Strategy and Policy Officer - London, United Kingdom - iWork Recruitment Limited

iWork Recruitment Limited

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Contract to start until with a possible extension.

Flexible working hours with homeworking (Tuesday is in the office).

JOB SUMMARY

To place a key role in ensuring that the client is driven by a clear purpose and shared set of priority outcomes.

To help ensure that the client has robust, responsive and effective strategies and policies in the areas of its client Directorates.

To support partnership, corporate and departmental business planning processes in the area of client directorates.

To provide support to senior officers, members and partners in solving problems and responding to external frameworks, opportunities, risks and events in the areas of client Directorates.

To support the development of high-quality strategies, policies and plans drawing on robust evidence and research, working with colleagues across Strategy, Policy and Improvement (SPI) and Strategy, Improvement and Transformation (SIT) and the broader Health Determinants Research Collaborative (HDRC) partnership.

This will involve:
Direct drafting of strategy and policy documents

Liaison with specialists from across the council and partner organisations in order to obtain their buy-in and input to the development process

Direct research as well as liaison with colleagues in Data and Performance to obtain and use relevant evidence.

Drawing on all available sources of evidence to support the identification of priority outcomes for services in a specialist area and for the client as a whole.

The post holder will provide expert advice to DLTs, CLT and Cabinet as appropriate on the development of priority outcomes and the identification of strategic risks and opportunities.

This will include regular attendance at departmental and corporate management team meetings as appropriate in order to present reports and briefings.

Focusing on Directorates to support the Client's work with and for external partnerships and regulators, ensuring a shared focus on priority outcomes for residents and communities.

This will require the post-holder to undertake a wide range of activities including drafting reports and briefings for partnership meetings, direct liaison with partners, coordination of and specialist support to meetings themselves.

Knowledge

A good understanding of the national and local social and economic policy context for a range of functions including social and public policy, public health, partnerships, equalities, consultation and engagement, the voluntary and community sector.

A good understanding of statutory, policy, regulatory and ethical frameworks, specifically those that relate to the higher education sector, research and public health.

A good level of knowledge of key local services related to the HDRC, partners and HEIs in the borough and national research funding landscape.

Qualifications & Experience

Relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience in particular experience of managing programmes or grant administration in the higher education sector or other organisation.

Ability to gain experience in more than one of the following: strategic and business planning, programme management, equality, partnership, commissioning, research, performance, insight, public consultation, resident and community engagement, contractual reporting and improvement.

Ability to develop negotiation skills within a context of complexity and ambiguity to influence priority outcomes.

Ability to develop technical skills and abilities in relation to the policy analysis and interpretation that leads to development of organisation or borough wide strategic direction setting.

Culture change and embedding research.

Excellent oral, written and visual communication skills involving a range of stakeholders.

Ability to develop analytical skills and lateral thinking to develop creative and innovative solutions

RQ

Salary:
£24.49 per hour

Schedule: