- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
- Automatic enrolment into the , with an average employer contribution of 27%.
- A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
- An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
- Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
- A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40-60% of their time in the office (minimum of 40%) over a month with flex dependent on balancing business and individual need.
Head of International Data Transfer Tools - Belfast, United Kingdom - UK Civil Service
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Job summary
Our priorities��
Optimise public R&D investment to support areas of relative UK strength and increase the level of private R&D to make our economy the most innovative in the world.��
Promote a diverse research and innovation system that connects discovery to new companies, growth and jobs � including by delivering world-class physical and digital infrastructure (such as gigabit broadband), making the UK the best place to start and grow a technology business and developing and attracting top talent.��
Put public services � including the NHS and schools � at the forefront of innovation, championing new ways of working and the development of in-house STEM capability to improve outcomes for people.��
Strengthen international collaboration on science and technology in line with the Integrated Review, and ensure our researchers are able to continue to�work with leading scientists in Europe and around the world.��
Deliver legislative and regulatory reforms to drive competition and promote innovation, including the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill and our pro-innovation approach to regulating AI.��
Our Inclusive Environment��
We have an inclusive culture which makes the Department a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us be more innovative.�
�We offer flexible working benefits, employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.��
We welcome applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion and fully support candidates with a disability or long-term condition who require adjustments in our recruitment process.���
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Job description
The transfer of data across borders underpins economic activity in every sector of our globalised digital economy, and our wider economic and security cooperation with international partners. The UK�s �Transfer Tools� framework (A46-49 UK GDPR) sets out the safeguards which organisations need to put in place to ensure UK personal data is properly protected when it goes overseas.� The UK Government has an ambitious global data agenda, and our work on Transfer Tools is at the heart of this agenda. There is the opportunity for the UK to show global leadership, by designing innovative Transfer Tools that safeguard individuals� data but are cost effective and efficient for businesses to implement. This role will be responsible for ensuring the UK�s current international transfers regime is fit-for-purpose, and working closely with the Information Commissioner�s Office as a delivery partner and with others within DSIT and across Whitehall. This role will require you to engage with and form relationships across industry and civil society, to build understanding of key issues. It will also require collaborative working with legal and analytical teams to ensure a robust evidence base for policy development. You will need to display political sensitivity and confidence in working with Ministers, senior officials, and external stakeholders. You will also need to be able to present complex legal and technical issues clearly and concisely, deal with competing priorities at pace, and develop well evidenced policy advice. You will have the opportunity to develop your experience across policy design and implementation, strategic stakeholder management, analysis and use of is an exciting opportunity that will offer development opportunities in a fascinating area for government. We are looking for someone who is a proven strategic thinker, comfortable with developing policy; and managing multiple often conflicting interests.
Person specification
Set the UK�s long-term strategy for international Transfer Tools, ensuring the UK�s current Transfer Tools list is fit-for-purpose, and exploring options for the development and implementation of new transfer tools.
Work across the Data Policy Directorate to ensure the reforms to the UK�s international transfers regime introduced by the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill are successfully implemented.
Work with the Information Commissioner�s Office (ICO) on the development and implementation of Transfer Tools, and that clear guidance is available for UK businesses.
Provide balanced, evidence based, and legally sound advice to the DSIT Secretary of State, Junior Ministers and Whitehall stakeholders on work to facilitate international data transfers, including where necessary coordinating and brokering positions across government, and with key stakeholders the ICO. This includes advising on high profile commercial and law enforcement international transfer queries.
Have line-management responsibility for 1 SEO and 1 HEO members of staff.
Skills and experience:
Essential criteria
You will need to demonstrate evidence of the skills and experience below:
Confidence in representing organisation interests with external stakeholders, understanding the potential sensitivities and wider political dimensions of key issues. Proven track record in building strong working relationships and using written and oral communication skills to present complex issues to senior stakeholders.
Experience developing well balanced, legally sound and evidence-based proposals, including on complex legal and technical policy issues. A clear track record of delivery tangible outcomes for an organisation or stakeholder group.
Understanding political, economic and security drivers at national and international levels; developing policy outcomes that take account of and deliver against wider organisation objectives.
Embedding a culture of openness, respect, fair treatment and inclusion for all, and to get the best out of people.
Desirable skills
Experience of working in data protection or similar policy areas.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Benefits
Alongside your salary of �52,320, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes �14,126 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
Office attendance
The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.