Lead Policy Strategist

3 weeks ago


Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Department of Health and Social Care Full time

Job Overview

At the Department of Health and Social Care, we are dedicated to our mission of empowering individuals to lead more independent and healthier lives. Our core values include inclusivity, continuous improvement, challenging the status quo, and agility. If you resonate with these principles, we invite you to explore this opportunity.

Role Responsibilities

This position will concentrate on executing high-priority initiatives within the Secondary Prevention Directorate. Flexibility and adaptability are essential as you will need to quickly familiarize yourself with various projects while collaborating with subject matter experts. You will provide support across a diverse array of policy, program, practice, business, and research initiatives, many of which are significant and integral to the team's strategic objectives.

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Collaborating closely with Policy Leads to implement critical programs and projects as outlined in our strategic plan.
  • Integrating evidence, analysis, and insights to identify options for advancing prevention policy.
  • Fostering relationships across the organization and with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful program execution.
  • Coordinating with internal teams such as grants, finance, and commercial to ensure compliance and timely delivery of projects.
  • Connecting with various departments to ensure alignment with existing and emerging opportunities.
  • Setting clear objectives, deliverables, and responsibilities for projects while monitoring progress and performance.
  • Analyzing and interpreting data, including complex and sensitive issues.
  • Working in a flexible manner through a matrix management structure, adapting to shifting priorities and business needs.
  • Drafting responses to correspondence, Parliamentary Questions, submissions, and briefings as required.
  • Coordinating responses to internal, cross-government, and external inquiries and documentation.

Candidate Profile

Essential Skills and Experience:

  • Proven ability to build constructive and influential relationships at all organizational levels.
  • Strong analytical skills with the capacity to utilize evidence and assess complex information to develop various options.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, capable of articulating complex issues clearly and concisely.
  • Ability to make decisions on challenging and contentious matters with multiple potential courses of action.
  • Self-motivated with the ability to manage your workload independently while meeting tight deadlines.

Desirable Skills:

  • Experience in health prevention or public health policy.
  • Understanding of public health policy issues, systems, and programs, along with awareness of the political landscape.
  • Experience in supporting the commissioning of evaluations or research/data analysis.

Behaviors for Assessment

During the selection process, we will evaluate you against the following behaviors:

  • Delivering at Pace
  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Working Together
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, the Department of Health and Social Care contributes significantly towards your membership in the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Additional benefits include:

  • Tailored learning and development opportunities
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • A culture that promotes inclusion and diversity
  • An average employer pension contribution of 27%


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