Policy Officer

6 days ago

London, United Kingdom London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Full time

**About this job**:
We are recruiting a permanent Policy Officer to work in our Participation & Engagement Team. The role reports to the Participation Manager. The purpose of this role is to support the participation and engagement function and policy/strategy developments. You will co-ordinate the overall delivery of projects and initiatives, including key elements of the Corporate Strategy. The specific responsibilities of the post relate to: Leading on policy initiatives and implementation with civil society and residents; maintaining professional relationships with civil society, partner agencies locally and nationally to achieve shared outcomes for residents and communities; the project management and delivery of key participation and engagement projects and programmes; and accelerating social innovation in the borough by enabling a new collaborative environment with residents, Civil society, LBBD, external funders, partners and the private sector.

**Special requirements for this post**:

- Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in policy work, with knowledge in relation to innovation in local government, civil society, communities and citizens
- Capacity for strategic thinking, analytical insight and intellectual curiosity.
- An understanding of the key elements of community development and enabling participation in local government.
- Ability to deliver multistakeholder policies/ projects / programmes, to deliver clearly identified benefits.

**About you**:
**About us**:

- Deliver: the best outcomes for residents whenever we can.
- Respond: to residents’ needs in a helpful and friendly way.
- Inspire: others and ourselves to achieve their best.
- Value: residents when making decisions.
- Engage: with residents and colleagues in the best way we can.

Our borough is vibrant and diverse, and this is something we are proud of. We value the diversity of people who live, work and visit Barking and Dagenham and it is our vision is to create a place where people understand, respect, and celebrate each other’s differences. As a council, we are agile, responsive and data-led, with the needs of our residents at the forefront of what we do.

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