Policy Advisor

Ofcom; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Ofcom seeks an Associate to join their Content Policy team, focusing on evaluating and developing policies for the broadcasting sector. The role offers the chance to work on diverse projects affecting media services in the UK, requiring strong analytical and communication skills, as well as collaboration with industry stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to prioritize competing demands effectively.
• Understanding of Ofcom's role in broadcasting and media sector.

Responsibilities

• Support project management and conduct analysis with senior associates.
• Contribute to policy development and stakeholder management.
• Draft documents for internal and external audiences.

Skills

Evaluating Problems

Generating Insights

Articulating Ideas

Forming Relationships

Executing Plans

Job description

Closing Date:

08/06/2025

Group:

Broadcasting and Media Group

Management Level:

Associate

Job Type:

Permanent

Job Description:

Please note that the advert will close at 00:01 on Sunday 8 June and therefore we advise getting your application in no later than midnight on Saturday 7 June.


About the team you’ll be part of

The broadcasting sector is changing rapidly. Technological advances and new services have led to a greater range of choice for audiences. They can now decide what to watch, read, listen to or interact with in more ways than ever before.

The role of Ofcom’s Content Policy team is to ensure that the UK’s broadcast and media industries continue to serve the interests of everyone in the UK. This includes assessing whether the UK’s public service broadcasters (the BBC, ITV, STV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C) provide a wide range of programmes, and that the programmes they provide are of a high quality; ensuring viewers benefit from competitive and creative services; and supporting the UK’s creative industries.

In the last year we reviewed the UK’s local media sector which is essential to social cohesion and local democracy , we have refreshed the requirements for what the BBC must do for audiences , and we have started to implement the Media Act, which is the first fundamental update to the UK’s legal framework for the media sector in over 20 years.

The p urpose and scope of the r ole

Associates in our team contribute to a wide range of content policy projects; from reports on the performance of public service media, through influencing improvements in the diversity of the broadcasting industry, to one off projects looking at the impact on competition of a new BBC service.

Your K ey Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include working with S enior A ssociates to deliver our work through effective project management , conducting analysis and problem solving with Senior Associates and P rincipals to develop our polic ies, and supporting the team’s engagement with industry stakeholders.

Associates typically work across two to three policy projects at any one time, working flexibly across projects, and contributing to corporate activities, such as colleague networks.

• Policy development: Helping to identify policy questions, contributing to scoping the analysis needed to answer them, and working with colleagues to develop solutions.

• Project management: Supporting colleagues with drawing up project plans, organising meetings, liaising with different teams in Ofcom.

• Drafting: Contributing to the production of written documents and materials for both internal and external audiences.

• Stakeholder management: Supporting the management of relationships with businesses, public bodies and other stakeholders.

The skills, knowledge and experience you’ll need for success

Our colleagues come from a variety of different academic and career backgrounds and have developed their skills in many different roles and sectors. The core skills for the role are:

Essential

• Evaluating Problems: an ability to think innovatively about problems and to contribute to a structured approach of developing effective solutions

• Generating Insights: able to collate information and support the analysis of it to draw evidence based conclusions

• Articulating Ideas: an ability to communicate with people internally and externally both verbally and in writing

• Forming Relationships: building and maintaining working relationships with a broad range of people across the organisation

• Executing Plans: some experience of supporting planning and delivery of projects to time, budget and with effective/impactful results, demonstrating ability to prioritise competing demands on their time effectively

Desirable

• Sector knowledge: a broad understanding of Ofcom’s role and of the broadcasting and media sector

• Data analysis skills: some experience of undertaking data analysis

• Economic knowledge: an understanding of economic concepts and analysis

Qualifications

You do not require any specific academic qualifications for this role, but we will be looking for evidence of the skills and knowledge outlined above.


How to apply:

Please send us your CV and a covering letter. The covering letter should be no more than two pages and should explain what has motivated you to apply for this role and what you think you would bring to it.

Ofcom has a clear mission: to make communications work for everyone. To be able to deliver on this, we want our organisation to reflect the diversity of background, experience, upbringing and thought that exists across the UK. We aim to recruit from the widest pool of candidates possible – no matter your social background, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender or disability.

Where positions are listed as full-time, we remain open to reduced hours, part-time arrangements, job shares, and other flexible working options. From day one, we champion flexible work arrangements to accommodate individual needs.

We also warmly welcome applicants who are returning to the workforce after a break – for whatever reason. If you have taken time away and are ready to rejoin, we look forward to reviewing your application.

Our recruitment processes prioritise accessibility and inclusivity. If you need information in an alternative format or have specific preferences, please contact our recruitment team at [e-mail] or call 0330 912 1378.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer interviews to disabled applicants who meet essential criteria for advertised roles. Learn more about this scheme here. https://careers.ofcom.org.uk/careers/how-we-hire/