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

Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care
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2 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £40,025
  • Leeds: £40,02
  • London: £44,043
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Senior 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
  • Social Care Group
  • Hospital Discharge Programme
    Type of role:
  • Policy
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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Location

  • Leeds and 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.


Reducing the number of people who are in hospital but have no medical need to be there is a key priority for the Prime Minister and Secretary of State.

The Hospital Discharge Programme straddles 2 groups within the department
  • Social Care Group
and NHS Policy and Performance Group.

  • Develops policy to reduce delayed discharge in the longer term
  • Oversees the deployment of the £600m discharge fund in 2023/24 (£1bn in 2024/25), including associated conditions and reporting requirements, to maximise its impact in reducing delayed discharge
  • Monitors and evaluates how discharge funding is deployed, the capacity it buys and its impact in reducing delayed discharges, aligning with overall capacity work through Better Care Fund and Market Sustainability and Innovation Fund

Job description:


This role provides a good opportunity for someone wanting to build policy experience and work closely with senior officials on delivering against a key government objective.


Person specification:


Key responsibilities of the role will be to:

  • Work on the developing policy to reduce delays where discharges are occurring in challenging circumstances
  • Support work evaluating data on hospital discharge and drawing conclusions to shape future discharge policy
  • Engage frequently with stakeholders on policy development
Draft responses to correspondence and briefing requests


Key skills and experience required for the role

  • Working to deliver at pace to tight deadlines
  • Collaborating with others to meet a shared outcome
  • Evidencebased decision making
  • Ensuring work reflects wider organisational priorities
Experience working in policy or finance is desirable but not essential


Behaviours:

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

  • Delivering at Pace
  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Working Together

Benefits:


  • Alongside your salary of £40,025, Department of Health and Social Care contributes £10,806 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 with an average employer contribution of 27%
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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

Sift date:
expected W/C 13/11/2023


Interview date:
expected W/C 27/11/2023

The available interview slots will be released with the sift scores.

Applications will be sifted on CV and Behaviours.


Please use your CV to set out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role.

These can be found in the 'key skills and experience required for the role' section of the advert.


Reasonable Adjustment


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


Applicants who are appointable but were not successful in appointment to this vacancy, may be held on a reserve list for up to 12 months, and contacted if similar vacancies become available.

Please be aware that some travel may be required across the DHSC estate.

Please note that applicants will require BPSS clearance.

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

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.


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