Senior Sponsorship Policy Adviser
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £53,400 to £59,700 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Glasgow |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 342509/2 |
Summary
OGP also carries out the Cabinet Office’s sponsorship role for the Government Property Agency. GPA is the department’s largest arm’s length body and government’s specialist delivery agency for managing the high profile office portfolio (including the Whitehall estate and the regional Hubs programme) through which it is helping transform the Civil Service and reshaping the relationship civil servants have with their places of work.
The Sponsorship role in OGP is focused on ensuring GPA’s future success and ensuring that all relevant parts of Cabinet Office are working together to support GPA delivery. This includes developing a clear policy framework that GPA can deliver against, providing Cabinet Office’s oversight of and input into GPA organisational change initiatives, and helping to shape GPA’s annual business plan.
OGP is an outstanding place to work. It occupies a key place at the intersection of Cabinet Office’s cross-government policy coordination and operational delivery responsibilities and works very closely with UK Government Investments (government’s shareholder for large ALBs and corporate governance centre of excellence) to support GPA.
We are looking for an experienced policy professional to fill a vacancy for a Senior Policy Adviser within the Sponsorship team, reporting to the Grade 6 Head of Sponsorship.
The Sponsorship team is a small, welcoming team within the Chief Operating Officer’s directorate and is responsible for:
- Developing OGP’s overall sponsorship framework with GPA and UK Government Investments.
- Establishing and maintaining a clear set of policies that facilitate successful GPA delivery.
- Horizon scanning, relationship building, and policy alignment with related policy agendas across Cabinet Office and government.
- Advocating for GPA with internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Identifying where further policy interventions are required to support successful GPA delivery.
- Providing Cabinet Office input into GPA programmes and business planning.
- Ensuring high quality briefing and papers are provided to Ministers, senior officials and governance boards in a timely manner.
- Developing strong relationships with related policy areas such as Places for Growth, Government People Group, Modernisation & Reform Unit, Public Bodies Team, and HMT Spend team.
- Line management of one HEO policy adviser.
This exciting new role will provide the right candidate an opportunity to work with a wide variety of stakeholders across government and at the forefront of the government’s modernisation and reform agenda.