3 X Band a Policy Roles in Media - Manchester, United Kingdom - Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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Manchester, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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- £48,014 - £54,027

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:
Grade 7
Contract type:
Fixed Term
Loan
Length of employment:

- up to 2 years
Business area:

DCMS
Media and Creative Industries
Type of role:
Policy
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share
Number of jobs available:
3Contents

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Darlington, ManchesterAbout the job

Job summary:

All of the roles on offer are high-profile and exciting and require the ability to influence and enable change across government and with industry.

Between them, they involve supporting the UK's creative industries and media sector - at home and abroad - to recover from COVID-19 and thrive in the years to come.

Band A Policy Advisors are responsible for setting priorities, agreeing targets and allocating responsibilities to their team.

They are accountable for outcomes in their policy area and develop deep specialisms on key aspects of their policy or sector, and take on highly complex work.

In addition, they are expected to devise new means of managing and implementing policy, and use strong influencing skills to broker solutions across organisational boundaries.

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Responsibilities and tasks

Team lead, Advertising

This is an exciting role leading the policy development of legislative proposals to reform advertising regulation as part of DCMS's Online Advertising Programme, and a package of nonlegislative action, including a Ministerial taskforce. This is a high profile area with keen Ministerial interest, where there is a need to protect consumers from issues such as online fraud and negative body image stereotypes in advertising, and to bring big tech responsible for the dissemination of advertising into regulation for the first time.
The postholder will work across government, with regulators and with stakeholders to deliver reforms, as well as influence interrelated policy on behalf of the advertising sector. The work includes ensuring timely delivery of a government consultation on a legislative and nonlegislative package.
The postholder will manage a highperforming team to deliver an ambitious agenda and contribute to the leadership of the wider advertising team.

Head of Future of BBC policy

This is an exciting role leading on policy issues around the future of the BBC as DCMS prepares for Charter Review, which will consider the roles and responsibilities of the BBC into the next decade.
The postholder will work closely with the Head of BBC Funding and the Head of BBC Governance and Regulation as we progress priority projects on the BBC Mid-Term Charter Review and look at the future of the Licence Fee the postholder is likely to have lead responsibility for policy areas relating to the future of the Licence Fee.
The postholder will play an active leadership role working with three other Band As in managing the ongoing BBC policy agenda, including large volumes of Parliamentary and other publicfacing work, requiring ongoing engagement with Ministers.

Head of Creative Industries projects

This role is an exciting opportunity to deliver policy in the creative industries, one of the fastest growing sectors of the UK's economy, one of the Government's five priority growth sectors and the DCMS Secretary of State priority.
This is a highprofile and dynamic role where you will be working closely with the centre of the Department, HMT, and other departments to deliver the Secretary of State's key priorities for the sector.
The postholder will lead on major crosscutting creative industries projects including on the impact of AI in the CIs (with the Royal Anniversary Trust), on levellingup and regional support (through e.g. our £26m Create Growth Programme), and tax reform to support the sector's longterm growth.

Person specification:

Essential requirements:

Strategic thinking and policy skills: Seeing the big picture as you think from first principles, informed by political, social and economic considerations and analysis to make sound judgements and develop policy.
Leadership of a team and an area of work, demonstrating adaptability and resilience as you prioritise, set direction and support the team to progress, including through ambiguity.
Communication skills: Ability to develop effective relationships and experience advising and influencing (senior) stakeholders via clear and succinct written and

verbal communications.

Planning and delivery skills: Proactively shaping a team's work programme, taking ownership to deliver at pace where necessary and working with others to deliver highquality, outputs over a sustained period of time.

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