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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Director General, Local Government and Public Services (SCS Pay Band 3, salary circa £130k) February 2019 1 Contents 1 2 3 Welcome The Key People to MHCLG Department 4 5 6 The Role People Plan Leadership Expectation 7 8 9 Application Further Outline Process Information T&Cs 2 Welcome to MHCLG The Department & Key People The Role People Plan Leadership Expectation Application Process Outline T&Cs Further Information A Welcome from Melanie Dawes A Welcome from Rishi Sunak, CB, Permanent Secretary Minister for Local Government Thank you for looking into this role as Thank you for your interest in the position Director General, Local Government & of Director General, Local Government Public Services at the Ministry of and Public Services, a key role in the Housing, Communities and Local Ministry of Housing, Communities and Government. Local Government. This is a very exciting time for our Department. With housing at This is an exciting and influential Board level role at the heart of the centre of the Government’s domestic priorities, we have a big central government with responsibility for around 400 staff and for role to play and big ambitions for the Department. We are proud oversight of the central government’s relations with local of the work we do, and of our open and collaborative culture. As government. This is a role that has responsibility for the local we look ahead over the next few years, our development as an government finance system and delivers on some key organisation will, above all, be driven by changes that empower government priorities, including troubled families, and and enable our people to deliver at their best. Central to this is homelessness and rough sleeping. our commitment to diversity, and to creating a truly inclusive working environment. You will need to be collaborative, working across the Department and with other parts of Government, but in particular with external We are looking for someone who can lead our Local Government stakeholders such as the Local Government Association, local and Public Services group. This is especially vital as we approach authorities and other local organisations. the spending review this year and set the framework for local government spending in the years ahead. You will have a strong We are looking for someone with a strong track record of track record of leadership and delivery, alongside an inclusive leadership and delivery, excellent communication and influencing and collaborative leadership style that enables you to work in skills, the ability to set direction for and motivate our workforce, partnership across the Department and across Whitehall. In and the credibility to influence senior leaders across all sectors. return, MHCLG offers you a chance to build your career at one of the most significant times in our recent history, and to make a real If you are interested in this post, and feel your skills are a good difference to the leadership of the wider Civil Service as well as match, then we very much look forward to hearing from you. our own Department. Above all, we are looking for people who want to make positive change happen. If you think this could be you, we look forward to hearing from you. 3 Welcome to MHCLG The Department & Key People The Role People Plan Leadership Expectation Application Process Outline T&Cs Further Information The Department Our Ministers The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government job is to create great places to live and work, and to give more power to local people to shape what happens in their area. MHCLG is at the heart of the Prime Minister’s objective of making the UK a country that works for everyone. Our objective is to help create great places to live and work right The Rt Hon Jake Berry MP Kit Malthouse MP across the country and to back communities to come together James Parliamentary Minister of State for Under Secretary and thrive. A key task is to transform the housing market to Brokenshire MP Housing Secretary of State of State (Minister deliver 300,000 net additional homes a year on average by the for Housing, for the Northern mid 2020s. Communities and Powerhouse and Local Government Local Growth) Our plans fall under the following broad aims: 1. Deliver the homes the country needs by creating a housing market which will deliver 300,000 net additional homes a year on average by the mid-2020s. 2. Make the vision of a place you call home a reality. 3. Deliver a sustainable future for local government, strengthening its connection with the communities it serves. 4. Create socially and economically stronger and more confident Rishi Sunak MP Heather Lord Bourne of communities. Parliamentary Wheeler MP Aberystwyth 5. Secure effective support for those affected by the Grenfell Under Secretary Parliamentary Parliamentary of State (Minister Under Secretary Under Secretary Tower fire, delivering the changes this tragedy demands and for Local of State, of State ensuring people are safe and feel safe within their homes. Government) Minister for Housing and 6. Support a smooth exit from the European Union. Homelessness 7. Maintain MHCLG as a great place to work. The principles by which we organise our work and ourselves and the values we hold are here. 4 Welcome to MHCLG The Department & Key People The Role People Plan Leadership Expectation Application Process Outline T&Cs Further Information Our ambition and context: Our ambition is to continue to develop as a department with an important economic and social agenda and a growing leadership role in central government and our Ministry for Housing sectors. We aim to fully realise our unique role in understanding local issues and how policy impacts people in communities and using this rich insight to influence national Communities and Local policy, with skill and confidence. We want MHCLG to be a fantastic place to work, right Government (MHCLG) at cutting edge of diversity and inclusion, both for our people and for our policy development and delivery. The department has a long and distinguished history and our role has expanded recently as a result of the on-going process of our exit from the EU; the work responding to the issues arising from the Grenfell Tower tragedy, including the Public Arms Length Bodies (ALBs) Inquiry; the priority placed by the Government on housing; and a higher profile and leadership role for the department across the Civil Service. The department now Executive Agency employs around 2000 people in London and 16 other towns and cities across Planning Inspectorate Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre England, up from 1500 compared with 2015. A new and comprehensive Strategic Workforce Plan, based on a detailed analysis of our workforce trends and needs, will Executive non-departmental public body guide this expansion. This increase in resources will include an expansion of our Ebbsfleet Development Corporation corporate centre, in particular our scientific expertise, risk management, and Homes England commercial capability and capacity, to ensure we discharge our financial and Housing Ombudsman Leasehold Advisory Service governance responsibilities, which are now similar in scope and size to a medium-sized Regulator of Social Housing private sector bank. Valuation Tribunal Service We are investing in better management, better leadership and diversity and inclusion. Advisory non-departmental public body Building Regulations Advisory Committee Our improvement is driven by people focused policies. Change delivered through people is at the heart of our department. Public corporation Architects Registration Board The MHCLG Group: Other The department has 11 Arm’s Length Bodies delivering key areas of our agenda on the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman Valuation Tribunal England ground; capital budgets of £9.3 billion in 2018-19, and is responsible for the oversight of local government including £45 billion a year in local government spending. 5 Welcome to MHCLG The Department & Key People The Role People Plan Leadership Expectation Application Process Outline T&Cs Further Information THE EXECUTIVE TEAM Melanie Dawes CB Vacant Rachel McLean Permanent Secretary Director General, Local Director General, Chief and Chair of the Government and Public Financial Officer Executive Team Services Simon Ridley Jeremy Pocklington Lise-Anne Boissiere Ruth Bailey Director General, Director General, Housing Director for Strategy, Director, People, Decentralisation and and Building Safety Comms and Private Office Capability and Change Growth (starts March 2019) 6 Welcome to MHCLG The Department & Key People The Role People Plan Leadership Expectation Application Process Outline T&Cs Further Information Local Government and Public Services in MHCLG The Director General, Local Government and Public Services oversees five directorates with a wide range of responsibilities: • Grenfell Recovery and Resilience. • Homelessness and Rough Sleeping. • Local Government Finance. • Local Government Policy (including preparing for Brexit). • Communities and Integration. Among the group’s core responsibilities are: • Working with faith and community leaders, the Home Office and local authorities to identify the causes of a lack of integration and take forward government policies to address it. • Overseeing the new Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens in London. • Securing a financial settlement for local government in the coming spending review. • Overseeing the local government system, ensuring that it is fit for purpose to secure value for money, and assessing and advising on its sustainability. • Halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027. • Continuing support for disadvantaged families with complex problems. • Continuing support for the Grenfell community, including the bereaved, victim’s families and the wider community. • Management of the Grenfell site going forwards, ensuring that oversight is efficient, transparent and accountable. • Co-ordinating local government responses to emergencies and supporting them through wider recovery. • Working with local government on the implications 7 of Brexit.
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