Head of Policy

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom University College London Full time

**Ref Number**

B27-00033

**Professional Expertise**

Legal, Governance and Secretariat

**Department**

Office of General Counsel (B27)

**Location**

London

**Working Pattern**

Full time

**Salary**

£69,578 +

**Contract Type**

Permanent

**Working Type**

Hybrid (20% - 80% on site)

**Available For Secondment**

No

**Closing Date**

15-Feb-2023

**About us**:
The Head of Policy is a new role within UCL’s Office of General Counsel which is part of the President and Provost’s Office.

The Office of General Counsel currently comprises Legal Services, Data Protection and Freedom of Information and the Governance teams and, in due course, risk and compliance functions. The Head of Policy will have a key role supporting UCL managing risks and facilitating compliance with the internal and external frameworks within which it operates.

The Head of Policy reports to the General Counsel, Natasha Lewis.

**About the role**:
The Head of Policy will have a key role supporting UCL managing risks and facilitating compliance with the internal and external frameworks within which it operates.

As the Head of Policy, you will be responsible for managing and maintaining UCL’s extensive policy portfolio across the breadth of UCL’s activities, developing a consistent policy framework, implementing a policy lifecycle management process as well as supporting the development of new policy to support UCL’s effective operation within the compliance landscape.

It's a role offering a great deal of variety and challenge. It’s also a chance to join a key department in one of the world’s top Universities, providing essential support to an organisation that’s leading the way in research and teaching.

**About you**:
For this job you’ll need several years’ relevant post-qualification experience at a high calibre law firm, or equivalent in-house role.

You’ll have experience in developing and promulgating policy in a large and complex organisation as well as experience of operating and influencing at a senior management and board level.

You’ll need to demonstrate an ability to synthesise large quantities of information and reconcile different approaches.

Experience in putting in place and managing policy lifecycle management process is desirable.

**What we offer**:
For this job we offer a competitive salary of £80,000 to £95,000 per annum. The job also comes with excellent benefits including 27 days annual leave plus six closure days (bank holidays are in addition), hybrid & flexible working, final salary pension scheme, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay, workplace nursery, employee assistance programme and much more

**Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion**:
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.



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