Policy and Strategy - Consultant

Version-1; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly profit share

Career progression mentorship

Flexible/remote working

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Version 1 is seeking talented individuals to join our growing team, delivering technology and transformation solutions for high-profile clients. We value honesty, integrity, excellence and people-first leadership, with a strong emphasis on work-life balance and career development.

Typical activities include policy analysis, facilitating workshops, and shaping work directions while maintaining close relationships with senior stakeholders and policy spaces.

Qualifications

• Strong analysis experience within consultancy, services provider or public sector organisation.
• Good project management skills with the ability to plan and schedule own work and meet tight deadlines.
• Experience working with user-centred design teams in an agile environment.
• Experience managing and working with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Policy analysis including options analysis and feasibility analysis.
• Curating and facilitating workshops with stakeholders.
• Scoping/setting the direction of work.
• Maintaining and building close relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Working with policy stakeholders to generate visions and strategies for policy spaces.
• Advocating for user-centred policy design approaches with senior stakeholders.

Skills

Policy analysis

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Communication skills

User-centred design

Agile

Project planning

Job description

Version 1 has celebrated30 yearsinbusinessand continues to be trusted by global brands to delivertechnology and transformationsolutions that drive customer success. Ourdeepexpertiseenables our customers to navigate the rapidlyevolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships withglobal technology leadersincluding Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat,OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’rean award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heartof whatwe do:

• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’rea corevalues drivencompany, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them,it’sdeeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us andwe’llinvest in you!.

Job Description

We are seeing unprecedented growth across several of our key practice areas. We are looking for talented individuals, who want a challenging, dynamic workenvironment with honesty & integrity, excellence and drive amongst our core values as well as a strong emphasis on our people and a work-life balance.

Typical activities will include:

• Policy analysis including options analysis, secondary research, feasibility analysis etc
• Curating and facilitating workshops
• Scoping/setting the direction of work
• Maintaining and building close relationships with senior stakeholders
• Working with policy stakeholders to generate visions and strategies for policy spaces
• Advocating for user-centred policy design approaches with senior stakeholders
• Running stakeholder research sessions when required

Qualifications

• Strong Analysis experience within a Consultancy,Services Provider or Public Sector Organisation
• Good project management skills with the ability to plan and schedule own work and work towards tight deadlines.
• Experience working with user centred design teams in an agile environment
• Experience managing and working with senior stakeholders
• Experience leading work and leading others
• Experience in strategic thinking and decision making
• Excellent communication skills — be able to explain complicated processes and concepts to non-experts.
• Experience working in/with government in User Centred Design policy design is highly desirable

Additional Information

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Version 1 Pension with a 5% employee-matched contribution, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more.
• 24 days holiday allowance plus Public Holidays, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & quarterly Star Awards.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact[emailprotected] at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.

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