Principal Policy Advisor

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom Which? Full time

**This role offers a competitive salary, hybrid working (London - 2 days per week in the office), 28 days holiday a year plus Bank Holidays and 11% pension after one year of service.**

**Salary **£50,000 - £54,000 **per annum**

**About the role**

At Which? our Policy team underpins the work we do to influence and shape consumer issues affecting each of us every day. AS a Principal you will support a team of Policy Advisers to think strategically to get to the heart of complex issues, understand and anticipate the policy agenda. We develop evidence based solutions that impact the lives of consumers for the better.

This role will lead our policy on our Right to Connect campaign, recognising that connectivity is essential wherever they live in the UK. The role will also be developing our position on the government's Smart Data scheme and Artificial Intelligence with a view to influencing government and business for the best outcomes for consumers.

You'll enjoy the autonomy to shape and lead your own policy areas with support from a broad and talented team with all the resources Which? has to offer. You will have authority to commission research, consult with legal resources and work with award winning investigation teams and writers, as well as campaign, and political affairs experts. You will also be working with industry and government stakeholders across senior levels of authority.

This is a rare chance to own and manage the development and enablement of policy at the cutting edge of UK consumer interactions with the digital products and services around them - making a real difference to people's lives in this ever evolving landscape.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Reporting to the Head of Digital & Fraud Policy, you'll be a senior member of the Digital and Scam Policy team responsible for defining and driving strategy and leading key Digital Policy areas; with line management responsibilities of Policy Advisers.
- We are looking for a Principal Policy Adviser with a proven background in connectivity policy, skilled in developing strategy, in delivering robust evidence based policy solutions and in working collaboratively. We anticipate an ambitious team player, looking to expand their portfolio from connectivity to include a wider digital, data and technology influence, in particular consumer data.
- You'll enjoy the autonomy to shape and lead your own policy areas with support from a broad and talented team with all the resources Which? has to offer. You will have authority to commission research, consult with legal resources and work with award winning investigation teams and writers, as well as campaign, and political affairs experts. You will also be working with industry and government stakeholders across senior levels of authority.

**About you**:

- Demonstrable policy experience in connectivity policy influence projects end to end. We anticipate supporting you to upskill in the wider portfolio opportunities the role offers.
- Demonstrable engagement experience across government, industry and the third sector.
- A passionate and skilled communicator and influencer who can share complex information with a wide range of audiences.

Beneficial
- Line Management experience
- Experience of working with multi disciplinary teams including with policy advisers, economists, researchers, campaigners, legal, journalists and more
- A good understanding of the Digital policy landscape including the UK Digital Regulatory landscape, and the Data Protection regime.
- It would be beneficial if you have additional digital policy experience, particularly in data but this is not essential.

**We also have these benefits for you to consider**:

- 35 hour working week
- Award winning pension scheme - when you pay in 3%, Which? pays in 6% (rising to 11% after one year of service.)
- Discount site Sodexo which offers large %% off every day shopping
- Annual Bonus (depending on employee and company performance)
- Healthcare insurance & Private medical insurance and opportunity to participate in Vitality rewards programme (at 6 months)
- Free life assurance cover (worth at least 4 times your annual salary)
- Free access to Which? member content and free access to Which? money and legal helplines
- Work from (almost) anywhere” for 4 weeks of the year policy

Our interview process usually involves 2 stages:

- Sometimes a chat with a recruiter or hiring manager by phone (typically 30 minutes), followed by
- An interview on Google Meet (approximately 45-90 minutes) consisting of values and experience-based competency questions and a role related task on a laptop

**About Which?**

Which? is the UK's consumer champion, here to make life simpler, fairer and safer for everyone. Read all about us on our website.

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