Generic Policy Lead (Ref: 13134)

HM Prison and Probation Service; Folly Gate; On-site; GBP 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK government agency is seeking a candidate to develop and review policy, engage with various stakeholders, and draft essential documents. The role demands effective communication skills, decision-making abilities, and leadership qualities. Candidates must be UK nationals or have the right to work in the UK. Salary is £52,316 with comprehensive benefits including a Civil Service pension plan and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Civil Service pension with employer contribution

Access to learning and development

Flexible working options

Annual Leave

Public Holidays

Season Ticket Advance

Qualifications

• Identify the need for new policy or revise existing policy.
• Develop effective working relationships with stakeholders.
• Research and analyze information to draft policy instructions.

Responsibilities

• Draft new operational policy and assist with their implementation.
• Research and draft correspondence for ministerial responses.
• Liaise with legal advisors to ensure policy consistency.

Skills

Communicating and Influencing

Making Effective Decisions

Seeing the Big Picture

Leadership

Delivering at Pace

Job description

The job holder is expected to identify the need for the development of new policy or revision of existing policy, carry out appropriate research, analyse information from a range of sources and then provide first drafts of policy instructions and guidance.

The job holder will develop effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders at all levels, including operational front line staff and senior officials from Other Government Departments. The job holder will on occasions be required to represent HMPPS in meetings with outside organisations and stakeholders and Other Government Departments.

Responsibilities

• Develop, plan the delivery of and consult on new operational policy or legislative changes in respect of the relevant policy areas, and assist with their implementation including drafting new guidance, and training staff across England and Wales as required.
• Draft replies to ministerial correspondence and correspondence from offenders, victims, and members of the public, and research and draft submissions and answers to Parliamentary Questions.
• Responsible for researching, drafting and producing both informative and persuasive submissions, for clearance by Head of Team, to Ministers which often comment on complex and sensitive inter‑departmental issues, for which agreement must be sought.
• Responsible for drafting notes to senior officials, informing them of the status of cases.
• Undertake detailed research for questions of policy and provide interpretation of the published guidance.
• Liaise with legal advisors to ensure policy objectives are met and are consistent with legal advice.
• Provide national guidance and interpretation on the relevant policy areas, including legislation and complex case specific issues in response to enquiries from staff and managers in probation divisions and prisons, officials from other HMPPS/MoJ Units, Government departments and agencies.
• Set up projects, with appropriate governance arrangements to support the project, identify risks and mitigating action and report on progress to senior managers and stakeholders.
• Represent the policy area/team/group at meetings with HQ and frontline staff and feed back information to senior management.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard 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)
• 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

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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. 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 and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £52,316, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £15,155 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

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