Policy Advisor

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

- 373253**Salary**:

- £28,119- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DVLA - Strategy, Policy and Communications Directorate**Type of role**:

- Policy**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
- SwanseaAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Are you a confident individual who can build strong working relationships with colleagues and a wide range of stakeholders?

Can you communicate concisely and accurately with sensitivity to confidentiality?

Do you have a keen interest in policy and law with a willingness to develop your knowledge further?

If so, we’d love to hear from you

**Job description**:
Policy professionals work at the heart of the Civil Service to design, develop and propose appropriate courses of action to help meet key government priorities and ministerial objectives.

You may have line manager responsibilities as part of your role.

**_ Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: _**
- Providing initial draft responses to correspondence from customers, stakeholders and Ministerial and other official correspondence using agreed standard lines and precedents for task manager’s approval on policy area of responsibility within required deadlines.
- Providing advice, guidance and briefing to operational and project colleagues and to support and assist task manager, providing first drafts of submissions, consultations and impact assessments.
- Supporting pre-consultation data-gathering and research from a range of sources (stakeholders, customers, lawyers and operational colleagues) to help support the development and delivery of new, evidenced based policy initiatives as sanctioned by the Cabinet Office and Agency approvals processes or changes to existing policies.
- Developing and maintaining appropriate knowledge within specialism, reviewing legislations and liaising with lawyers as necessary to help inform changes to existing policies or the introduction of new initiatives that align with Government Departmental or Agency strategy (with the focus on enabling digital services).

**Additional information**

**Person specification**:
**About you**

To thrive in this role:

- You will have a keen interest in law with an eagerness to develop your knowledge and keep up to date with changes in legislation.
- You will possess excellent organisational skills and the ability to work autonomously, managing priorities to maximise productivity and meet deadlines. You will be highly resilient, with the ability to adapt your work in response to changes in law and government policy.
- You are a confident and professional communicator with high regard to sensitivity and confidentiality. You are proficient at working with colleagues at all levels and can adapt your communication style to suit a variety of audiences.
- This is an incredibly rewarding role. No two days are the same, you will always have an exciting and varied workload Training and learning opportunities will be offered beyond your immediate duties and you will be encouraged to continuously develop, learn and get involved with constantly evolving challenges.

Due to the evolving nature of the business, vacancies can become available at any time. Therefore, this campaign may create a reserve list to fulfil demand if it arises which will be held for a period of 12 months.

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

- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £28,119, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency contributes £8,146 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits.
- Best in class learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
- Generous employer contribution of 28.97%, depending on chosen pension scheme.
- 25 days holiday, increasing by one day each year up to 30 days pro rata.
- Access to the staff discount portal.
- 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
- A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a minimum of 60% of their time in the office over a month, with flexibility dependent on balancing business and individual need. Remove if hybrid isn’t an option.

There are many more opportunities and great benefits of working at DVLA, visit our Careers website for further information.

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**Selection process details**:

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