**NP Senior Policy Adviser - Industry Team
Home Office
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 26th January 2025
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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.
This role is in the Industry Team. This post is new and will principally involve taking forward implementation of a Trusted Research Environment – a secure environment to house sensitive Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) data for industry to use to develop tools to identify and detect online CSEA. This is new project which is critical to make a success of implementation of the Online Safety Act, for which Ofcom is the regulator.
The role will involve cross-government working and engagement with industry, law enforcement and civil society partners. You will also get the opportunity to work with Ofcom to align this work with Ofcom’s new online regulatory functions. There will be significant technical and legal challenges to this work, which will also involve extensive stakeholder engagement in presenting the Trusted Research Environment for use by the safety tech industry. The post will also require a self-starter with an ability to quickly grasp and understand complex and often technical information and utilise this to develop and inform their policy position and rationale.
The role will also involve work to do with: successful implementation of the Online Safety Act; development of new online safety policy; and consideration of legal issues and law enforcement processes, in connection with identifying and reporting online CSEA.
Job description
This 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.
Key responsibilities for the role include:
- Coordinate law enforcement agencies holding relevant data for the Trusted Research Environment.
- Broker cross-government agreement where necessary, given crossover with DSIT work.
- Oversight of legal and technical challenges.
- Engagement with law enforcement to understand the reporting of online CSEA to law enforcement.
- Engagement with tech industry as necessary.
- Awareness and understanding of the bigger picture of the fast moving online safety environment.
Please note that the 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:
- The ability to see the big picture, identify strategic priorities and engage key players within and outside of government to deliver them;
- Strong judgement, sensitivity, and the ability to provide advice on complex issues quickly;
- The ability to deliver at pact through others and manage different work strands effectively;
- Communicate clearly with law enforcement, third sector and industry.
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience with law enforcement and/or intelligence is desirable but not essential.
- Interest in online child safety and/or technology issues is desirable but not essential.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Making Effective Decisions
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
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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 26th January 2025.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
- Personal Statement (maximum 500 words)
- Evidence of the Behaviour - Making Effective Decisions (maximum of 250 words per Behaviour).
The statement of suitability should be aligned to demonstrate your skills and experience for the role and how you meet the essential criteria as 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 – week commencing by 27th January 2025.
The sift will be held on the behaviour - Making Effective Decisions and the Personal Statement.
Should a high volume of applications be received, an initial sift will be conducted on the Personal Statement . Candidates who pass the initial sift will then be progressed to a full sift that will consist of the Personal Statement and the Behaviour Making Effective Decisions.
- Interview – week commencing 13th February 2025.
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be:
- Behaviour based questions on Making Effective Decisions, Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace and Seeing the Big Picture (as listed in the job advert).
The interview will take place Remotely on Teams further details will be provided to candidates who are successful at sift stage.
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.
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.
Security Checks
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed the level of security needed is Developed Vetting (DV).
Additional Security Checks
As well as successfully obtaining UK Developed Vetting (DV) 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.
Standards
All Civil Servants are expected to comply with the Civil Service Code, and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Eligibility
This vacancy is open to employees of all government departments and Accredited NDPBs. Agency staff and contractors working at these organisations are not eligible to apply. Learn more on our website: https://careers.homeoffice.gov.uk/eligibility#across-government.
Further Information
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.
Feedback
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : HORC Campaign Team
- Email : horccampaignteamhsgpsgandmbg@homeoffice.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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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.
