Principal Policy Officer

4 weeks ago

Matlock, United Kingdom Derbyshire County Council Full time

**JOB PROFILE**

**Job Title**:
Principal Policy Officer

**JE Ref**: DP801

**Department**:
Commissioning, Communities and Policy

**Section**:
Policy & Research

**Job Family**:
Policy & Performance

**Job grade**:12

**Purpose of this role**:
To manage and support the co-ordination, development and implementation of key corporate strategies, policies and plans, partnerships and corporate priorities and carry out key corporate functions to ensure the Council is ambitious, forward thinking and creative. To devise and utilise a wide range of creative techniques to policy design and development across a wide range of key stakeholders.

**Key relationships**:

- Assistant Director of Strategy and Policy
- Policy Manager
- Staff and resources allocated to the post
- Elected Members
- Executive Directors, Senior Officers and other staff across the Council
- Strategic Partners
- Voluntary and Community Groups
- Wider Derbyshire communities (including residents and businesses)
- Communities of interest

Influence employees outside of assigned areas (other departments and partner agencies) sharing and maximising available resources to achieve delivery of shared agendas and priorities.

Line managed by a Policy Manager.

**Key result areas include**:

- Managing, leading and supporting the co-ordination, development, implementation and monitoring of a range of strategic policies, programmes and plans
- Developing and maintaining positive relationships with key stakeholders and a range of statutory and non-statutory partners, developing effective partnership working where applicable
- Developing and maintaining policy intelligence and insight and maintain a thorough understanding of current national issues, strategic developments and good practice in relation to local government. Produce guidance, briefings, presentations and written reports for the Council and partners agencies.
- Supporting new and creative ways to develop and shape the Council’s strategic plans and policies through policy design
- Preparing complex and detailed reports and/or plans for senior management to aid strategic decision making
- Undertaking a range of corporate projects in relation to local and national policy initiatives, developing plans, setting targets and monitoring and reporting progress to ensure delivery
- Leading and participating in cross departmental working groups on behalf of the team
- Collaborating with senior managers, partners and other agencies both locally and nationally to implement legislative requirements. Learn from others and benchmark performance to further improve the Council’s services and outcomes for local people
- Maintaining up to date understanding of key corporate policy issues and provide advice on policy issues through preparing appropriate briefings and reports
- Managing and motivating a team of policy colleagues and contribute to the maintenance of a highly competent and professional working environment, taking responsibility for monitoring and feedback on performance and recruitment and selection where necessary
- Managing allocated resources specific to the work and managing and monitoring relevant budgets within own area where necessary
- Deputising for the Policy Manager as required.

**General Responsibilities**:
**Equality and Diversity**

Promote and role model a culture that actively supports the Council's Equality and Diversity policy to generate a positive environment.

**Health and Safety**

Ensure own compliance with Council's Health & Safety policy/procedures and that of any resources you have responsibility for.

**Risk Management**

Manage risk in relation to service delivery and contribute to the corporate risk management framework.

**Information Security**

**PERSON PROFILE**

**Job Title**:
Principal Policy Officer

**JE Ref**:
DP801

**Department**:
Commissioning, Communities and Policy

**Service**:
Policy & Research

**Job Family**:
Policy and Performance

**Job grade**:
12

**Essential**

**Desirable**

**Evidence**

**Experience**
- Substantial experience working in Local Government or a similar public sector environment.
- Achieving objectives through inter-departmental working
- Working with senior managers from a range of organisations
- Developing and implementing policies, strategies and plans
- Planning and implementing significant projects/initiatives in a local authority or other large organisation
- Problem solving and decision making in a complex political and business environment
- Partnership working
- Staff supervision, planning workloads, establishing priorities within timescales and budgets
- Working with Elected Members
- Managing organisation wide reviews/ projects from inception to implementation
- Reviewing service delivery models and structures

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**Skills and knowledge**
- Excellent written, oral and presentation skills
- The ability to write policies, plans and strategies and translate them into practical actions
- Highly developed interpersonal s

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