Policy Adviser

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Department for Business and Trade Full time

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

- 340973**Salary**:

- £32,858 - £38,272- National; £32,858 - £34,586 London; £36,583 - £38,272- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DBT - DG TSG - Bilateral Trade Relations - Economic Security and Trade Relations (ESTR)**Type of role**:

- International Trade
- Policy**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, SalfordAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are recruiting for a Policy Adviser (Higher Executive Officer - HEO) in the North America team, which forms part of the Bilateral Trade Relations directorate. This role contributes to the Secretary of State’s top priority - to remove trade barriers.
- Build constructive relationships with partners including businesses, colleagues at Post across North America, and government officials.
- Analyse complex policy and regulation to understand trade barriers.
- Develop effective strategies for negotiation.
- Plan impactful activity to realise commercial benefits for UK businesses.
- Draft concise and accurate briefings for ministers - paying close attention to detail.
- Contribute to positive team morale - especially when the unit is under pressure.
- Grasp the politics of trade in the US and Canada.

**Job description**:

- Drafting briefings for ministers to support meetings with key stakeholders, including counterparts in North America.
- Supporting resolution of priority barriers on recognition of professional qualifications.
- Identifying, evaluating, and planning resolution of other market access barriers.
- Supporting work to open up state-level procurement opportunities for UK suppliers.
- Planning and delivering impactful activity to help grow bilateral trade through the frameworks established by signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with US states.
- Planning ministerial visits, in conjunction with colleagues at Post, in private offices, and in the central Visits team.
- Developing effective communications assets, including core public lines - working with colleagues in Communications teams.
- Supporting work to manage relationships with the Devolved Administrations and Crown Dependencies.
- Supporting governance of the state-level trade agenda and engagement with partner Government departments.
- Supporting the wider work of the North America team as required.
- Supporting implementation of the UK's Trade Continuity Agreement (TCA) with Canada.

**Person specification**:
**Skills and Experience**

**Essential criteria**
- Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality written briefings (or equivalent product).
- Demonstrated ability to research and understand complex policy, regulation, and legislation and develop informed and relevant policy options.
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships and harness them to realise ministerial objectives - influencing stakeholders as necessary.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate proficiently - both orally and in writing.

**Desirable Criteria**
- Experience working internationally or on international policy.
- Experience working on trade or trade policy.
- Experience of trade negotiation.
- Familiarity with the United States, its federal system, and its politics.

**Personal attributes and skills**
- Adaptable.
- Analytical.
- Explainer.
- Improver.
- Negotiator.
- Problem solver.
- Relationship builder.
- Strategic.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £32,858, Department for Business and Trade contributes £8,871 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in-person interviews by exception.
- A **CV** setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Provide employment history that relates to the essential criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages.

**Reasonable Adjustments**

**Further Information**:

- A reserve list may be held for a per

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