Policy Advisor

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 280560**Salary**:

- £30,792- £33,875 (London) £30,792 (Norwich) - Please see selection process details for more information**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- A Union, Elections and Places Grouping**Type of role**:

- Policy**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- London, NorwichAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- The role sits within the Elections Funding team part of the Elections Directorate. The team is responsible for managing payments from the Consolidated Fund to Returning Officers for expenses necessarily and reasonably incurred in the delivery of UK Parliamentary and Police and Crime Commissioner elections.
- The Elections Funding Team is responsible for ensuring delivery of the guidance, policy, legislation and funding in relation to UK Parliamentary and Police and Crime Commissioner elections. This includes reviewing the existing funding arrangements and the processes in place as well as managing the claims process for reimbursing Returning Officers for expenses necessarily incurred in the effective and efficient delivery of elections.-
**Job description**:
The Policy Adviser will report to the Head of Elections Funding. Key responsibilities will include:

- Supporting work to review the funding of elections in the UK including consideration of innovative solutions to improve existing processes.
- Working closely with the Elections Claims Unit in assessing and scrutinising Returning Officers expenses claims and providing policy advice to the team as needed.
- Ensuring effective funding allocations for the running of elections working closely with Constitution Group Analysts and including negotiations with HMT and DLUHC Finance to obtain the necessary approvals.
- Ensuring that legislative instruments are put in place to support the funding of elections as required.
- Working with suppliers (e.g. Royal Mail) to agree service provision to support electoral events.
- Engaging with a wide range of stakeholder and managing those relationships.
- Project planning and reporting.
- Supporting the production and publication of financial reports on elections and providing an input to DLUHC financial reports
- Providing wider support for costing of policy and technical innovations for the work of the Elections Division.
- Provide support to the wider Electoral Admin Team on elections policy such as Voter ID, accessibility etc.
- There are opportunities for line management if post holder has prior experience.

**Person specification**:
We’re looking for someone with strong interpersonal skills who enjoys working in a demanding and fast paced environment. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about delivering a high-quality service. We want someone who believes that how you work is as important as what you deliver.

We are interested in someone who possesses the following skills:

- Previous experience in a policy role
- Self-starter and able to hit the ground running
- Highly organised and able to prioritise own time
- Ability to build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, such as Returning Officers and electoral administrators.
- Ability to investigate problems in existing and future processes and contribute to the implementation of remedies and preventative measures.
- Ability to identify improvements and opportunities to make processes simpler and more efficient.
- Ability to analyse and draw conclusions from data.
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Ability to work independently, managing and prioritising tasks effectively.
- Strong planning and organisation skills.

Essential Skills for this role- Communication skills. You can listen to the needs of stakeholders and interpret them. You can manage stakeholders’ expectations and be flexible. You are capable of proactive and reactive communication. You can facilitate difficult discussions within the team.
- Making a process work. You can identify and challenge organisational processes of increasing complexity and those processes that are unnecessarily complicated. You know how to guide teams through the implementation of a new process.
- Planning. You understand the environment and can prioritise the most important or highest value tasks. You can use data to inform planning. You can manage complex internal and external dependencies. You can provide delivery confidence. You can remove blockers or impediments that affect plans and can develop a plan for difficult situations.
- Team dynamics and collaboration. You know how to bring people together to form a motivated team. You can help to create the right environment for a team to work in and can empower them to deliver. You can recognise and deal with issues as they emerge.

Desired skills for this role
- Excellent analytical a

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