Policy Manager

Home Office

Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 4th November 2024

 

Details

Reference number

372177

Salary

£57,000 - £67,100
National: £57,000 - £62,700 or London: £61,000 - £67,100

Job grade

Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HO - Public Safety Group

Type of role

Policy

Working pattern

Full-time, Homeworking, Compressed hours

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

Manchester, Westminster London

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.

As G7 responsible for Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) partnerships and system engagement, you will be responsible for liaising across government and externally to lead on work to refocus the PCC model, to ensure greater collaboration and join-up. You will be someone who enjoys working with a high degree of independence, working across teams and policy areas, ensuring that the thinking between policy issues in the policing, crime and criminal justice landscape is connected and compatible.

Job description

As G7 for PCC Model Partnerships and System Engagement, you will be responsible for liaising across government on policy proposals that impact or interact with the PCC model. You will lead on engagement with key partners in the PCC partnership landscape to influence and steer policy to ensure that it is compatible with the PCC model and the government’s ambitions to refocus the PCC role locally. 

Your key responsibilities will be to:  

  • Lead on measures focused on expanding and refocussing the role of PCCs and strengthening their partnerships locally, developing policy and implementing legislation. This will include taking forward ambitions to place Local Criminal Justice Boards on a statutory footing with PCCs as their Chair, legislating to introduce a new reciprocal duty for PCCs and Regional Probation Directors and developing policy to ensure PCCs role as local leaders is cemented in line with the Government’s reform agenda.
  • Act as the key point of contact and lead on the development of policy across government and the wider policing and criminal justice system that affects or impacts the PCC model, proactively engaging and liaising to influence and negotiate.
  • Lead on engagement with key policing and criminal justice system leaders. This will include supporting key set piece events to deliver strategic speeches and briefing for Ministers and senior civil servants. 
  • Lead on the maintenance of Emergency Services Collaboration policy, supporting the development of cross government policy to ensure efficiencies and joined up working in the emergency services. 
  • Lead on the maintenance of Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC) policy, working across the Public Safety Group for the Unit and support business case applications for new PFCCs.  

Person specification

Essential Criteria

  • A successful track record of building sustainable relationships and communicating effectively with stakeholders. Given the breadth of stakeholders you will engage with, you should be confident of quickly establishing credibility and authority with stakeholders across policing and the criminal justice system. 
  • Strong background in developing and implementing policy. You will need to be able to take a holistic view of complex problems and work creatively and collaboratively to find policy solutions. This includes proactive horizon scanning, big picture thinking and building links between your policy areas and others. You will need to lead through uncertainty and negotiate effectively across government. 
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills. You should be a confident communicator in both written and oral formats, able to present ideas and options with a range of audiences. You will be confident in advising Ministers, senior officials and stakeholders and able to hold challenging conversations when necessary.
  • Ability to work flexibly and deliver change through others. Working with peers across Policing Policy Directorate to pick up emerging projects as needed and resolve emerging issues with teams. You will need to be able to respond to Ministers and senior officials at speed, without compromising on quality.

Desirable Criteria: 

  • Knowledge or experience working in, or on, policing, criminal justice policy and the local government landscape.  
  • Experience of working with parliament, such as taking forward legislative reform. 

Behaviours

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

  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

  • Communicating and Influencing
  • 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%

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

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. 

1. Application – by 4th November 2024

 As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:

  • Personal Statement (maximum 1000 words).
  • Evidence of the Behaviour: Communicating & Influencing.  

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.

2. Sift – from 6th November 2024 

The sift will be held on the Personal Statement and the Lead Behaviour Communicating & Influencing.

Should a high volume of applications be received, an initial sift will be conducted on the lead Behaviour Communicating and Influencing. Candidates who pass the initial sift will then be progressed to a full sift that will consist of the Behaviour Communicating & Influencing and the Personal Statement. 

3. Interview – week commencing 18th November 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) based questions. 

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.

Further information 

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting

Please be aware the levels of national security clearance are changing which may impact on the level needed for this role by the time of appointment. All efforts will be made to keep candidates informed of any changes and what that will mean in terms of vetting criteria. For more information please See our vetting charter

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

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:

  • 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.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : HORC Campaign Team
  • Email : horccampaignteamhsgpsgandmbg@homeoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance HORecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.

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