Policy Adviser

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS); Post (OR); Remote; USD 35,000; Part time

Job summary

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is seeking a Policy Adviser who will provide critical advice and guidance on operational policy. This role requires strong communication skills to translate complex legislation into actionable operational policy, ensuring compliance and supporting strategic objectives. Opportunities for development and progression are available.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Excellent maternity and paternity schemes

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working opportunities

Civil Service pension scheme with employer contribution

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate complex legislation to different audiences.
• Experience with drafting briefing documents.
• Working with and interpreting complex legislation.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate and timely advice to ensure operational policy is applied correctly.
• Develop and maintain a detailed understanding of relevant legislation.
• Support the Policy Managers in engaging with key external stakeholders.

Skills

Effective written communication

Attention to detail

Decision-making skills

Job description

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Work can be done remotely, but the post holder will have a contracted base of Liverpool or Darlington. The post holder may be occasionally required to attend their contracted office, in accordance with the needs of the organisation.

Job Summary

The Strategy, Performance and Change Directorate incorporates core functions that are critical to achievement of the outcomes in the DBS Strategy 2025-28. These are: Strategy and Business Development; Change Management and Business Improvement and Organisational Performance and Intelligence.

The Policy Adviser will work as part of a small knowledgeable team to provide accurate and timely advice and guidance to ensure operational policy is applied correctly and consistently. The role involves developing and maintaining detailed knowledge of relevant legislation and an understanding of how this legislation impacts processes within DBS.

The role is varied and challenging. It offers excellent development and progression opportunities and the platform to learn new skills and engage with other areas of the business.

We are going through a period of change and your ability to understand the needs of DBS, our customers and the safeguarding impact will enable you to influence policy discussions. You will be able to distil complex legislative concepts into easily understandable operational policy and effectively communicate this to internal stakeholders.

The work you complete will require excellent attention to detail, the ability to explain complex legislation to operational colleagues, and knowledge to discuss legislative concepts and specific points with other government departments and legal colleagues.

As a Policy Adviser, you will provide valuable advice and guidance to inform operational decisions that are crucial in supporting delivery of organisation targets and strategic objectives.

Job Description

The successful candidate will:

• Play an active part as a member of the Policy Team, supporting the SEOs and Head of Service in their functions;
• Contribute to the identification and review of correspondence and operational policy business needs;
• Develop and maintain the skills and knowledge required to deliver effective services to the business; including an in depth understanding of relevant legislation to provide advice and guidance to the business as required
• Effectively managing own capacity and that of any direct reports to ensure that resources are adequate to deliver the services offered by the team, escalating concerns to line manager where appropriate;
• Identify and develop tools to support delivery of key operational policy information to provide a cost effective and supportive approach to delivery of customer services.
• Support the Policy Managers in engagement with key external operational policy stakeholders;
• Establish, develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders with a view to supporting the business with regard to existing and proposed legislative and policy position;
• Oversee the management and development of the internal Enquiry service
• Conduct reviews of relevant project documentation and being responsible for approval where appropriate;
• Provide appropriate and timely advice and support to projects;
• Adopting a flexible approach to suit the requirements of each project taking into account business needs and team capabilities.
  
  

The Successful Candidate Will:

• Play an active part as a member of the Policy Team, supporting the SEOs and Head of Service in their functions;
• Contribute to the identification and review of correspondence and operational policy business needs;
• Develop and maintain the skills and knowledge required to deliver effective services to the business; including an in depth understanding of relevant legislation to provide advice and guidance to the business as required
• Effectively managing own capacity and that of any direct reports to ensure that resources are adequate to deliver the services offered by the team, escalating concerns to line manager where appropriate;
• Identify and develop tools to support delivery of key operational policy information to provide a cost effective and supportive approach to delivery of customer services.
• Support the Policy Managers in engagement with key external operational policy stakeholders;
• Establish, develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders with a view to supporting the business with regard to existing and proposed legislative and policy position;
• Oversee the management and development of the internal Enquiry service
• Conduct reviews of relevant project documentation and being responsible for approval where appropriate;
• Provide appropriate and timely advice and support to projects;
• Adopting a flexible approach to suit the requirements of each project taking into account business needs and team capabilities.
  
  

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Ability

• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex matters to different audiences.
• Excellent attention to detail, sound judgement and decision-making skills.
  
  

Experience

• Drafting of Briefing or decision requirement documents
• Working with, interpreting and understanding complex legislation
  
  

Desirable criteria

Experience

• Working within a safeguarding context
• Knowledge of project management
• Strong Presentational skills
• Development of training and guidance packages
  
  

Technical

• Experience of change management
  
  

Behaviours

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
  
  

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Communicating and Influencing
  
  

Alongside your salary of £34,791, Disclosure & Barring Service contributes £10,078 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

DBS offers a number of excellent benefits for its employees. These can include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Excellent maternity, paternity and adoption schemes (after a qualifying period)
• Commitment to the health and wellbeing of our employees
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working opportunities
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Occupational Health Service including referrals for counselling and physiotherapy
• 24/7 Counselling and Wellbeing Service
• A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
  
  

DBS' vision and purpose is to make people safer by being a visible, trusted and influential organisation, providing an outstanding quality of service to all our customers and partners, where our people understand the important safeguarding contributions they make and feel proud to work here. To do this, DBS is committed to being an employer that is able to attract, develop, retain and engage diverse talent that is representative of the communities we serve, and to be an organisation providing outstanding service to all our existing and new customers, who are diverse and have a range of different needs. We want all our staff to be able to bring their ‘whole self’ to work.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Selection Process:

To apply for this post, please provide a CV together with a suitability statement of no more than 500 words, outlining how your skills, experience and qualifications meet the requirements of the role, including all essential and desirable criteria and the key responsibilities.

You will be required to provide a behaviour example for: Communicating and Influencing.

For all candidates who are successful at the initial sifting stage, you will be invited to a panel interview via MS teams.

The aim of the panel interview will be to assess your ability to demonstrate the behaviours listed above below:

• Communicating and influencing
• Working Together
• Seeing the bigger picture
• Managing a quality service
• Delivering at pace
  
  

The following timetable outlines indicative dates. Please note, these dates may be subject to change without prior notice.

The initial candidate sift is due to take place week commencing 16th June 2025. Interviews are due to take place week commencing 30th June 2025.

Whilst we will endeavour to provide some flexibility with regards to dates wherever possible, it is unlikely that we will be able to offer an alternative date once an appointment has been scheduled.

If you wish to apply for this role on a part time basis please contact [e-mail] to discuss further.

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

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

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 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.

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 : [e-mail]
• Email : [e-mail]
• Telephone : [phone]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [e-mail]

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