Policy Adviser - London, United Kingdom - Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office

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Salary:

- £38,250 - £42,250

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:
Higher Executive Officer
Contract type:
Fixed Term
Loan
Length of employment:
31/03/2024
Business area:
CO
Cabinet Secretary Group
Constitution Division
Type of role:
Policy
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
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LondonAbout the job

Job summary:

The Constitutional Policy Team provides constitutional advice to Ministers and the Cabinet Secretary.

That includes maintaining the effective relationship between the Executive and the Crown; advising and supporting in a range of constitutional matters, the Cabinet Manual, House of Lords reform policy.

This role is to fill a vacancy until the end of March 2024 and is available on temporary promotion.

Job description:

The role is a flexible one, responding to Ministerial priorities.

Key aspects of the role are likely to include:

Constitutional reform: providing support to Ministers on aspects of constitutional reform including the House of Lords.
Policy support for debates, briefings for Ministers for forthcoming Parliamentary business.
Providing policy support to some of the Division's priority projects, in particular on the House of Lords, a Cabinet Manual update and possible public engagement on constitutional issues.
Providing policy support on a number of longerterm constitutional policy projects.
Responding to a range of relevant policy questions, correspondence and briefing requests on constitutional matters as they arise (recent examples include debates on House of Lords appointments, constitutional conventions, changes to the hereditary peerage succession rules and the use of the royal prerogative).

Person specification:

Essential:

Experienced policy professional confident working within a complex policy area.
Strong stakeholder relationship management skills.
Clear and concise writing style, able to explain complex issues accurately.
A keen understanding of the wider political context and how our work sits within it.
An ability to deliver at pace to a required standard.

Desirable:

Understanding of the UK constitution.

Behaviours:

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

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

Benefits:

Alongside your salary of £38,250, Cabinet Office contributes £10,327 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Learning and development tailored to your role.
An environment with flexible working options.
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.
A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

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Selection process details:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
Application process
A Statement of Suitability of no more than 750 words, explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role.

At interview stage all the following behaviours will be tested as well as strengths.

Communicating & Influencing
Delivering at Pace
Seeing the Big Picture

Selection process

Those that pass the sift will be invited to an interview where a scenario question, behaviours and strengths will be assessed.

Applications close date - 13/9/2023
Expected sift date - w/c 11/9/2023
Expected interview date/s - w/c 27/9/2023

Interview location:
Virtual (Google Meet)

Reasonable adjustments

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Further information
Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years of UK residency.

This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period.

This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

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