Deputy Director, Recovery Strategy Unit

This role offers an exciting opportunity to further develop experience and skills working on a key priority for the government.The Unit works as part of Safer and Greener Buildings Group and is focused on intelligence gathering, strategic communications and litigation to change sector behaviour. The work of the team is outward facing and engages with partners across Government to deliver creative solutions.Project delivery demands a mix of strong analytical, delivery and policy skills to create innovative solutions against the most challenging issues. The Unit will work closely with and alongside key teams in the Department, drawing on their expertise and working with them to develop actions through to delivery outcomes.The RSUs outcomes are largely focused on people and sector not buildings.Key AccountabilitiesProvide strong leadership to the Unit. The team has been through a period of rapid change and needs rebuilding around a clear vision that is rooted in the aims of the department, wider work of Safer and Green Buildings and our relationship with the Government Legal Department. The Unit will have two Grade 6-led teams and around 14 FTE, and may expand in size from April 2025. You will also need to help build the extended team, agree an ambitious and enhanced work programme and build upon robust methodology. Monitoring and evaluation also need further development.Provide a strategic leadership role across the Department. Working with key teams in the Department to ensure work is aligned and that government priorities are met, and that the Units work has a sustainable impact on the Departments remediation performance. Confidently manage effective strategic relationships with ministers, senior stakeholder across and outside government to tackle issues and develop creative solutions.You will need to manage competing views and interests, focusing on the achievement of government priorities within a diverse, dynamic environment and resource constraints and at times combative external actors. You must be comfortable understanding risk and how that needs inform advice and recommendations.Ensuring the development and delivery of solutions that are sustainable, actionable, and achievable.You will need to be a confident, inspiring, and inclusive leader, committed to supporting and developing your team and play an active role in the wider directorate and Group.