benefits


• Things you need to know


• Apply and further information

Location
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Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, SalfordAbout the job
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Job summary

This role leads the department’s development and implementation of access to finance policy. Access to finance – ensuring companies have the finance they need to start, stay, scale and succeed in the UK \- is a key pillar of the Small Business Plan, the Industrial Strategy and at the heart of the Secretary of State’s vision for an ambition to build a trillion\-pound company in the UK.### Job description

The work we do in DBT helps businesses in all parts of the UK grow domestically and internationally, creating higher paying jobs and strengthening communities. We bring together business leaders and trade experts to make the UK a thriving business hub. We connect businesses to government, attract investors, and unlock exports through trade deals. Our UK\-based staff empowers colleagues in over 100 countries. With offices in London, Darlington, and across the UK, we're here to help businesses succeed.

This role leads the department’s development and implementation of access to finance policy. Access to finance – ensuring companies have the finance they need to start, stay, scale and succeed in the UK \- is a key pillar of the Small Business Plan, the Industrial Strategy and at the heart of the Secretary of State’s vision for an ambition to build a trillion\-pound company in the UK.

You will be responsible for developing and delivering the department’s policy in this area – from addressing barriers to equity finance for high growth scale ups, ensuring SMEs get the support they need from high street banks, to supporting entrepreneurship for underrepresented groups.

• Leading and developing the Business Finance Policy Team \- a high performing team of 8 (including 5 Grade 7s) based in different locations, supporting their development and ensuring the right people with the right skills are in place to deliver the team’s objectives


• Lead DBT policy development on debt and equity finance for small and mid\-sized businesses and scale ups


• Leading the policy relationship between the British Business Bank and Government, facilitating engagement with Ministers and seniors and reflecting Government's policy ambitions back to the Bank.


• Ensuring seamless collaboration with the BBB Sponsorship Team and UKGI Shareholder representative team


• Representing Government’s position to banks, non\-bank lenders, CDFIs, fund and trade associations (FLA, UK Private Capital, UK Finance) and working with them and HM Treasury to ensure that policies across all aspects of business finance are evidence based, effective and impactful.


• Building trusted relationships with officials across Whitehall and delivering DBT Ministers’ objectives in areas of joint HMT and DBT responsibility.


• Developing productive working relationships across DBT and with the BBB, UKGI, HMT, DSIT, DESNZ and public financial institutions to develop a joined up coherent approach to smaller business access to finance.

Person specification

Essential criteria

The below criteria are essential and will be assessed at application stage;

• Knowledge of financial services


• Able to lead and empower a high\-performing team; committed to supporting flexible working and the development of our people


• Able to understand and analyse policy detail, identifying key issues and how they fit into overall organisational objectives to make effective policy.


• Able to influence others including at a senior level and across Departmental boundaries.


• Building trusting, collaborative relationships across institutional boundaries.

Desirable criteria

The below criteria are desirable only. These will not be assessed throughout the recruitment process, but will be used in the event of tied scores between candidates;

• Enjoys the challenge of working with a large delivery partner.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Seeing the Big Picture


• Leadership


• Making Effective Decisions


• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits
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Alongside your salary of £69,185, Department for Business and Trade contributes £20,042 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%

We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

Things you need to know
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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.### Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in\-person interviews by exception.

Please ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way.

To apply for this post, you will be asked to complete the following as part of the online application:

• A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Provide employment history that relates to the essential criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages.


• A Personal Statement of up to 750 words, explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential criteria.

Your application will be sifted against the Experience criteria of the Civil Service Success Profiles.

We aim to sift both the CV and the Personal Statement but, in the event of a large number of applicants, an initial short sift may be conducted on the Personal Statement only. Candidates who pass the initial sift of the Personal Statement will either progressed to a full sift where the CV is then assessed, or progressed straight to further assessment/interview.

Candidates who pass the sift will be invited to interview, where we will assess you on the Success Profiles elements of Behaviours, Experience and Strengths.

As part of your interview, you will be asked to deliver a short oral presentation, details will be provided prior to your interview.

It is likely that the sift will take place 1\-2 weeks after the closing date and interviews 3\-5 weeks after the closing date, though this is subject to change.

Reasonable Adjustments

We are committed to supporting candidates so they can perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. This includes making reasonable adjustments to our process. In order to request an adjustment:

Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section on the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process.

Alternatively contact the Government Recruitment Service at DBTrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Please see attached Candidate Pack for further information on: Diversity and Inclusion; Benefits; Learning and Development; Working Patterns and what we deliver as a department.

Further Information:

• A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made. Reserve Lists will be for each location and appointments made in merit order based on location preferences.


• Any move to the Department for Business and Trade from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments.


• The Department will not consider sponsoring a visa or issuing a Certificate of Sponsorship. We are unable to offer advice on any Visa and Immigration cases.


• New entrants are expected to join on

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