Policy and Engagement Officers X5

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

- 224061**Salary**:

- £37,120- plus London Weighting if applicable**Grade**:

- Other**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 4 x 12 months FTC and 1 x Permanent**Type of role**:

- Policy
- Strategy
- Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of posts**:

- 5Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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- Birmingham, Cardiff, Croydon, London, Sale, WakefieldAbout the job

**Summary**:

- The Policy and Engagement Officer is responsible for undertaking and supporting effective engagement with all the IOPC’s stakeholders ranging from government bodies and the police service to community and special interest groups. The post is also responsible for using evidence from this engagement and other sources to develop and implement strategies and policies to improve the work of the IOPC and the complaints system.**Job description**:

- Providing clarity; building trust. A job that matters
- Job Title: Policy and Engagement Officer x 5
- Grade: 12**Salary**: £37,120 per annum (plus London Weighting if applicable)
- Location: Any IOPC office - Hybrid
- Duration: 1 x Permanent and 4 x 12 month Fixed Term
- Your role
- The Policy and Engagement Officer is responsible for undertaking and supporting effective engagement with all the IOPC’s stakeholders ranging from government bodies and the police service to community and special interest groups. The post is also responsible for using evidence from this engagement and other sources to develop and implement strategies and policies to improve the work of the IOPC and the complaints system.
- The permanent Policy and Engagement Officer post will have a focus on operational policy development. Of the four fixed term roles, two will be focused on thematic work in relation to violence against women and girls and two will carry out a range of general policy and engagement activities which may cover any area of the IOPC’s work.
- MAIN DUTIES- Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders including special interest and community stakeholders, representing the IOPC at external forums where appropriate
- Support senior staff in their strategic engagement with key national stakeholders
- Under the direction of the Policy & Engagement Manager, work with internal and external stakeholders to develop and implement strategies, policies, plans and other initiatives to improve the work of the IOPC and the wider police complaints system
- Provide support to operations in developing and implementing operational policy and other changes to operational practice
- Provide advice to internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Contribute to the annual strategic planning process by using evidence to inform strategic thinking about the organisation’s aims and strategic priorities
- Undertake systematic horizon scanning and identify and recommend actions in response
- Identify outcomes in relation to the IOPC’s agreed policy project and watching brief areas and develop and implement plans to achieve these outcomes, including through work with the relevant Subject Matter Network where one exists
- Ensure trends and issues from oversight and confidence work and from IOPC casework and investigations are identified and used to inform the development of the IOPC’s work
- Support and advise on the development of organisational learning recommendations, including ensuring that they are consistent with organisational positions
- Develop and maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders at all levels including Directors and operational staff
- Manage and deliver projects and other strands of work including carrying out Equality Impact Assessments and Data Protection Impact Assessments where appropriate and reporting to internal forums such as Management Board
- The job will require some travel to other IOPC offices and external meetings

**Responsibilities**:

- What you will need- Building and maintaining effective working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at both national and local level
- Developing and drafting evidence-based strategies, policies and positions
- Identifying opportunities to influence the external environment and providing advice to senior staff on how best to make use of those opportunities
- Using persuasion, negotiation and influencing skills to develop relationships with stakeholders and members of the public who might be resistant or hostile
- Presenting to a range of audiences
- Proactively identifying relevant sources of information and interpreting a variety of information to draw out the key issues or areas of interest
- Managing projects and the ability to tailor an approach to ensure it is proportionate and appropriate to the task
- Analysing complex issues and clearly communicating them verbally and in writing to a range of audiences
- Identifying and considering the impact decisions could