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WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Our successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Leadership - An effective leader, visible, empowering others, building resilience and leading improvements with the ability to motivate high performing teams to success, adapting your leadership style where appropriate and delivering through others. Welcome and respond to views and challenges from others, despite any conflicting pressures to ignore or give in to them.

• Communicating and Influencing - communicate with others in a clear, honest and enthusiastic way

  in order to
  build trust. Explain complex issues in a way that is easy to understand.
  Take into account
  people’s individual needs. Deliver difficult messages with clarity and sensitivity, being persuasive when required. Consider the impact of the language used. Remain open-minded and impartial in discussions, whilst respecting the diverse interests and opinions of others. Introduce different methods for communication, including making the most of digital resources whilst getting value for money. Monitor the effectiveness of own and team communications and take action to improve where necessary

• Changing and Improving – Seek out opportunities to create effective change and suggest innovative ideas for improvement. Can make changes which add value and clearly articulate how changes will benefit the business. Understand and identify the role of technology in public service delivery and policy implementation

• Seeing the Big Picture – Develop and maintain an understanding of economic, social, political, environmental and technological developments to ensure activity is relevant. Ensure plans and activities in your area of work reflect wider strategic priorities and communicate effectively with senior leaders to influence future strategies. Adopt a government and MHRA wide perspective.

• Delivering at Pace - ensure everyone clearly understands and owns their roles, responsibilities and business priorities. Give honest, motivating and enthusiastic messages about priorities, objectives and expectations to get the best out of people. Comply with legal, regulatory and security requirements in service delivery. Set out clear processes and standards for managing performance at all levels. Ensure delivery of timely quality outcomes, through providing the right resources to do the job, reviewing and adjusting performance expectations and rewarding success. Maintain your own levels of performance in challenging circumstances and encourage others to do the same

If you would like to find out more about this fantastic opportunity, please
click here to read our Job Description and Person Specification!

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THE SELECTION PROCESS:

We use the Civil Service Success Profiles to assess our candidates,
find out more here

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• Online application form, including questions based on the

  Behaviour
  , Experience and Technical Success Profiles.
  Please ensure all application questions are completed in full; your application may not be considered if any responses are left blank. Our applications are CV blind, and our Hiring Managers will not be able to access your CV when reviewing your application.

• Interview, which can include questions based on the

  Behaviour
  , Experience, Technical and Strengths Success Profiles.

In the instance that we receive a high number of applications, we will hold an initial sift based on the lead criteria of Leadership.
Applicants are assessed on whether they meet any mandatory requirements as well as the necessary skills and experience for the role. Applications are scored based on the competency-based answers provided- ensure you have read these thoroughly and allow sufficient time. You can view the competencies for this role in the job description.

WHAT’S THE ROLE?

The post holder will lead the AI Airlock within the Software and AI regulations team. They will work with industry, academics, legal and regulatory experts and patient representatives to extract valuable information on regulatory issues facing innovative software products.
They will also be responsible for working with other members of the broader Software and AI regulations team to ensure that this information quickly and efficiently enters our guidance and regulatory processes.
Finally, they will be responsible for liaising more broadly across government (both with other regulators and with groups like the Regulatory Innovation Office) to ensure that regulatory excellence is exported from and imported into MHRA

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide strategic leadership for the continued development and delivery of the AI Airlock, leveraging evidence gained to deliver tangible improvements in regulatory practice, while also feeding back into the Airlock itself and improving its practice

• Lead relationships with other innovative regulatory areas to ensure the MHRA understands and internalises best practices across government while promoting the reputation and practices of the MHRA to a wide audience

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  manage
  a team as appropriate, ensuring team members are both accountable and empowered to make decisions to innovate. Role modelling continuous self-learning and development is also essential.

• Establish strong relationships with a network of both internal and external stakeholders – such as DHSC Sponsor and policy teams, other Government departments, industry trade associations, and other regulators – to build bringing different perspectives together to understand policy and technical challenges creating a shared sense of purpose to maximize the impact of our work for the benefit of patients and the public. Confidently leading representational work with senior stakeholders, which may include representing the MHRA at external meetings, conferences and events.