Policy Lead

at  Ministry of Justice

Salary
The national salary is £47,907, London salary range is £50,942 - £52,523. Your salary will be dependent on your base location.
Number of jobs available
1
Detail of reserve list
12 Months
Region
London, Yorkshire and the Humber
City/Town
Leeds , London
Building/Site

SEO

Organisation Grade for HMPPS
Band 7
Post Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full Time, Flexible Working
Role Type
Policy, Project Delivery, Strategy
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities?
Yes
Job description

SUMMARY

The job holder will develop effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders at all levels, including operational front line staff and senior officials from Other Government Departments.
The job holder will on occasions be required to represent HMPPS in meetings with outside organisations and stakeholders and Other Government Departments.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

N.B. Converting job descriptions to the new Success Profile format means areas captured in experience could also be assessed as a strength. Vacancy managers should use their own judgement to decide where best to assess these.

• Excellent written skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Experience of policy development
• Data analysis skills
• Experience of writing briefings, submissions, and PQs

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

• IT literacy
• An understanding of the process of Government, including the workings of Private Office
  Additional Information

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Developing, planning the delivery of and consulting on new operational policy or legislative changes in respect of the relevant policy areas, and assisting with their implementation including drafting new guidance, and training staff across England and Wales as required.
• Drafting replies to ministerial correspondence and correspondence from offenders, victims, and members of the public, and researching and drafting submissions and answers to Parliamentary Questions.
• Responsible for researching, drafting and producing both informative and persuasive submissions, for clearance by Head of Team, to Ministers which often comment on complex and sensitive inter-departmental issues, for which agreement must be sought.
• Responsible for drafting notes to senior officials, informing them of the status of cases.
• Undertaking detailed research for questions of policy and providing interpretation of the published guidance.
• Liaising with legal advisors to ensure policy objectives are met and are consistent with legal advice.
• Providing national guidance and interpretation on the relevant policy areas, including legislation and complex case specific issues in response to enquiries from staff and managers in probation divisions and prisons, officials from other HMPPS/MoJ Units, Government departments and agencies.
• Setting up projects, with appropriate governance arrangements to support the project, identifying risks and mitigating action and reporting on progress to senior managers and stakeholders.
• Representing the policy area/team/group at meetings with HQ and frontline staff - and feeding back information to senior management.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.