Policy Advisor - London, United Kingdom - Ofcom

Ofcom
Ofcom
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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Closing Date:
27/06/2023


Group:
Online Safety Group


Management Level:
Associate


Job Type:

Permanent


Job Description:


  • About Ofcom
  • Ofcom is the regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day. We make sure people get the best from their broadband, home phone and mobile services, as well as keeping an eye on TV and radio.
  • Our culture is clear we live by our values: Empowerment; Excellence; Collaboration; Agility and Respect. These define how we work to deliver our purpose, now and in the future. The behaviours which support these values set the path for a fully inclusive and innovative culture at Ofcom.
  • We focus not only on what we do, but how we do it. We pride ourselves on being an organisation of people who genuinely care about helping others.
  • About the Team
  • This role sits within the Online Safety Policy Development Team. Almost every part of our lives is now online. As well as bringing many benefits, there are also real risks posed online by harmful or illegal activity from hate speech to bullying and harassment to child sexual abuse, and more. The UK Government has appointed Ofcom as the new regulator for online safety. There has never been a more meaningful time to join Ofcom on our mission to create a safer life online.
  • Purpose of the Role
  • Our Policy Advisors support the development and delivery of our programme of policy work and are central to the success of the regime and delivering improved outcomes for users online.

The role will involve the following:

Policy Development:

supporting our work in developing and delivering standards for tackling online CSA, developing a strategy around online VAWG, harnessing innovative regulatory approaches to assessing and measuring compliance.


  • Research: supporting our research programme by contributing to projects on mitigations to tackle online harms, including emerging technologies
  • Stakeholder Engagement: contribute to the development and management of our engagement with a broad range of CSA and VAWG stakeholders (including industry and the third sector).
  • You will be part of dynamic multidisciplinary project teams shaping new policy and regulatory approaches to tackling child sexual abuse in the online space. Our Policy Advisors are responsible for supporting and delivering policy work or projects, working with project teams to drive work forward and make sure we deliver against our strategic priorities to ultimately help Ofcom deliver its mission of making a safer life online for people in the UK.
  • Please note that this role involves working with policy, research and content related to child sexual abuse and violence against women and girls, which can be potentially sensitive or distressing.
  • Key responsibilities
  • Support the CSA and VAWG policy team to develop, deliver and manage Ofcom's regulatory regime for online safety through working on discrete areas of policy and project management.
  • Support the work of Policy Leads as needed to develop policy options to tackle online CSA and VAWG, and consider their practicality, risks and longterm implications.
  • Research and analyse multiple data sources on particular topics and bring these to life for team members and develop clear and focused documents, such as briefings and research reports, for internal use or external publication. Seek input from a wide range of colleagues to inform briefings and reports. Use initiative to think about possible options or considerations as part of wider piece of work that the Policy Lead may undertake.
  • Support the team's stakeholder engagement plan and milestones, including acting as a contact for stakeholder meetings, triaging incoming engagement proposals, identifying policy issues and key stakeholders to prioritise engagement opportunities, and preparing senior colleagues for engagement (such as by providing briefing notes).
  • Develop and foster expertise in online CSA and VAWG threats and keep across online trends and technological developments.
  • Keep abreast of the public policy landscape in relation to online regulation
  • Provide practical support to work areas, such as setting up meetings, project planning and management and feeding into wider programme and operational management workstreams.
  • Build and maintain relationships with a broad range of internal Ofcom teams and where applicable, online industry and third sector stakeholders.
  • Ensure clear communication and information sharing at all levels across stakeholder workstreams and maintain close links with other internal teams, including the CEO's office, Public Policy; Communications, Online Technology, International and research teams.
  • Skills, knowledge and experience
  • Essential
  • Strong demonstrable understanding of CSA, VAWG and/or domestic abuse, particularly the online aspects of these harms.
  • Excellent written communication skills. A concise drafting style in order to produce highquality documents.
  • Strong interpersonal and oral comm
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