Policy Impact Area Coordinator
About OPSS
Do you care about the safety of products and want to protect people and places? Can we use your skills, knowledge and experience to enable UK business to thrive? If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you!
We are the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), part of the Department for Business & Trade. We are here for the purpose of making regulation work to deliver real world impact. Regulation is a powerful Government tool to address market failures, influence behaviour and promote positive action.Crafted and delivered well, regulation can be an enabler of growth, innovation and efficiency.
Since early 2018 we have been building a positive and creative team that enjoys a position of influence and respect within an organisation that continues to grow.
Our primary purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence
Further information can be found on our website here.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. We embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.There is a guaranteed interview scheme (DCS) for people with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We are Inclusive
We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible and recognise how important inclusivity is to achieve the best outcomes. We hope to attract applications from all underrepresented groups.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation if required to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.Please contact us to request accommodation.
The Role and Our Team
We are looking to recruit a policy impact area coordinator to work alongside a team of Deputy Directors within the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS). You will also be responsible for working closely with the impact coordinators from other areas within OPSS and also managing the policy support team.
In addition to the core responsibilities for the role, the need for flexibility to be able to deal with fast paced and varied tasks along with building strong relationships with a wide range of colleagues is vital. You will need to build strong relationships with senior staff and will be required to have good judgement on making the best use of senior managements time along with overseeing the work of the support team.
You will engage with policy teams and will lead on work that spans the breadth of the Policy Impact Area and OPSS more widely. This will be an opportunity for the successful applicant to gain experience in working at the heart of OPSS policy and closely with senior decision makers.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Coordinating the OPSS Policy Impact Area’s Learning & Development needs - i.e. focussing on the needs of the Policy teams and identifying knowledge/learning gaps.
- Ensuring good governance and accountability across Policy Impact Area (for the Policy and Finance and Resources Board in particular.
- Working closely with senior management to address People Survey outcomes.
- Lead on the organisation of Impact Area events and input to wider OPSS and DBT events.
- Provide regular briefings/updates to senior management on progress with Policy Impact Areas work.
- Be the link between the Policy Impact Area and Recruitment team to ensure resource gaps are filled.
- Managing a team of Personal Assistants and support staff.