Our client is a government advisory firm dedicated to helping governments develop, lead and deliver positive programmes that successfully promote their global interests. Their clients are government organisations and their leaders, including centre-of-government entities, ministries, authorities, agencies and state-owned enterprises.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The integration of strategy, policy and communications – in both the design and execution of programmes – sits at the heart of our philosophy. We are seeking an experienced government expert to lead projects that integrate expertise from a range of disciplines, including strategic communications, capacity building and public policy, to deliver outcomes for our clients. Projects vary depending on client needs, but a typical brief might include the development of strategy, communication advisory and the delivery of integrated communication programmes, the design and build of a high-performing communications function, or the delivery of high-impact public policy solutions. While candidates will tend to be more expert in a specific area, they must have enough knowledge and experience in government to manage a team of experts across various areas, from strategy and policy to communication and capacity building. The role is based in the Gulf, providing strategy, advice, and support to government clients across the MENA region and beyond.

LOCATION

Dubai, Bahrain, or Saudi Arabia

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leading the work: Bringing together a range of different experts to deliver an integrated, high-quality solution to the client's needs.
• Building a relationship of influence with the client: Your ability to win the trust of the principal client and provide them with insight, analysis and advice they take seriously will be a key aspect of your role, making you a respected and trusted member of our team.
• Leading the team: Your role will be to ensure team members understand the mission, are clear about their role, deliver high-quality work and generally perform to standard. A critical aspect of your leadership will be ensuring every team member develops their skills and abilities and can progress over time, empowering you with a great deal of responsibility.
• Achieving commercial outcomes: Ensuring we deliver on the agreed scope of work, identifying opportunities for further work and convincing clients to engage our services for that additional work.
• Participating in business development: Working with the broader team to generate leads, develop proposals and deliver pitches.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

Skills

• Understanding of government: understanding how strategy, policy and communications function together in successful governments.
• Intelligence: structured, logical thinking and presentation: the ability to develop and deliver comprehensive analyses and coherent presentations.
• People: the ability to lead, influence and mentor people.
• English: excellent written and spoken business English.
• Project management: an ability to structure and manage the delivery of projects and programmes.
• Software: PowerPoint skills are a distinct advantage but not essential.

Attributes

• Leadership: the ability to develop relationships of influence with clients and staff alike.
• Can-do: resourceful, proactive, positive, and problem-solving.
• Resilience and stamina: dealing with demanding clients and a large workload.
• Development orientation: curiosity and the desire to learn, grow and progress.
• Caring for others: caring about the well-being, development and progression of more junior staff is critical to any leadership position.
• Ambition and humility: we want people who are hungry to grow, but not at the cost of others. Being able to take people on a journey is a crucial part of being able to work and be a good leader.

EXPERIENCE

• At least 10 years experience in strategy, communications or policy, including working in or consulting with government or public sector organisations.
• Ideal backgrounds include government, public sector, management consultancy, communications consultancy, charity, and think tanks.
• Experience in key organisational and human resource functions such as recruitment, training and development, forming and building teams, establishing new ways of working, leadership development, systems and process design, policy development, etc
• Experience in client relationship building, relationship management and presenting to senior stakeholders.

WHY WORK FOR US

• Work for a purpose-driven organisation seeking to improve positive performance and impact of governments.
• Be part of and contribute to some of the world's most exciting and challenging government reform programmes.
• Be part of a high-performance culture defined by the pursuit of excellence, collaboration, collegiality, and a focus on professional development.
• Contribute to the development of the business.
• Progress with a clear and achievable path to promotion.
• Tax-free living.

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