Stakeholder Engagement - Senior Executive Officer

Job summary

We are MHCLG

The Buildings, Fire and Resilience Group within the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is responsible for shaping, regulating and improving the safety of the built environment. This work has significant impact on residents, the wider economy and future generations.

Following the Grenfell Tower fire, the remediation programme was established to ensure that residential buildings are safe, and that residents feel safe in their homes. Initially focused on buildings with Grenfell-type ACM cladding, the programme has since expanded to address unsafe cladding across high- and medium-rise buildings, reflecting the scale of the challenge.

This is an important role within the remediation programme, with a focus on stakeholder engagement and resident voice. The post-holder will support engagement with campaign groups and key stakeholders, helping to ensure that resident perspectives are understood and reflected in policy development and delivery. The role will involve handling sensitive issues and working across teams in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

We are a supportive and collaborative team. We welcome applications from candidates from ethnic minority backgrounds and other underrepresented groups, as we seek to better reflect the communities we serve.

Job description

As the Stakeholder Engagement - Senior Executive Officer you will:

• Manage relationships with key campaign groups, ensuring resident perspectives are effectively represented and embedded in policy development.
• Contribute to the management of relationships with industry bodies and other stakeholders to ensure a consistent two-way flow of information, including producing and circulating an external newsletter.
• Coordinate engagement between Ministers, senior officials and external stakeholders, including shaping agendas, commissioning inputs and ensuring clear and timely follow-up on actions.
• Own the tracking, management and escalation of stakeholder issues, ensuring they are handled appropriately, progressed at pace and communicated clearly to senior colleagues.
• Produce high-quality, concise briefings for Ministers and senior officials, synthesising stakeholder views, identifying emerging risks and setting out clear advice.
• Lead coordination of cross-cutting stakeholder issues, working across policy and delivery teams to ensure alignment, consistency of messaging and effective information sharing.

Person specification

Essential Criteria:

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders, including residents and campaign groups.
• Experience of supporting stakeholder engagement, including handling sensitive or complex issues.
• Ability to summarise complex information clearly and produce concise written briefings for senior audiences.
• Good organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and follow through on actions.
• Sound judgement and the ability to handle sensitive issues appropriately.
• A proactive and flexible approach, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams to share information and support delivery.
• Knowledge of building safety and remediation issues, or the ability to develop this knowledge quickly.

Benefits

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 .

Things you need to know

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.

Selection process details

Application and Selection

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

Behaviours , Experience

Please ensure your CV does not contain any personally identifiable information.

Note: We do not consider direct CV applications. All applications must be submitted via the provided application link.

Important: Your CV and Cover Letter must be merged into a single document before uploading.

Stage 1: Sift (CV & Cover Letter)

Experience: Your covering letter should be no more than 1 page referencing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description.

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: Seeing the Big Picture, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together, Delivering at Pace

Candidates will be expected to complete a written exercise at interview stage, the details of which would be provided upon invitation.

Sift and Interview Dates

Sifting is envisaged to take place the week commencing 5th October 2026 .

Interviews are envisaged to take place the week commencing 19th October 2026 and are currently being held remotely via videocall. This could be subject to change.

Disability Confident Scheme (DCS)

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.

How We Recruit

Find out more about our recruitment processes here.

• Applying
• Sifting
• Interview
• Interview Results & Feedback
• Reserve List
• Near Miss
• Civil Service Grades
• We are a DCS, RIS & GPTWV employer
• Reasonable Adjustments

How to Apply

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
• Fixed Term Contracts
• Internal Fraud Database
• Appeals and Complaints

Security Clearance Requirements

National Office: BPSS + CTC

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

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.

Nationality requirements

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)

Working for the Civil Service

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

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) .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Brandon Gebka
• Email : brandon.gebka@communities.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@communities.gov.uk

Further information

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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