Senior Policy Adviser

Contract type: Permanent, Fixed term appointment

Working Pattern: This post is available on a Full Time, Part Time and Job Share basis. (Flexible working hours can be accommodated)

Location: Leeds

Salary: £53,530-£65,281

Are you looking to join a friendly and diverse organisation, developing policy recommendations to government and supervising government’s progress in implementing those recommendations? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

The National Infrastructure Commission was established in 2015 to provide government with impartial, expert advice on major long-term infrastructure challenges. The Commission advises government on all sectors of economic infrastructure (energy, transport, water and wastewater, waste, flood risk management and digital communications), as well as on cross-cutting issues, including planning, regulation and financing/funding.

About the role

This role will be primarily based in the Environment team but you'll play a key role in developing work across the secretariat as well as responding to changing priorities after the election.

The role requires an analytical and inquisitive mind and someone that is not afraid to change how things are done. The successful person will run robust and broad-ranging policy development programmes and deliver high quality and evidence-based advice to the Commission.

Key accountabilities include:

1. Conduct research that identifies, scopes and supports delivery of policy projects that are aligned to the Commission’s objectives and builds the Commission’s reputation.
2. Analyse and summarise numerical and potentially complex data that will support the Commission’s understanding work across various sectors.
3. Provide rigorous assessment of the large volumes of information on various policy topics and have an eye for what is meaningful to the Commission and what is not.
4. Project manage the delivery of your own work and the work of others on the team and/or external consultants. This will include making use of project management tools such as landmark plans, risk registers and engagement plans.
5. Build and manage relationships with collaborators so that the Commission keeps on top of the policy landscape, and use these relationships to shape and drive forward the Commission’s priorities.

For a full list of accountabilities, please follow the apply link.

About you

Our successful candidates will be effective communicator; able to manage collaborators with a different points of view, at different levels of seniority and able to effectively represent the Commission to a variety of audiences. We are looking for someone who enjoys getting into the detail but knows how to distil this down into succinct advice and becomes comfortable with analysing both quantitative and qualitative information.

About us

At the NIC we have a broad remit, so it’s important our employees come from the widest possible range of backgrounds, bringing us the widest possible range of perspectives and ways of thinking. We have no set view of the ideal candidate’s background or nature of their experience, and there is a range we draw on across the organisation – lived, voluntary and professional. And we constructively consider flexible working arrangements that can support the other aspects to people’s lives outside of work. We are also actively involved in wider work seeking to improve diversity and equality in infrastructure in terms of the talent recruited and nurtured, and in design of our work programme, definition of our policy recommendations and impact assessment. We’d welcome more people able to bring new perspectives to this work.

Benefits our people love!

• 25 days’ annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant)
• Flexible working patterns
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions. Find out more about Civil Service pensions
• Access to a retail discounts and cashback benefits site
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests ((e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk