Policy and Legislation Advisor
| Posting date: | 03 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | £59,450 to £66,338 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 March 2025 |
| Location: | London |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 394125/1 |
Summary
The role sits in the Legislation, Powers and Parliamentary Delivery Team which works to ensure we have the right legislation in place to implement the UK’s product safety framework, from marking to conformity assessment processes, to assessing that the framework remains fit for the modern and digital age. This includes an extensive programme of legislative delivery, including primary legislation currently before Parliament and associated communications, engagement, and policy development internally, externally and across a range of other Government Departments.
The role will report to the Grade 6 Head of Team, working closely with the wider Grade 7 cohort across product safety policy and other OPSS teams. You will also have line management responsibility.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and resilient candidate to lead delivery of all OPSS’s legislation activity, working closely with the Policy Impact Area and central DBT legislation colleagues to manage and deliver OPSS’s programme of (largely) secondary legislation proactively identifying changes needed and supporting OPSS teams on delivery of Statutory Instruments (SIs). OPSS is currently taking forward primary legislation with a Bill before Parliament and the successful candidate will also be involved in supporting delivery of the Bill in debates. This includes providing training on process and procedures to supporting on documentation and debates, coordinating engagement with the Devolved Administrations and having oversight of our assimilated law interests ensuring they are accurately reflected in the wider smarter regulation agenda in DBT. You will work closely with a range of teams across OPSS, cross-Whitehall Departments, DBT colleagues and Legal. There will be a need to understand their policy deliverables and the potential to develop policy of a cross-cutting nature and where a consistent legislative approach is needed.
On the Bill, it is likely the successful candidate will take responsibility for a few clauses and leading on the subsequent use of the powers to bring forward secondary legislation when the Bill becomes and Act. As such, experience of primary legislation processes would be desirable.
Specifically in the role you will lead on:
- Proactive engagement with policy officials across OPSS to coordinate OPSS policy requirements into the OPSS legislative programme and in particular with the policy teams developing proposals for a new regulatory framework;
- Support the primary legislation team taking responsibility for some clauses and leading on the development of the secondary legislation programme in conjunction with wider OPSS colleagues;
- Lead on delivery of all OPSS SIs;
- Manage OPSS’s assimilated law programme with the DBT Smarter Regulation Team;
- Working with other Government departments to ensure legislative planning and delivery aligns;
- Developing policy on cross-cutting areas and where a consistent approach to legislating is required;
- Line management of an HEO.
Please note that this role is open to candidates working in either our London or Teddington office. When you are required to give a preference, Twickenham will appear rather than Teddington, so please be aware that you should choose this option if you wish to be based in Teddington.
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