Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Head of Engagement and Communications, Better Futures Fund
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About the Role
This is an exciting and stretching role, offering a unique opportunity to lead the engagement and communications strategy for the landmark £500 million Better Futures Fund (BFF). Over the next decade, this flagship initiative aims to leverage up to £1bn in total funding to tackle the root causes of child poverty across England, improving life chances for up to 200,000 children and families through innovative Social Outcomes Partnerships. Due to its scale, the programme holds significant visibility across Whitehall and generates wide external interest.
Responsibilities
As the Engagement and Communications Lead, you will:
- Own the cross-government narrative and external communications strategy.
- Work alongside core policy and delivery teams.
- Collaborate with internal DCMS teams on government comms moments and identify external opportunities to promote the programme.
- Coordinate all briefings and commissions relating to BFF.
- Lead on all ministerial and parliamentary engagement.
- Support cross-government engagement.
- Manage key stakeholder relationships.
- Coordinate inputs to support the design and delivery of funding rounds.
- Manage one Senior Policy Advisor (SEO) to support the delivery of these objectives.
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Requirements
The successful candidate will:
- Be a collaborative and innovative individual.
- Be keen to work on a new complex programme.
- Be flexible to evolving needs of the programme as it transitions through the project life cycle.
- Be willing to adapt roles and responsibilities as required.
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Success in This Post
Success in this post means:
- Establishing trusted relationships with Ministers, departments, and senior stakeholders.
- Translating complex policy milestones into clear briefings and compelling comms moments.
- Providing significant exposure to senior HMG leadership.
- Shaping a major government programme from its early stages.
This position is an excellent platform for career progression within the civil service.
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