Policy Coordinator

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

- 351069**Salary**:

- £25,613 - £28,066-
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- C**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- CH - Policy**Type of role**:

- Policy**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3UZAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Our aim at Companies House is to be the best registry in the world, achieved through brilliant people working on brilliant systems delivering brilliant services. The biggest legislative changes in Companies House history have been set out by the UK Government via The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act. The changes will ensure the register is more reliable and accurate, increases corporate transparency and helps tackle fraud and money laundering.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in an exciting and varied role. As a Policy Coordinator in the Accounts & Reporting team, you will be part of the team responsible for the delivery of all Companies Act related policy changes for accounts. You will be supporting the team as they develop the secondary legislation that will enable the new clauses and support its implementation, working closely with our stakeholders and partners.

You will be handling a variety of high-level correspondence from within the business and externally. You will be considering and recommending evidence-based decisions on Level 4, Late Filing Penalty (LFP) appeals, on behalf of the Registrar. The role is high profile, and you will engage directly with policy leads, senior managers and business areas across Companies House, and other Government departments. The role involves investigating regulations and law to provide advice on complex queries.

This is an exciting time to be joining Companies House, if you are enthused by change, have great communication skills, have a mindset where adaptable bold and curious behaviours are your norm and have a genuine interest in making a difference, we would love to hear from you.

We are currently working on an ambitious programme of legislative reform, which will underpin the organization’s transformation. We want to ensure that we have the right systems and people in place to meet future demands, to help tackle economic crime and make the UK the best place in the world to start and grow a business.

We are a small, friendly, and inclusive team, that has a particular commitment to staff wellbeing. We work within the Strategy, Policy and External Communications Directorate.

To find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work visit Companies House

**Job description**:
As a Policy Coordinator, you will:

- Manage the flow of correspondence and ensure our responses to official correspondence, are on time and drafted to a high standard.
- Draft responses, adapting approved lines to suit the audience, and coordinate responses drafted by others.
- Work to tight deadlines and ensure high-quality responses are drafted and sent on time.
- Proof-read drafts.
- You’ll also be engaging directly with the Head of Policy and the Director of Strategy, Policy, and External Communications and with the Registrars who are the final appeal stage for late filing penalties.
- You will handle enquiries sent directly to the Chief Executive.
- Investigate complex queries, by scrutinizing legislation and Law.
- Research relevant topics to aid policy development.
- Perform Ad-hoc admin duties to support the team such as managing workflow, facilitating meetings/ workshops, and maintaining knowledge repository and standard lines and templates.
- Closely follow agreed processes and seek continuous improvement.
- Support the team in participating in project work.
- Seek to understand the political landscape, government priorities and the changing role for Companies House.

**Person specification**:
**We are looking for the following experience, which will be assessed at sift and interview. Please refer to this section when writing your personal statement.**

We are looking for:

- a highly organized and methodical individual with great attention to detail to ensure the correct process and procedures are followed and accurate records are kept.
- The individual must be adaptable and able to change roles at short notice.
- This is a very busy role so the successful individual needs to be able to work at pace.
- You must possess excellent communication skills.
- You would be a committed and willing learner.
- A problem solver who has genuine curiosity to investigate.
- You will be committed to ensuring that standards are high, due to the high-profile correspondence types being dealt with.
- Be prepared to use your own initiative but also know when to seek advice.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection pro