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Senior Strategic Engagement Adviser

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)

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Our summary

Salary
£45,773 a year

About £3,040 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, London
Closing date
Apply by Tuesday 17 November
Pension
28.97% employer pension
Commute
Cycle to work scheme

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

We're looking for someone who:

  • Can build effective working relationships across the organisation and externally
  • Is organised and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Shows initiative and flexibility, adapting to changing priorities as needed
  • Has a strong understanding of the local government sector and its priorities

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£45,773

The salary for this role is £49,352 (London) or £45,773 (National).

For existing civil servants, the usual policy on level transfer and promotion will apply and is non-negotiable. More information can be found in our 'How to Apply' section further down on this page.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Alongside your salary of £45,773, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government contributes £13,260 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).

At MHCLG we offer many benefits that range from tailored career pathways and flexible working to MyLifestyle Staff Benefits Scheme, Childcare Vouchers, and Cycle to Work Schemes. For more information, please click here.

Visa & relocation

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)

The role

We are MHCLG

In the Place Engagement Team, we work closely with local government in places across the country to ensure they are well informed and that their voice is heard across central government. We build strong relationships with local partners, gathering perspectives and insights that help shape government policy and delivery. We also work closely with policy teams across government to maintain a strong understanding of the issues affecting local government and ensure the sector is kept informed of relevant policy developments.

The Strategic Engagement branch of the team is responsible for maintaining a range of engagement channels with local government. This includes working with ministers and senior officials to support their engagement with the sector and briefing them effectively. We also advise and support a wide variety of teams from across government to collaborate with councils, strategic authorities and sector organisations.

As a Senior Strategic Engagement Advisor, you will help maintain engagement channels and work with a wide variety of teams from across government to support and advise on how they can best work with councils and strategic authorities.

What you'll do

You will:

  • Advise and support policy teams to carry out engagement with local government
  • Coordinate MHCLG and other departments' contribution to the annual Local Government Association Conference
  • Lead on cross-cutting ministerial and senior official briefings for external engagements
  • Deliver large webinars with ministers and senior officials
  • Act as a link between the Place Engagement Team and important policy areas

How you'll work

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Apply before

Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 17th November 2026

Reference number

488908

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Policy

Number of jobs available

1

Location

Bristol, Darlington, Leeds, London, Manchester, Wolverhampton

Artificial intelligence

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.

Security Clearance Requirements

National Office: BPSS

London Office: BPSS + CTC

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) 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.

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Hiring process

The application process will be split into 2 stages, testing the following Success Profiles:

Behaviours, Experience, Strengths

Stage 1: Sift

  • Experience: (Lead Question): Please outline what experience you have of working effectively in or with the local government sector
  • Behaviour 1: Working together
  • Behaviour 2: Seeing the big picture
  • Behaviour 3: Delivering at pace

There is a 250-word limit per question.

When writing your application, remember:

  • the assessor won't be reading your answers sequentially
  • do not assume that the same assessors will have read all of your answers
  • if talking about something in your first answer, make sure that you write the second answer as if you had not written the first (and so on!)

Most of our campaigns utilise multiple assessors and so it is possible that each of your answers would be viewed by different assessors.

In the event that we receive a large number of applications, we may conduct an initial sift using the lead behaviour listed in the advert. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to interview.

If you run into any technical problems when applying through Be Applied (for example, trouble logging in or submitting your application), their support team can help. Please contact them at hello@beapplied.com.

Stage 2: Interview

  • Behaviours: Making effective decisions, Working together, Seeing the big picture, Delivering at pace
  • Strengths: The strength-based questions will require natural responses from the candidates.

Candidates will be asked to undertake a written assessment as part of the Making effective decisions behaviour, further details will be provided on invitation to interview.

Sifting is envisaged to take place the week commencing 23 November 2026.

Interviews are envisaged to take place the week commencing 7 December 2026 and are currently being held remotely via videocall. This could be subject to change.

Find out more about our recruitment processes here.

  • Applying
  • Sifting
  • Interview
  • Interview Results & Feedback
  • Reserve List
  • Near Miss
  • Civil Service Grades
  • We are a Disability Confident Scheme, Redeployment Interview scheme & Great Place to Work for Veterans employer
  • Reasonable Adjustments

Find out everything you need to know before applying here.

You must review the following information from the MHCLG Career's Site before submitting your application. This step is essential to ensure your eligibility for the role and that your application is completed correctly.

  • Security Clearance Requirements
  • Civil Service Nationality Requirements
  • Right to Work
  • Civil Service Code and Recruitment Principles
  • CV Declaration
  • Sponsorships
  • Salary and Grade
  • Existing Civil Servants
  • Conflict of Interest
  • Location and Flexible Working
  • Internal Fraud Database
  • Appeals and Complaints
  • Fixed Term Appointments for:
  • External Candidates
  • Existing Civil Servants (Including Loans)
  • Secondments
  • MHCLG employees

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

About Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)

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In their own words

About the company & team

Local Government, Growth and Communities

  • Name : Cameron Bahadori
  • Email : Cameron.Bahadori@communities.gov.uk
  • Email : recruitment@communities.gov.uk

Additional information

We are a Disability Confident employer.

We apply a fair and proportionate interview process for all candidates. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to progress candidates who apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and meet the required minimum selection criteria.

However, where high application volumes are received, progression to interview may be limited to those who best meet the role criteria. In these circumstances, the benchmark required to proceed to interview may be raised for all candidates.

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.

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).

If you are unsure about any part of the process or require additional information about the post to enable you to progress your application, you should speak to the Resourcing team - recruitment@communities.gov.uk. Candidates can appeal at any stage of the recruitment process if they believe there has been:

a procedural irregularity

an infringement of the Civil Service equal opportunities policy

exceptional circumstances which were not notified to the interview panel which might have affected performance on the day.

It is important to note that these are appeals about the process not the decision. In the first instance, an appeal should be directed to the MHCLG Resourcing Hub at recruitment@communities.gov.uk.

If the MHCLG Resourcing Hub is unable to satisfactorily resolve your complaint, you may contact put your complaint in writing to the Civil Service Commission, Room G8,1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ or by email to: info@csc.gov.uk.

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