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    Policy Advisor - Leeds, United Kingdom - UK Civil Service

    UK Civil Service
    UK Civil Service Leeds, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    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 Emergency Preparedness and Health Protection Directorate (EPHP), within the Global and Public Health Group, plays a vital role in preparing for and responding to all types of national incidents or emergencies affecting the public's health, such as disease outbreaks or terrorist attacks. This busy Directorate leads a great range of policy, covering everything from infectious disease planning and response including Ebola and pandemic flu, to health security, antimicrobial resistance, and counter terrorism preparations and response.

    Job description

    We are recruiting for two SEO roles in the newly formed ORC Risk, Governance and Capabilities, and UKHSA Sponsorship branch within EPHP.

    The Risk, Governance and Capabilities team is responsible for ensuring the Department has a comprehensive overview of all the possible threats to the public�s health and risks to the effective functioning of health and social care sector. The team works alongside colleagues in the Department and within our arm's length bodies, to conduct regular reviews of the wide range of risks faced by the UK, in the short-term and the longer-term, and evaluate the extent of their possible health impacts. These risks include health specific risks, such as the threat of infectious diseases, and indirect health risks, such as natural power outage or natural and environmental hazards. Our aim is to ensure the healthcare system is as prepared and resilient as possible to all forms of threats to health.

    The roles offer significant policy and strategy leadership, with excellent exposure to Ministers and opportunities to work with a wide range of stakeholders, including at very senior levels, across government, regulators and externally. The roles may also include elements of sponsorship of UKHSA, an Arm's Length Body of the Department. The roles are varied allowing the individual to develop a wide range of skills across policy development, project management, legislative delivery, and stakeholder engagement. Our teams work flexibly across the Directorate to ensure that individuals have stretching objectives and wide-ranging portfolios.

    If successful in the recruitment, the exact portfolio of work and deliverables will be agreed with successful candidate.

    Person specification

    Role responsibilities

    For the Climate and Environmental Hazards Programme Manager role, you will:

  • Lead on complex policy work relating to environmental hazards such as Ionising radiation for medical exposures. This will require proactive engagement with a wide range of stakeholders such as Devolved administrations, medical regulators and UKHSA to develop mitigations to policy issues which may include undertaking consultations or amending legislation
  • Work to support health system adherence to the Environmental Principles Policy Statement Duty to ensure consistency of consideration across DHSC and continued engagement with other government departments to share learnings. This will include leading teach-ins on the duty and advising staff on their consideration of the duty. Coordinate the departmental response to cross-cutting queries on the Environmental Principles Policy Statement Duty.
  • Oversight and evaluation of the health system's National Adaptation programme commitments, including risks to health and social care delivery from Climate change. This will require building and maintaining strong working relationships across the health system's adaptation teams to identify emerging issues and collaborating with partners to support progress of commitments.�
  • Influencing cross-government activity on long term adaptation policy, by working closely across the health system, Whitehall, and Devolved Administrations to develop policy to strengthen resilience of healthcare delivery.
  • Lead drafting of policy papers, briefings, and advice for Ministerial and Senior Officials.

    • For the Risk, Governance and Capabilities Programme Manager role, you will:

  • Lead the identification of threats to health and working with colleagues in the NHS, UKHSA and across government to determine the scale of their possible impact and assess the work already going on to address them.
  • Contribute to the development of a comprehensive overview of all risks that could impact upon the health and social care system and assessing the current level of capability within the system to prevent and mitigate those risks.
  • Support the development of methodologies to compare risks and capabilities across the system and identify priorities.
  • Identify and support policy teams to develop options for capability improvement.
  • Co-ordinating health�s contribution to the National Security Risk Assessment and other central government risk and capability programmes.

    • Key skills and experience required for this role:

    Essential:

  • Ability to get to grips with complex information and interpret data and to support decisions.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues within and beyond your organisation, including experts and to build trust and credibility with seniors.
  • Ability to work collaboratively across a broad portfolio on cross-cutting policy.
  • Ability to work independently to agreed deadlines, ensuring delivery of timely quality outcomes and to work flexibly across the team.
  • Ability to deliver at pace and manage competing priorities.

    • Desirable but non-essential skills for the roles include:

  • Experience of project, programme, and portfolio delivery methodologies.
  • Experience of working within health or emergency preparedness and response environments

    • Flexible working location requirements

    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.�

    You will be asked to express a location preference during the application process. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas and some travel may be required across the DHSC estate.�

    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.�

    There are a limited number of DHSC colleagues who have existing agreed homeworking contracts resulting from Our Future Estate Programme Colleagues covered by these arrangements are eligible to apply for this role whilst continuing their agreed existing home working arrangement. Occasional travel to DHSC offices or other locations may still be required according to business need. Travel and subsistence will be provided in line with the pre-agreed homeworker arrangements.

    Behaviours

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

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

    • 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.
  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A with an average employer contribution of 27%
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