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£60,732 - £67,296 a year
Gross, as stated in the ad.
About £3,820 - £4,130 a month after tax.
Full-time
Per the ad.
Apply by Monday 19 October
The date the employer’s listing closes.
Work on-site in Yorkshire and the Humber
No relocation package mentioned.
28.97% employer pension
Paid in by the employer, per the ad. The legal minimum is 3%.
The below criteria are essential and will be assessed at application stage;
The below criteria are desirable only. These will not be assessed throughout the recruitment process, but will be used in the event of tied scores between candidates;
£60,732 - £67,296
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Alongside your salary of £60,732, Department for Business and Trade contributes £17,594 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.
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The G7 Area Lead is a senior, place-based policy role responsible for shaping BIST's approach to economic growth across West Yorkshire and York & North Yorkshire. The postholder will connect regional priorities and evidence to national policy development, ensuring that BIST policy reflects the economic strengths, constraints and opportunities of both Mayoral Strategic Authority areas.
Working closely with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, the Area Lead will develop a strong regional evidence base, identify policy opportunities and barriers, and provide clear advice to Ministers and senior officials. The role will build coalitions across government, local government, business and other regional institutions to influence policy, investment and delivery decisions.
A central responsibility will be to support the development and delivery of major regional priority projects, including the West Yorkshire portfolio of Leeds South Bank and the wider New Town proposition, Bradford Station and Interchange, the Northern Square Mile and financial services cluster, and the economic opportunities linked to West Yorkshire Mass Transit; alongside the York & North Yorkshire portfolio of York Central, and the BioYorkshire-led bio-industrial cluster with Tees Valley. The postholder will define BIST's policy contribution, convene the right departmental and cross-government expertise, resolve barriers and help translate these projects into investable propositions and measurable economic outcomes.
The role will lead policy engagement for the two areas: coordinating BIST input into mayoral growth plans and local growth priorities; producing high-quality briefings, submissions and recommendations; and ensuring regional intelligence informs the department's Industrial Strategy and wider growth policy. The Area Lead will track progress across the priority project portfolio, escalate risks and dependencies, and maintain momentum across partners.
As part of the wider LIG North team, the postholder will also lead a defined policy portfolio on behalf of the directorate, working with central policy teams and the Deputy Director to develop positions, test proposals with regional partners and support implementation.
This is a high-impact role for an experienced policy professional who can work across organisational boundaries, turn complex evidence into clear recommendations and build the partnerships needed to advance strategically important projects.
The successful candidate will be responsible for a broad range of interventions across West Yorkshire and York & North Yorkshire, including:
Permanent
Full-time
North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber
483663
Grade 7
Policy
1
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 19th October 2026
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours and previous experience.
Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. In-person interviews may be considered by exception. We anticipate one interview round only although this may change depending on volume and quality of candidates. Interviews have been provisionally booked for 18/19th November, however this is subject to change.
To apply, you will need to provide:
CV
Applications will be sifted against the Experience criteria of the Civil Service Success Profiles. In the event of a large number of applicants, an initial short sift will be conducted on the CV. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
DBT - DG DIME - UK Nations - Within BIST, the Local and International Growth (LIG) directorate plays a key role in driving regional prosperity by strengthening places, enabling businesses, and connecting local economies to national and international opportunities.
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Please note, following a recent change to the Machinery of Government, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) will be renamed to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) as of 20th July 2026. BIST will connect the UK's world-class science and technology base directly to the businesses, places and workers that will drive good growth across the country. Such changes will not affect the selection process for this campaign; however, we wanted to take this opportunity to advise you of the recent changes to our department.
You can find further information here regarding recent governmental changes Machinery of Government changes: Fact Sheet - GOV.UK.
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