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Policy Advisor
3 months ago
Closing Date:
08/07/2024
Group:
Networks and Communications Group
Management Level:
Associate
**Job Type**:
Permanent
**Job Description**:
About Ofcom
As the UK’s communications regulator, we’re delivering vital work that helps keep the UK connected and shapes the future of how we’ll stay connected with each other.
Our work covers everything from phones and broadband, through to TV, radio, the postal service, and wireless devices. We’re also taking on the challenge of making the online world a safer place. And we need people of all backgrounds, skill sets, and experiences to help us achieve our goal of making communications work for everyone.
- About the team you’ll be part of
This role is part of the policy team, within our Networks and Communications Group. Our role is to help ensure the communications services we all use every day and rely on for nearly everything we do work in customers’ best interests. We do this by promoting competition in the industries we regulate, to help drive innovation and make sure people and businesses can get the services they need. We are also focussed on helping to empower and protect customers using post, broadband, mobile and other digital communications services.
Policymaking is a critical part of what we do at Ofcom. Colleagues in our team work closely with other teams across Ofcom, other regulators, Government, and a range of external stakeholders to address problems that affect people or businesses across the UK, designing options and solutions to help solve them.
- The purpose and scope of the role
This is an important role developing and implementing policy to help promote the interests of consumers in communications services markets. You will help to manage key policy projects and programmes, analysing and solving complex problems, working closely with specialists such as economists, lawyers and technology experts.
- Your Key ResponsibilitiesWork as part of different project teams, leading the delivery of a workstream or an aspect of the project as well as supporting policy leads in driving overall progress of the project.-
- Gather and analyse evidence, engaging with stakeholders to understand their views and summarise for colleagues.-
- Contribute to policy development and group discussions, presenting your analysis and collaborating with specialist colleagues to develop policy options.-
- Produce internal documents to support our policymaking process and draft parts of our published documents. This will require you to produce high quality written material tailored to different audiences appropriately, as well as collating information from a range of different sources and communicating legal, economic and technical information clearly.- The skills, knowledge and experience you’ll need for success
Our Policy Advisors in the Networks and Communications policy team come from a variety of different career and academic backgrounds and have developed their skills in many different roles, industries and sectors.
- The essential requirements for the role are:
- Some experience of policy development in a regulated industry, in government or another policy-focused organisation, or of problem-solving in a commercial organisation.-
- Evaluating problems: the ability to gather and interpret information from a range of sources, using logical approaches to evidence-gathering and analysis, responding to new information, considering different angles and generating options.-
- Executing plans_:_ the ability to take ownership of and manage your own work, planning and organising tasks, producing workplans, assisting with managing internal governance, and managing input from other colleagues to deliver outputs on time.-
- Forming relationships: ability to build and manage constructive working relationships with diverse teams and stakeholders, contributing to a positive and inclusive working environment.-
- Articulating information: ability to convey information clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing. This includes active listening, contributing to team discussions, ensuring your messages are understood, and producing well-presented written documents in plain English.No specific qualifications are required for this role.If you are interested in the role, please submit your CV and a covering letter (up to 500 words) explaining your relevant skills, knowledge and experience and why you want to join the Networks and Communications Group at Ofcom as a Policy Advisor.Where positions are listed as full-time, we remain open to reduced hours, part-time arrangements, job shares, and other flexible working options. From day one, we champion flexible work arrangements to accommodate individual needs.
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