Job Description

Job description
Supporting Ministers in cross-government work to strengthen the United Kingdom and Wales's place within it, including:
Key adviser to Ministers. Responsible for provision of quality advice, across the full range of devolved and non-devolved subjects, often at short notice.
Responsible for line management of the Senior Leadership Team with wider leadership responsibility for a team of approximately fifty staff across Cardiff and London.
Overall responsibility for corporate services, strategy and planning; ensuring alignment between resources and priorities; seeking continuous improvement in processes and performance. Managing a budget of around 6m efficiently and effectively.
Leading and motivating staff to meet challenging Ministerial objectives in a fast-moving environment; and demonstrating wider leadership across Government in developing a cross-cutting strategy and narrative on Wales.
Managing Wales Office relationships with Ministers (including in other Government Departments), the Welsh Government, Whitehall, and external stakeholders to the benefit of Wales Office's strategic objectives.
Principal Accounting Officer for Wales Office (c 6m p.a.) and transfer of resources to Welsh Ministers (15bn p.a.) and ensuring the highest standards of internal controls and public sector governance.
The job description is not intended to be exhaustive, and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances and after consultation with the postholder
Additional Information
Please view our candidate information pack for full details about the role, key responsibilities person specification, and the criteria you will be assessed against throughout the recruitment process.
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