Heo Futures and Foresight

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

- 326209**Salary**:

- £31,120 - £37,260- National: £31,120 - £33,085 London: £34,410 - £37,260**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DSIT - Government Chief Scientific Advisor - GO-Science**Type of role**:

- Analytical
- Education and Training
- Policy
- Science**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, ManchesterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Government Office for Science works at the heart of Government, ensuring policies and decisions are informed by the best scientific evidence and strategic long-term thinking. It's an exciting time to join the organisation; we have outstanding and high-profile positions providing you an opportunity to inform and influence policy-making and the systems for use of science and engineering across government. If you are highly motivated and looking for your next career challenge we want to hear from you.

Our mission is:

- Science advice mechanisms that are efficient, effective, speak truth to power and are embedded irreversibly in Government systems.
- Visible impact through both pro-active and demand-led science advice that is relevant, excellent, and delivered fit for purpose.

Our values are:
Collaboration - We draw on the experience, skills and knowledge of individuals and partners to reach goals.

Kindness - We are always inclusive, respectful, and compassionate. We look out for one another on work related and non-work-related matters where appropriate.

Openness - We are curious and always open-minded to new ideas, ways of working and points of view, irrelevant of how unconventional they might seem or who suggests them.

Integrity - We commit to upholding the civil service value of integrity by remaining moral, honest, and transparent. We always strive to do the right thing.

Further information can be found here.

We maintain an internal surge capability of staff who may be called at short notice to support an activation of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). Training and support will be provided. This is an excellent opportunity to develop crisis management skills.

**Job description**:
Both roles are in the Futures, Emerging Technology and Strategic Projects directorate in GO-Science. One will be with the Foresight Projects team and the other with the Strategic Futures team.

We are looking for people who are excited about the prospect of working across Government, acting as an advocate for Futures and Foresight.

Working on Futures and Foresight will help you grow your big picture, quality service and leadership skills and help you think about what makes policies, delivery plans and strategies work better for longer.

Strategic Futures team

Futures thinking is a structured way of thinking about the future in order to build policies and strategies that stand the test of time. The GO-Science Futures team provides advice, training and resources to support Futures thinking across Government. Demand for our services is growing, and this role will initially focus on developing new resources, as well as co-ordinating our cross-Government Heads of Horizon Scanning network.

Foresight Projects team

Our role is to identify important, long-term, cross-cutting issues for government where we can offer a unique, futures-orientated perspective, and to deliver science advice projects that are evidence-based and impactful. We work collaboratively with other government departments, academia and industry, bringing wide-ranging and expert views to bear on important strategic issues. Recent projects have included the Foresight projects Genomics

Beyond Health, Net Zero Society and Wireless 2030. Current projects include Chronic Risks and Future of the Subsurface.

The post holder will contribute to Foresight projects, carrying out research while engaging and influencing senior policy stakeholders
- Lead and/or contribute to the development and delivery of Futures tools and resources, such as the next version of our Trend Deck. These are often published on gov.uk.
- Lead the Secretariat for the cross-government Futures network (Heads of Horizon Scanning), including our quarterly meetings and engaging with the community throughout the year.
- Supporting the day-to-day running of the team, including by dealing with enquiries and requests.
- Over time, you will also have the opportunity to get involved in the design and delivery of our Futures training and introductory sessions, facilitated workshops, and advisory sessions.

Key responsibilities - Foresight Project Officer
- Providing advice to the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and senior officials working on high profile issues.
- Running projects and undertaking research and analysis to produce reports on diverse, policy