Senior Policy Adviser

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

- 376720**Salary**:

- £52,320 - £62,495- National: £52,320 - £58,920; London: £55,805 - £62,495 (pro rata for part-time working)- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DSIT - Digital, Technologies and Telecoms - Digital Infrastructure**Type of role**:

- Policy**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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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**:
The role is within the Broadband Strategy & Regulation Team (SRT), which is responsible for fixed telecoms strategy and policy. SRT is a high-profile, well-respected team of six that owns a range of discreet policy areas. The team is also sometimes responsible for coordinating policy work across other fixed telecoms teams and DSIT as a whole.

SRT is responsible for delivering (through the regulatory regime) the Government’s target to rollout gigabit broadband nationwide by 2030.

While SRT is a high-performing team that often needs to work at pace, it is also a friendly and collaborative team. We support each other and try to have a bit of fun when we can**Person specification**:

- Designing (with legal support) and delivering primary legislation. This legislation would involve the individual regularly briefing seniors and ministers as the legislation moves from inception to passage through Parliament. The post holder will project manage this legislative work and oversee the small project team.
- Separately, considering policy options to increase the levels of infrastructure sharing in the UK. This may involve advising ministers on what actions they should take to support infrastructure sharing (which should help hasten the rollout of telecoms infrastructure and reduce the proliferation of duplicative infrastructure).
- Reviewing the existing regulatory regime to understand what opportunities there are for reform (in order to support growth, competition, and investment in the sector and broader economy).
- Working across the directorate, department and Whitehall to ensure the delivery of the Government's gigabit strategy, including preparing and overseeing meetings, briefings and submissions for ministers and senior officials.
- Line managing a well-motivated and capable Senior Executive Officer (and likely matrix managing other staff).**Skills and Experience**
- We would love to hear from you if:

- You’re driven and comfortable working at pace;
- You’re someone who is a ‘self-starter’ who can drive forward work independently (with an appropriate degree of support from their line manager);
- You proactively identify things that should be investigated further and/or improved;
- You’re comfortable balancing short-term and long-term priorities;
- You are good at building effective working relationships and collaborating with colleagues;
- You’re a clear communicator (both verbally and in writing);
- You’re somebody who sees the value in giving and receiving feedback to support collective development;
- You’re a strategic and analytical thinker who can use logic and available qualitative and quantitative evidence to identify the best recommendations to provide to ministers. You think about the ‘big picture’ but are also comfortable sometimes examining detailed and technical issues.

Desirable experience:

- Policy development experience, particularly in ambiguous or fast-moving policy areas;
- Providing advice to senior figures (such as ministers or C-suite execut