Policy Support Officer - London, United Kingdom - Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills

Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
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4 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £26,874 - £30,344- £26,874 (National) - £30,074 (London) per annum. Rising to £27,144 (National) - £30,344 (London) per annum on successful completion of probation.


Job grade:


  • Executive Officer
  • B3 APT
    Contract type:
  • Temporary
    Length of employment:
  • This post is being offered on a temporary basis until 30 April 2024.

Business area:


  • OFSTED
  • Education
    Type of role:
  • Administration / Corporate Support
  • Policy
  • Other
    Working pattern:
  • Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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Location

  • Clive House, London; Piccadilly Gate, Manchester; 2 Rivergate, BristolAbout the job

Job summary:


The Education group is responsible for developing and setting inspection/regulation policy for: early years settings; maintained, independent and unregistered schools; local area SEND provision; initial teacher education; and further education and skills providers.

It is also responsible for inspector training and has oversight of quality assurance and complaints about Ofsted.

The Education group is made up of education remit and flexible policy teams, the inspector training team and the inspection quality and complaints teams.

To support the development of policy and frameworks across the Education Directorate.

This post provides a good opportunity to gain experience in a policy environment.

The work is rewarding and varied, and the post holder will have responsibility for agreed aspects of school inspection and multi-academy trust policy.


Job description:


  • Please refer to the job specification for further information

Person specification:

This is an overview of the role and is not exhaustive. Ofsted reserves the right to assign other duties commensurate with the
B3 grade as required.

  • To support the timely production and development of high quality policy, guidance, instruments and templates relating to education inspections.
  • To manage and deal effectively with policy enquiries and to provide initial draft responses to briefings, letters that go out from His Majesty's Chief Inspector, freedom of information requests, presentations and general correspondence.
  • To research policy issues as directed by senior officers and support managers.
  • To provide high quality administrative support for projects across the Schools and Early Education policy team.
  • To work closely with a range of external and internal stakeholders, liaise productively with internal colleagues and external customers as appropriate.
  • To develop and maintain effective SharePoint sites to support the work of the team and to perform general administrative duties.
  • To perform secretariat duties for meetings including: arranging dates and room bookings, drafting agendas, coordinating and circulating papers, minutetaking, and following up on actions.

Behaviours:

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

  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Working Together
  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Delivering at Pace

Technical skills:

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

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, to provide accurate advice and guidance.
  • Experience of building positive and effective relationships with team members and internal and external stakeholders.
  • Success in meeting operational targets and objectives.

Benefits:


  • Ofsted operates a hybrid working approach, allowing colleagues to benefit from time in the office, with the flexibility also to work from home. Our expectation is that you will spend at least 60% of your time working in your office, or at external meetings or events. The exact balance will depend on the nature of your role and the suitability of your home environment, and will be discussed and agreed with your line manager.
  • Ofsted is committed to maintaining employee health and wellbeing, whether it is physically, emotionally, financially or socially, and offers a range of benefits to support employees in this. Such benefits include the option to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme, professional and personal development opportunities, 32.5 annual leave days per annum (plus eight days public holiday) pro rata and access to counselling and advisory services.
  • Any move to Ofsted from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility here.
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Selection process details:


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

Shortlisting:


Interview:

At the interview stage, you will be assessed on the listed behaviours and experience/skills as set out in the per
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