Strat2012 - Policy Advisor - London, United Kingdom - Crown Prosecution Service

Crown Prosecution Service

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £38,940 - £46,200- £38,940 - £44,050 (National) £40,540 - £46,200 + £3,150 RRA (London)
Job grade:

Senior Executive Officer
B3
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
CPS
HQ Strategy & Policy
Type of role:
Policy
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Location

Please note, this post can be based nationally. However, regular travel to London is required.

About the job

Job summary:

Committed to professional growth, the CPS offers all their staff with clear progression pathways and a diverse range of learning and development opportunities, to progress your career in a supportive environment, whilst also gaining access to various promotion opportunities.

At the CPS we pride ourselves on providing a variety of benefits that ensure our employees' requirements are at the core.

This includes wellbeing support, flexible working, civil service pension scheme, access to employee savings including high street retailer offers and discounts and 25 days leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years' service.

Working for the Crown Prosecution Service you will also gain access to a range of learning and development activities, including through Civil Service Learning and an individual learning account in addition to any central and local development opportunities and requirements.

Please note, the following are considered essential experience for this role:

Experience of delivering effective results in a highly pressured, political and fast paced environment.
Excellent oral and written communication and influencing skills.
The ability to distil complex information at pace into key messages.
Strong policy skills, including ability to analyse and use evidence in support of decision making.
Effective in building strong relationships and networks both inside and outside of government to deliver business objectives.
Ability to take ownership of own work, monitoring performance and supporting others and the wider team.

Please note, the following are considered desirable experience for this role:

Experience of delivering effective change through taking initiative and seeking out innovative opportunities.

Job description:

What are we offering?

Strategy and Policy is a newly-formed Directorate with lots of new starters (from within the CPS, across government and with external experience).

We have a diverse and inclusive culture, where all team members are appreciated, respected and valued.

We are committed to professional growth and work closely with the Civil Service Policy Profession, offering staff clear progression pathways and a range of learning and development opportunities.

What does the role entail?

The postholder will contribute to the delivery of the CPS policy programmes, developing core policy work and supporting the policy team.

On complex pieces of work, the postholder will work at pace to support the delivery of their own portfolio of agreed policy programmes deliverables, supporting effective programme management, identifying risks and opportunities, and helping to identify and propose solutions to policy problems.

With their own specialisations, they will contribute strongly to policy development and idea generation for future policy programmes and deliverables, identifying activity required to achieve the CPS' strategic objectives, as set out is CPS 2025.

The postholder will develop relationships with colleagues across the CPS and stakeholders in Government and third sector to identify gaps in policy, legislation and service provision and suggest and deliver effective solutions.

A key support to the Senior Policy Advisor, they will be a source of expertise and provide professional support and advice on policy programmes to CPS staff.

They will support their team to develop and provide comprehensive analysis, options and communications advice to senior officials during the creation and formulation of operational policies and procedures.

Person specification:

The postholder will understand the strategic drivers for the CPS policy programmes they are working on and understand how they align with wider priorities in SPD and wider CPS, feeding the insight into their portfolio of policy development and implementation.

The postholder will work with their immediate team, wider SPD and with colleagues across Government, in specialist networks and elsewhere, to deliver the objectives of CPS 2025.

They will collaborate to share information and, where appropriate, resources and support.

The postholder will work with others in SPD, the wider CPS and with stakeholders to identify ways in which policy programmes can be delivered and to identify where policies/process can be improved or simplified, delivering better value by using fewer resources, or getti