**NP Senior Policy Advisor
Home Office
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 2nd December 2024
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London pay locations: Westminster £48,720 - £52,130
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Job summary
The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.
The Public Safety Group’s role is to keep the public safe by cutting crime, disrupting the highest harm criminals, protecting the vulnerable and ensuring that our police, fire and rescue services are as efficient and effective as they can be in delivering front line public services. We work with our partners in other government departments, local government and the voluntary sector to develop and implement policy, provide funding, and deliver legislation.
The Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Unit (TCSAU), which sits within the Tackling Exploitation and Abuse Directorate in PSG, is responsible for leading the Government’s response to child sexual abuse, with a remit that cuts across serious and organised crime, law enforcement, national security, and social policy. The work of the unit is high-profile, and it is a supportive, empowering, and collaborative unit to work in.
Job description
The work of this team spans:
• Oversight and governance relating to strategic cross-government activities and our whole of system response to tackle child sexual abuse, including the final recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
• International leadership including stakeholder engagement through the UN, Council of Europe, and Five Country and G7 forums and with civil society organisations, and leading or participating in international working groups and attending international events.
• Policy development, briefings, and stakeholder engagement on supporting practice and early intervention and prevention policy work.
• Sponsorship of the independent Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse.
The role holder will be placed in a role, to be confirmed based on business need at the time of appointment, working to an experienced Grade 7, to drive forward one of the above specific policy areas that supports the UK’s domestic strategic approach to a range of key issues on tackling child sexual abuse.
The role will give the post holder the opportunity to experience the work of implementing a top government policy priority, working in a sensitive and often fast-paced environment to deliver across government and through and with external stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
• Lead on key deliverables, including drafting briefings, international statements and attending regular international meetings with counterparts and international organisations.
• Providing advice to ministers and working across government to engage and develop and deliver on key priorities.
• Maintaining core briefs and press lines, ensuring they are up to date across the unit, and responding to correspondence and requests for contributions for speeches, briefings, international statements, and other documents relating to work within the policy area.
• Engaging with international and domestic stakeholders through multiple forums and representing UK government interests at various events. This may include some international travel, with possible overnight stays, however full notice will be provided. The cost associated with any travel will be met by the business area in line with HO policy.
• Potential line management responsibilities, It may be a requirement of the role to undertake remote line management, depending on the location of the successful candidate and the location of staff under their line management.
Please note that this list of responsibilities is not exhaustive, and the post holder will need to be flexible in light of changing ministerial priorities.
In addition, the post holder will be expected to work flexibly and may be asked to provide support on wider group priorities as needed.
Person specification
Essential criteria
We are looking for motivated individuals who can demonstrate the following:
• Excellent organisational skills, managing multiple tasks with differing deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and an attention to detail.
• Ability to build productive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, to form effective partnerships and engage diplomatically.
• Be self-motivated, flexible and adaptable, including being willing to take on all opportunities to contribute to the core work across the wider Strategy & International Team, if the need arises.
• Strong project management skills.
Desirable criteria
• Previous experience working in a high-profile policy area.
• Experience/knowledge in working with voluntary and/or international sector organisations
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
- 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
- Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
- Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.
- See more of our benefits on our careers website.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.
Application – by 2nd December 2024
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
- Personal Statement (maximum 750 words).
- Evidence of the lead behaviour Communicating & Influencing (maximum of 250 words per Behaviour).
The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.
For guidance and information on how to construct your application (Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.
Sift – commencing 4th December 2024
The sift will be held on the Personal Statement and Behaviour Communicating & Influencing.
Interview – week commencing 16th December 2024
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be:
- Behaviours (as listed in the job advert)
- Strength based questions
The interview will take place remotely on Microsoft Teams.
For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.
Problems during the application process
If you experience problems accessing this advert, or you think you’ve made a mistake on an initial application, please contact hocandidates.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk, including the vacancy reference, at least two working days before the vacancy closes. Further information can be found on our website.
Location Preferences
You can select up to two locations in order of preference. Please ensure that these are locations you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at one of your preferred locations and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.
Reserve List
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is no guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.
Candidates judged to be a near miss at interview may be offered a post at the grade below the one advertised without the need to go through a further selection process, providing the role has the same Success Profiles elements and essential skills. There is no guarantee that further such vacancies will arise.
Standards
All Civil Servants are expected to comply with the Civil Service Code, and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.
Additional Security Checks
As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, candidates will be subject to a range of additional checks. The range of checks carried out will depend on whether you are a current Home Office employee, existing civil servant or an external new entrant as well as the role requirements. Further details are included in the Notes to Candidates.
Further information
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct.
If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
If you are invited to an interview, you will be required to bring documentation for the purposes of establishing your identity.
You will need to meet the nationality requirements for this role and obtain the necessary security clearance to take it up.
For meaningful security checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. Learn more on our website. Security Checks - Home Office Careers
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
Visa sponsorship
We do not sponsor individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas.
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should
- Contact Government Recruitment Service via HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
- Complete the “Assistance Required” section in the “Additional Requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre
- Email : HORCCampaignTeamHSGPSGandMBG@homeoffice.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
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HORecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.
