Strategy and Regulation Policy Advisor - London, United Kingdom - Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £31,884 - £39,587

National: £31, ,024 London: £35,038 £39,587
Job grade:
Higher Executive Officer

Senior Executive Officer

Band B
Contract type:
Fixed Term
Loan
Secondment
Length of employment:
2 years
Business area:
DCMS
Digital Infrastructure
Type of role:
Policy
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share
Number of jobs available:
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Location

Belfast, Darlington, London, Loughborough, ManchesterAbout the job

Job summary:

Broadband, Regulation and Investment Team

Our role is to create and deliver broadband policy for the UK government, across all types of fixed broadband networks.

Our current projects include ensuring the delivery of our £5bn investment in gigabit-capable networks meets our policy objectives, tracking and supporting commercial rollout by industry by removing barriers to deployment, facilitating the transition to fully digital networks and monitoring and designing interventions using novel technologies to reach the most challenging locations in the UK.

We work extensively with other government departments including HM Treasury and Defra; Ofcom; the Devolved Administrations; and industry stakeholders to achieve this.

Job description:

You will become part of the Broadband Regulation and Investment Team (BRIT).

As part of the Strategy and Regulation team, you will help to transform the lives of UK citizens by creating the right regulatory environment to deliver nationwide gigabit connectivity, one of the PM's top priorities.

You will also play a leading role in the once-in-a-generation retirement of analogue telephone networks; a crucial task which can radically improve connectivity in the UK, but which needs managing with care and diligence.

You will work closely with Ofcom and stakeholders across Whitehall and industry to ensure the UK has a thriving, secure, and competitive telecoms ecosystem, whilst also protecting the needs of consumers.

Person specification:

Essential requirements

Communication skills: The post holder must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to adjust messaging to a wide range of audiences.
Project management skills: The post holder must be able to manage projects including monitoring the progress of other teams and managing risks. The post holder must also be able to prioritise multiple competing priorities.
Problem solving: The post holder must be willing to think creatively about how to approach problems, and be comfortable with working with uncertainty.

The Civil Service behaviours which will be tested at the interview stage are set out in slide 13.

Desirable skills

The role will require collaboration with a wide range of actors. Therefore, experience in stakeholder engagement is desirable but not essential.
Experience in policy making is desirable, particularly creating policy in highprofile areas with significant political and Ministerial interest.

Behaviours:

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

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

Benefits:

DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here. We're committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department.

To support with that, some of the benefits we offer include:

Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working
DCMS

staff work on a flexible basis with time spent in offices, and time spent working from home.

26.5 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 31.5 days after 5 years' service.
A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
3 days of paid volunteering leave.
Up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave.
Staff reward and recognition bonuses that operate throughout the year.
Occupational sick pay.
Active and engaged staff networks to join including the LGBT+, Ethnic Diversity, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality Networks.
Exceptional learning and development opportunities that you can explore alongside your day to day work.
Season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and much more

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Selection process details:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
A Statement of Suitability (max 750 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential requirements highlight