Deputy Director, Museums and Cultural Property - 1 year maternity cover
9 days ago
London
We are looking for a high-performing and motivated individual to lead the Museums and Cultural Property (MCP) team for one year. Responsibilities for the role include: • Leadership of c 30 person team;, • With the MCP Senior Management Team, set strategic objectives for the team across policy, people and programmes;, • Development of close and strong relationships with stakeholders across the sector and with our 15 Arms Length Bodies (ALBs);, • Senior sponsorship for 15 museum ALBs including oversight of governance and financial stewardship of these bodies who are in receipt of approx 400m pa., • Close working with Ministers, including oral and written briefings, and regular visits;, • Developing and delivering across MCP policy, working closely with Arts Council England as development body for the sector and delivery body for cultural property schemes which includes the provision of secretariat for two statutory committees;, • Senior Officer Responsibilities for several key grants and funding streams to the museums sector;, • Representation of the sector and UK art market both within the department, on cross-government initiatives and on international policy and diplomatic issues; The Museums branch is responsible for museums policy in England, including through Arts Council England, the sector development agency. This includes areas such as collections, audiences, skills and workforce development, economic recovery and resilience, as well as managing a number of grant funding initiatives. The team sponsor 15 museum Arms Length Bodies including our largest national museums and galleries. The Cultural Property branch leads responsibility for the preservation and protection of cultural property. This includes oversight of statutory and tax schemes for areas such as treasure, spoliation (Nazi looted art), export licensing, the gifting of objects to the nation, the prevention of illicit trade, as well as leading on restitution policy and related diplomacy matters. It also leads the Governments relationship with the UK art market. Person specification The Ideal candidate will have the following key skills and experience. Essential Requirements • Leadership: A track record of driving delivery and providing visible and inclusive leadership, with a proven ability to develop a motivated, engaged, diverse and high-performing workforce. A track record of corporate leadership contributing to wider priorities, and an ability to lead a team working in highly-scrutinised environments;, • Communicating and Influencing: Highly-developed written and oral communication skills, with the ability to brief on complex and often sensitive issues, presenting in a clear and concise manner and identifying key messages, with a proven track record in skillful navigation through senior stakeholders across government, and externally;, • Making Effective Decisions: Excellent evidence-based strategic and analytical skills, with experience of formulating, leading and implementing strategies, policies and programmes, including when under pressure, and a proven understanding of delivering value for money;, • Seeing the Big Picture: Highly-developed understanding of the political environment, including a broader understanding of how to operate outside of the immediate business area or organisation, and credibility to act as a trusted adviser to ministers and senior officials and stakeholders; and, • Previous experience of sponsorship and/or working with arms length bodies, • Previous experience as Senior Officer Responsible for grant funding and/or capital programmes., • Understanding of the ethos and work of the museum sector.Benefits Alongside your salary of 81,000, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes 23,465 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here. Were committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department. To support with that, some of the benefits we offer include: • Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working - DCMS staff work on a flexible basis with time spent in offices, and time spent working from home, • 25 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 30 days after 5 years service, • A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%, • Access to the Edenred employee benefits system which offers discounts to popular retailers and access to various useful resources such as financial and savings advice, • 3 days of paid volunteering leave, • Up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave, • Staff reward and recognition bonuses that operate throughout the year, • Occupational sick pay, • Access to the Employee Assistance Programme which offers staff 24/7 confidential support and resources such as counselling, debt guidance and management advice, • Active and engaged staff networks to join including the LGBT+, Ethnic Diversity, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality Networks, • Exceptional learning and development opportunities that you can explore alongside your day to day work, • Season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and much more! Terms and conditions at SCS grades will vary. Those applying for SCS roles should refer to the candidate information pack for more information on terms and conditions. Things you need to know Selection process details To apply for this vacancy, you will need to submit the following documents which will assessed against the essential requirements for the role : • A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you provide employment history that relates to the essential and desirable 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 and you should insert your CV into the "Job History" section on Civil Service Jobs on the Civil Service Jobs application form. In the event of a large number of applicants, an initial sift will be conducted on the statement of suitability. Those who are successful in the initial sift will then be scored on all elements of the application. Should you encounter any issues with your online application please get in touch with: Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. This role has a minimum assignment duration of 1 year. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise. As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window) . See our vetting charter (opens in a new window) . People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: • UK nationals, • nationals of the Republic of Ireland, • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK, • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window), • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS), • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020, • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) . The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) . Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : • Name : SCS Recruitment If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact the Head of Resourcing at , in the first instance. Attachments Deputy Director, Museums and Cultural Property - DCMS SCS Candidate Information Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 6237kB) Deputy Director, Museums and Cultural Property - maternity cover DCMS Accessibility Pack (2) (1) Opens in new window (docx, 32kB)