Assistant Policy Advisor

The role

As an Assistant Policy Advisor within the Suicide Prevention Team you will support the team in the planning and delivery of a range of suicide prevention and wider road safety research and policy projects. You will be part of a team of professionals whodevelop and implement evidence-based strategy and guidance to prevent suicides on the strategic road network. You will provide first line advice to internal and external customers to support them in the delivery road safety improvements.

National Highways is open to flexible working.

What you’ll be leading on

You will:

- Work with partners both internal and external to review and create new evidence-based policies, standards, and guidance for suicide prevention.
- Manage and coordinate the work of contractors and internal colleagues on the development of evidence, intelligence, products and services that contribute to our commitment to reduce suicides.
- Provide performance reporting and analysis, helping us to understand the nature of risk and what constitute effective approaches to suicide prevention.
- Act as a source of expertise on suicide prevention and wider road safety approaches, providing appropriate technical advice and guidance to National Highways and to external stakeholders where required.
- Identify, commission and manage research and consultancy projects to provide evidence to support the resolution of any intelligence gaps.
- Project manage work packages commissioned with external consultants, ensuring that technical deliverables are met and using the resulting research to build company intelligence and creative solutions to enhance our capability to reduce suicides.
- Support the Road User Safety Group contribution to National Highways being a learning organisation - ensuring that intelligence and information reach people who need it, and acting to support their practical use of that intelligence.

To be successful

You will have:

- Experience of delivering improvements in a safety or public health environment.
- Experience of working with data and research.
- Experience of working in a programme and project environment, working with programme management to support the delivery of specific programmes.
- Evidence of managing internal and external stakeholder relationships to achieve desired outcomes.
- An understanding of evidence based practice and proven experience of developing evidence-based solutions.
- An ability to lead and engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders and communicate complex information.
- Strong networking skills and be able to identify and build relationships with key stakeholders and persuade and negotiate as necessary.
- Practitioner skills in a recognised project management methodology

**About Us** Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We’re proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to dobetter and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation.

An informal blended working approach has been adopted for many of our roles across National Highways. We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we’re open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times.

Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.

Our benefits package
- Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
- Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
- Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
- Flexible hours and blended working between base location/home
- Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
- Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
- A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
- Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience

And we are:

- Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
- Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
- Community friendly - offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year plus an extra 3 days to support the national Covid effort
- Right to work check
- 3 year employment history references
- DBS criminal record check
- Social media and adverse journalism check
- Driving licence check (if applicable)
- Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)

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