Policy Support Officer - London, United Kingdom - Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £27,079

Leeds 27,079 London 30,923
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:
Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Loan
Secondment
Length of employment:
This role is being advertised on a permanent basis. If preferable, Loan or Secondment options will also be available for existing Civil Servants (Loan) and applicants from accredited NDPBs or any other employer (Secondment).

Business area:

DHSC
Global and Public Health Group
Health Protection, Strategy and Vaccines
Type of role:
Administration / Corporate Support
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Leeds, LondonAbout the job

Job summary:

In DHSC, we are proud of our purpose - to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer.

To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values:
we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you'd like to work in, we'd love to hear from you.

The team work to ensure that the right NHS services are in place to deliver health protection policies underpinned by expert public health advice.

This means that we are often working with the UK Health Security Agency understanding what we need to keep people safe and with NHS England on how the NHS can best deliver this within its available resources.

We work on a wide range of projects and policies, often flexing our teams according to changing need and new priorities.

The COVID-19 Vaccines Briefing Hub's remit covers responding to Parliamentary briefing requests and Ministerial correspondence ranging from the deployment of COVID-19 and Flu vaccines to routine immunisations and other key health protection policies.

Job description:

Person specification:

Role responsibilities_
Working with colleagues from both within the directorate and external partners to meet commissions on time. You will need to clearly explain what is required and identify common problems or blocks to our ability to meet commission requirements and report to colleagues with possible solutions.
Supporting the wider team by ensuring key lines are recorded in the core brief and kept current.
Flexibility will be crucial and the postholder will need to be comfortable working in a fastmoving environment. The ability to prioritise effectively and work with others to ensure that you support colleagues to meet deadlines is critical.
Creating and maintaining records to track commissions using a team tracker. Filing key documents to build a knowledge bank to draw on for future work and audit needs.
Being a team player, collaborating across team to contribute to improvement of processes and adding to wider departmental initiatives beyond the Briefing Hub.
Identify your own learning needs and commit to learning and continual selfdevelopment, to respond to the changing nature of the work of the team and to build team resilience.
Key skills and experience required for the role_
Excellent Microsoft Office skills to provide quality documentation.
A strong communicator with confidence to contribute in meetings, adapting communication style to ensure accessibility and engagement with a diverse range stakeholders.
Adaptable and proactive with the ability to provide ad hoc support to teams at short notice.
Able to identify your own learning needs and those of your team. Commitment to learning and continual selfdevelopment and take time to mentor and develop others to respond to the changing nature of the work of the team and to build team resilience and job satisfaction.
Working locations_

Your normal place of work will be your contractual primary workplace, usually either London or Leeds. Within DHSC we offer non-contractual hybrid working.

The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time spent in the office, enabling in person interaction and collaboration and enhancing team working, learning, and support.

Opportunities for some working from home may be available; other flexible working options may be discussed with the hiring manager in line with individual circumstances and business need.

Behaviours:

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

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

Benefits:

Alongside your salary of £27,079, Department of Health and Social Care contributes £7,311 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
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