Chief Scientific Adviser
Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 30 Mehefin 2025 |
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Cyflog: | £125,000 i £145,000 bob blwyddyn |
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Standard Cabinet Office rules on pay will apply to civil servants appointed on level transfer or promotion. Their salary will increase to the minimum of the SCS PB2 range or by a promotion award of up to 10% more than their current basic salary excluding |
Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
Dyddiad cau: | 28 Gorffennaf 2025 |
Lleoliad: | London |
Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
Cyfeirnod swydd: | 414276/1 |
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The CSA is also responsible for engaging with academia, industry, and international partners to draw on expertise and insights nationally and internationally from relevant fields such as crime science, social and behavioural sciences, biometrics, cybersecurity, and forensic science and technology. The CSA also plays a critical role in emergency preparedness and in representing the department in senior scientific meetings and informing decisions and operations with evidence and data in emergencies as at other times.
Key responsibilities include:
- Scientific Advisory Leadership – Provide expert scientific advice to the Home Secretary, Ministers, senior officials, and, when required, the Prime Minister, ensuring that science, technology, and evidence-based insights inform policy and operational decisions.
- Leadership of Science and Engineering in Government – Oversee the Government Science and Engineering profession within the department, working with science colleagues to oversee, shape, and advise on science and innovation projects.
- Cross-Government Scientific Collaboration – Work closely with the cross-Government Chief Scientific Advisers (CSAs) network, and with CSAs from other government departments, the Social and Behavioural Sciences for Emergencies Steering and funding groups, to share best practice, improve knowledge exchange, shape new projects and address interdepartmental science challenges.
- Long-Term Research & Development Strategy – Shape the Home Office’s research and development agenda, working closely with the departmental science leadership, assuring horizon scanning.
- International Scientific Engagement & Security Partnerships – Represent the UK’s science policy at an international level, fostering partnerships with the US Department of Homeland Security, G20, G7, UN bodies, and other global security science institutions.
- Emergency Preparedness & Response – Offer scientific guidance during national security incidents and emergencies, including participation in the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and biosecurity advisory bodies, amongst others.
- Public Engagement & Scientific Transparency – Act as a public-facing scientific leader, ensuring effective communication of scientific evidence to policymakers, the media, and the public.
- Scientific Advisory Committees & Research Integrity – Oversee the operation of the Home Office’s Scientific Advisory Committees, ensuring that all science-led policy decisions adhere to high standards of integrity and evidence quality.
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