JOB DESCRIPTION

The growth in e-commerce models has brought significant challenges to the product safety legal framework, which was not designed with increasingly complex, online and globalised supply chains in mind. Government has introduced the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill, which will enable the Government to introduce clear obligations for e-commerce models, whilst promoting consumer safety and ensuring fair market competition.
This role will involve high pace work aiding the delivery of the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill through parliament, including developing briefings and Q+A packs. Alongside this, the role will include policy development of future legislative options and new requirements for online supply chain actors.
The postholder will become part of an inclusive and friendly team.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

The below criteria are essential and will be assessed at application stage.

Candidates are required to provide evidence of a proven track record of:

• An ability to work at pace and adapt quickly to new requests, changes in policy or new deadlines
• Policy coordination – you are able to lead the delivery of a piece of work by collaborating across teams or with multiple people to coordinate input to meet a deadline
• Policy development – you have experience developing policy options using a range of information sources and communicating these to seniors
• You are self-motivated and take the initiative to make progress on your work
• You are able to anticipate upcoming challenges or opportunities, including by considering external factors that may impact the delivery and development of your or your team’s work
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working on delivering legislative or policy change

Please note that this role is open to candidates working in either our Birmingham, London or Teddington office. When you are required to give a preference, Twickenham will appear rather than Teddington, so please be aware that you should choose this option if you wish to be based in Teddington.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROTECT PEOPLE AND PLACES FROM PRODUCT-RELATED HARM, ENSURING CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES CAN BUY AND SELL PRODUCTS WITH CONFIDENCE

Further information can be found on our website here.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles. We embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. There is a guaranteed interview scheme (DCS) for people with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The successful candidate will take on a range of proactive and reactive responsibilities. These include:

• Developing question and answers for different audiences
• Developing and contributing to briefings
• Respond to correspondence
• Developing policy options for requirements on online marketplaces
• Work across policy teams to gather evidence and to inform policy option