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FULL_TIME 2021-12-10 00:00:00 2021-12-03

Policy Lead | Ref: PIP0005207

Remote/Home | Risk & compliance | Start: ASAP | Duration: 3 months

Posted 2 years ago

Job description

Policy Lead (Inside IR35)

Contract Term: 3 months

Location: Home Based / London Office

Contracting Authority: UKHSA

Are you a Government Policy Professional with experience in Healthcare? Do you have excellent stakeholder skills coupled with the ability to build relations? Do you enjoy making effective decisions and accurately interpret data? UKHSA is recruiting a Policy Lead on a 3 months interim basis. This role falls inside IR35.

This role requires experience of policy and strategy development and will entail a blend of policy development work, and the ability to scope, plan and deliver policy work on high-profile workstreams. The work is wide-ranging, requiring the ability to think strategically and to identify and implement creative approaches to policymaking. To perform the role successfully it will be essential that you effectively build relationships, including with DHSC and experts in UKHSA.

Imagine having a talent that could benefit someone you’ve never met and solve problems you didn’t even know existed. Well, you do, and you can. And we’re here to help you do just that. At PSR we are the go-to place for talented contractors and temps for a rich variety of public sector roles.

As Policy Lead, your main responsibilities would be: 

  • Building and managing relationships with stakeholders – the policy function is new so building trust and new relationships is important for delivering against our objectives. This includes working with technical scientific and medical experts.  
  • Leading on specific workstreams, independently moving work forwards and finding ways through when the context is uncertain. This includes providing policy advice and support, developing cross-cutting strategies and matrix managing staff – coaching them and providing direction.
  • Scoping new policy work on areas linked to health protection and working with colleagues to develop work plans for the policy support they will provide.
  • Being flexible and adapting to new pressures and priorities as the team’s role develops.

 

You’ll have relevant experience in:

  • Policy experience with proven record of leading policy development work and public sector background
  • Seeing the Big Picture: You ensure that your work reflects your organisation’s strategic priorities and take the initiative to influence future approaches. You can seek and represent the views of a range of stakeholders to understand and communicate issues.
  • Communicating and Influencing: You communicate in a clear, confident, and enthusiastic fashion, explaining complex issues in a way that is easy to understand.
  • Making effective decisions: can analyse and accurately interpret data and information from various sources, including grasping technical detail. Uses this information to effectively identify options and drive forward evidence-based decision making.
  • Working Together: You form effective partnerships and relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to effectively progress your work and achieve the best possible policy outcomes.

 

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply and get in touch with one of our PSR team now.

 

"In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following: this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different."

 

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.


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