Head of Policy

Job summary

We are looking for a Head of Policy to deliver high quality and coherent regulatory policy interventions to fulfil TPR's corporate strategy. The role requires building strong relationships with government partners, external stakeholders and other teams within TPR in order to deliver organisational objectives.

The Head of Policy will ensure members of the policy team are supported and developed as individuals and that TPR's policy making framework is efficient and effective. They will act with other senior leaders to support a culture of continuous improvement and effectiveness. The Head of Policy deputises for the Director at internal/external events/meetings if the Director is unavailable.

Job description

The role and responsibilities

• Act as part of TPR's senior leadership team and contribute to the development of TPR
• Be a visible leader: setting a vision for the team, taking an interest in work across the team and hold individuals to account
• Be accountable for budget, KPls, performance indicators and resource allocation
• Provides assurance to Exco, TPR board, including ARAC and DWP that policy is made robustly
• Deliver complex strategic and policy based regulatory projects to time, budget and quality
• Support the team to deliver, ensuring they have right frameworks, tools, processes and resources

Person specification

The role criteria

• Experience of leading high performing policy teams.

• Demonstrate experience of building strong internal and external relationships and ability to leverage these to deliver policy objectives.
• Significant experience of delivering complex policy change within a government or similar regulatory policy-making environment, including complex delivery.
• Ability to be decisive and provide direction.

• Innovative, creative and bold in developing ideas and solutions for achieving our priorities.
• Experience of leading change.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £89,930, Pensions Regulator contributes £26,052 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

TPR offers:

• Genuine opportunities for learning and development.
• A values-led, inclusive environment.
• Hybrid working and flexible shift patterns.
• A vibrant workplace with employee networks (Disability, Family, LGBT+, Minority Ethnic, Women’s).

We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme.

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

In order to apply for this role, please visit our website careers page, where you can find further information on how to apply.

Current job vacancies

To avoid disappointment, we would invite you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can continue to provide a positive candidate experience, with each application being reviewed and considered. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Current TPR employees who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.

We welcome applications on a part time and job share basis.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk
• Email : Recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk