Senior Policy Advisor - London, United Kingdom - Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
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- £37,470 - £45,565
  • National: £37,470 £41,925; London: £41,055 £45,565
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Senior Executive Officer
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:

  • DSIT
  • Science, Innovation and Growth
  • International Science and Innovation Directorate
    Type of role:
  • European Opportunities
  • Policy
  • Science
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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  • Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, ManchesterAbout the job

Job summary:


DSIT
The responsibilities for the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology for 2023 are as follows:

  • Positioning the UK at the forefront of global scientific and technological advancement
  • Driving innovations that change lives and sustain economic growth
  • Delivering talent programmes, physical and digital infrastructure and regulation to support our economy, security and public services
  • R&D funding

For 2023, our priorities are:

  • Optimise public R&D investment to support areas of relative UK strength and increase the level of private R&D to make our economy the most innovative in the world.
  • Promote a diverse research and innovation system that connects discovery to new companies, growth and jobs including by delivering worldclass physical and digital infrastructure (such as gigabit broadband), making the UK the best place to start and grow a technology business and developing and attracting top talent.
  • Put our public services including the NHS and schools at the forefront of innovation, championing new ways of working and the development of inhouse STEM capability to improve outcomes for people.
  • Strengthen international collaboration on science and technology in line with the Integrated Review, and ensure our researchers are able to continue to work with leading scientists in Europe and around the world.
  • Deliver key legislative and regulatory reforms to drive competition and promote innovation, including the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill and our proinnovation approach to regulating AI.
  • Pass the remaining stages of the reformed Online Safety Bill to keep British people, especially children, safe online.

Our Inclusive Environment


We are building an inclusive culture to make the Department a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves.

We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension.

We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer.

We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.


Job description:


The role and our team
The European Research and Innovation team is part of the Global Research and Innovation (R&I) Bilateral Relations team.

We produce high quality advice to ministers and senior officials on effective international engagement, manage the
DSIT relationship with the Science and Innovation Network in Europe, and lead on bilateral activity with European partners.

We work across Whitehall in a full range of science diplomacy efforts, from multilateral EU R&I programmes through bilateral agreements to global challenges such as climate change.


Working in a friendly and supportive team, you will ensure that the right people have the right conversations at the right time to achieve UK government international objectives for R&I.

The role creates stretching development opportunities and you will be acting as deputy head of the team.

You will lead on advice, engagement and bilateral activities for a specific portfolio of countries within Europe, as well as supporting a small team of HEO country leads and an EO team coordinator.

You will have scope in the role, and be encouraged, to develop and lead on your own projects to support wider team efforts


Person specification:


Key responsibilities

  • Producing high quality advice on engagement to senior officials and ministers
  • Developing networks of contacts across government, overseas posts and in partner countries, developing strong interpersonal relationships with a wide range of colleagues.
  • Working effectively with policy colleagues, Embassy colleagues and international partners to achieve objectives
  • Proactively identify engagement opportunities for UK influence in international research and innovation
  • Developing detailed country and relevant Brussels institution expertise on your regional portfolio of countries
  • Maintaining
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