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Negotiation Team Leaders for EU Exit

Employer
Civil Service
Location
London, Bristol and York (with opportunities for international travel)
Salary
£46,612 - £54,320 (National) or £51,258 - £59,740 (London)
Closing date
7 Mar 2019

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Sector
Government
Responsibilities
Operations, Strategy
Position/Level
Senior Management, Professional / Specialist
Contract Type
Permanent
Language
English

Job Details

Negotiation Team Leaders for EU Exit

£46,612 - £54,320 (National) or £51,258 - £59,740 (London)

Grade 7

Two-year fixed-term contract with the potential for extension or permanency

Location: London, Bristol and York (with opportunities for international travel) 

With large and wide-ranging responsibilities, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) works collaboratively across our Government and with external stakeholders to protect the environment and to maintain and grow the rural economy. The UK’s impending exit from the EU will continue to set us new and exciting challenges. Join us for a career defining opportunity to contribute to the development of new approaches and policies affecting millions of people across the country.

Joining either the EU and International Trade team or the Marine and Fisheries team, you will:

  • Lead negotiations on key policy areas between stakeholders to ensure either the sustainable future of the UK’s waters or the UK’s free trade agreements are protected and developed during the EU Exit process and beyond.
  • Reach out to key stakeholders to inspire conversations with them. Opening up new business relationships, you will use an expert knowledge of your field to encourage EU partners and non-EU countries to form alliances with the UK.
  • Communicate openly with senior level internal colleagues, and external stakeholders such as representatives from EU and third-party countries, colleagues from other government departments and industry professionals.
  • Motivate a team of negotiators towards achieving shared goals, encouraging them to be resilient, learning from any setbacks as well as their successes.
  • Take responsibility for tasks such as creating policy reports and briefing Ministers on the progress of negotiations.
  • Travel internationally in order to further negotiations and build lasting relationships with global partners.

This unique opportunity offers scope to build relationships that will benefit the entire UK population, and therefore our economy. You will thrive in this role if you have exceptional communication, networking and leadership skills, cemented by experience of devising negotiation strategies in a professional business environment. Naturally resilient and comfortable managing senior-level stakeholders, you will enjoy working in a fast-paced department, with the capacity to see a negotiation through from initial concept to legislation. Over time, you will build a solid knowledge of EU and international trade or the marine and fisheries environment.

We aim to support the professional and personal wellbeing of everyone in Defra. Our benefits include generous annual leave, a contributory pension, staff bonuses and recognition, salary sacrifice benefit options, and an employee discount scheme. We also offer flexible working and a variety of learning and development opportunities.

Closing date: 24th February 2019

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The Civil Service helps the government of the day develop and implement its policies as effectively as possible. It also provides services directly to the public, including employment services, prisons and education.

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