Senior Policy Advisor

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

- 370068**Salary**:

- £38,860 - £46,750- National: £38,860 - £42,765; London: £42,495 - £46,750 (pro rata for part-time working)- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DSIT - Digital, Technologies and Telecoms - Science, Innovation & Growth**Type of role**:

- Policy**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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

**Job summary**:
At DSIT we’re all about improving people’s lives by maximising the potential of science & technology.

We accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, research and development.

We use technology for good by ensuring new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK, with the benefits more widely shared.

We are driving forward a modern digital government which gives citizens a more satisfying experience and their time back.

We do all this to enable the Government’s 5 national missions: kickstarting economic growth, making Britain a clean energy superpower, taking back our streets, breaking down barriers to opportunity and building an NHS fit for the future.

Above all, we focus on improving people’s lives. Whether it’s researching new treatments for disease, developing better batteries, reducing burdens through better public services, keeping children safe online, and much more, outcomes for citizens are at the heart of what we do.

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The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

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**Job description**:
Two vacancies for Senior Policy Advisors have arisen in the DSIT Regulation for Innovation Team which sits within the DSIT Technology and Innovative Regulation (TIR) Directorate. The roles involve work on the flagship new Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO), announced in the Government’s manifesto. RIO will help regulators update regulation, speed up approval timelines, and co-ordinate issues that span existing boundaries.

The role would be crucial in ensuring that the UK delivers on its stated commitments on regulatory innovation while also exploring the next frontier for how we can use regulatory approaches to support technology adoption.

Innovation-friendly regulation plays a critical role to encourage and translate R&D investment into real-world, marketable products and services that could, in future, be scaled across domestic and international markets to support economic growth.
- Implementing ministers’ ambitions for the Regulatory Innovation Office.
- Lead the effort across Whitehall and manage the relationships within DSIT to drive progress against the Government’s commitments in the Regulation and Standards strand of the Science and Technology Framework.
- Lead the work to coordinate the strand effectively including reporting to the centre of Government and monitoring and evaluation. The role will involve making a significant contribution to the Government’s flagship science and technology ambition.
- Support the development and implementation of the Regulatory Support Service, a specialised initiative aimed at assisting science and technology businesses in navigating regulatory frameworks. Working closely with colleagues in the team, this work will build on Professor Dame Angela McLean’s Pro-innovation of Technologies Review: Cross-Cutting and Growth Duty Recommendations. Collaborate across the team to identify and develop new opportunities for pro-innovation regulation.
- Lead and develop effective partnerships, fostering collaboration among domestic stakeholders from across government, regulators, and industry.
- Support the scaleup of the Regulators’ Innovation Network, an informal group of over 30 UK regulators dedicated to advancing new technologies through innovation-friendly regulation, collaboration, and the sharing of best practice among regulators.
- Lead on creating a Policy Framework to disseminate best practice around the use of standards to support emerging technologies, working closely with colleagues across DSIT and DBT.
- Support the development of strategy around the role of the National Quality Infrastructure within the RIO.

**Person specification**:
**Key responsibilities**:
**Regulatory Innovation Office**
- Supporting elements of the RIO’s development. This could be working to ensure that the RIO’s delivery remains on track, working with other government departments to ensure it is effective, and advising ministers on how it can be implemented.

**Science and Technology Framework, Regulation and Standards