Senior Regulatory Support Adviser

Directorate: Electoral Administration and Regulation

Team: Regulatory Support Team

Starting salary band:

• C grade: £40,031 - £42,033 per annum depending on skills, experience and qualification.
• Staff with the London Office as their work location will attract a London weighting allowance of £3,217 on top of their base salary.

Contract: Full time & Permanent - This role work on a Hybrid basis which requires a minimum of 2 days office attendance (40%).

Location: Flexible. Applicants can work from either London, Cardiff, Edinburgh or Belfast office locations, or also be a homeworker. Travel to London will be required

 

Working at the Electoral Commission

The Electoral Commission is the independent body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK. We work to promote public confidence in the democratic process and to ensure its integrity.

We offer excellent terms and conditions, including flexible working hours and the opportunity to join the Civil Service pension arrangements, fantastic office space and endless opportunities for personal development opportunities and continuous learning.

The Regulatory support team sits within the Electoral Administration and Regulation Directorate. The team’s aim is to deliver positive outcomes for our stakeholders and support the regulated community through effective engagement. We do this through the four main functions that sit with the team:

• The Advice service
• Guidance
• Stakeholder outreach and engagement
• And Regulatory Action Panel

The Commission is about to embark on an exciting new journey with a new 5 year Corporate Plan full of exciting changes which will impact the way we in HR work and plan for the future including rolling out a new pay structure and performance management framework, increasing our organisational headcount and introducing performance base pay progression. This role will play a pivotal role in supporting this change.

 

Pay Progression

The Commission is about to launch a new Pay Structure in July 2025 which introduces performance based pay progression depending on performance. Eligibility for the performance-based pay progression in April of the following year is dependent on having completed the required six months service at the progression rating date (31 January). The new structure allows the potential for pay progression on top of any inflationary increase for staff. The range below shows the potential maximum pay progression in addition to any annual inflationary increase to your pay. The full width of the C Band starts at £40,031 and goes up to £53,375. Please note that the salary band for new staff is up to £42,033 and our default position is to appoint into the lower zone of the band unless exceptional circumstances.

 

Other Benefits

Alongside your salary based on £40,031 the Electoral Commission contributes £11,596.98 of your basic salary towards you being a member of the Civil Service Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides and the conditions involved.

The Electoral Commission offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

• A culture of flexible working, such as flexi scheme, homeworking and compressed hours.
• Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• A working from home allowance of £312 per annum is paid as a tax free working from home allowance.
• A minimum of 28 days of paid annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays increasing up to a maximum of 30 days after 4 years.
• An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
• Eye care vouchers, Ride 2 Work and an opportunity to sell up to 5 days annual leave at the end of the annual leave period
• unless permanent homeworking, a hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40% of their time in the office.

 

The Role

As a member of our regulatory support team, you will work closely with the regulatory support manager, and the guidance team to provide tailored and targeted support to political parties, campaigners, agents and volunteers. This will ensure they understand the laws relating to party and election finance. You will be responsible for organising and delivering our advice surgeries, webinars and roundtable events, which provide advice to stakeholders throughout the year, and ahead of every electoral events.

You will design and deliver engagement strategies that raise the profile of our proactive support service to ensure parties and campaigners understand our commitment to providing them with the guidance and resources they need in a way and at a time that works for them.

You will represent the Commission at external meetings, and engage with a wide range of political parties and campaigners, building strong relationships with them and navigating complex stakeholder networks. You will play a key role in ensuring they understand and value the work of the Electoral Commission.

 

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a proactive and skilled communications professional to help coordinate and deliver stakeholder engagement with the regulated community for the Electoral Commission.

You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, and as well as part of a collaborative and dynamic team.

You will have communications or stakeholder engagement experience and be looking to deliver a high-quality service for parties and campaigners, ensuring they can access clear and accurate advice and guidance.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

• Experience of developing and managing relationships with external stakeholders, i
• The highest standard of customer service skills, and experience and ability to adapt to different stakeholder needs, tailoring and targeting information as required based on their understanding and circumstances.
• Strong written communication skills
• Political sensitivity with strong interpersonal and oral communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability

For a full list of competencies, please refer to the job description and person specification.

 

More information on how to apply

To remove bias from our recruitment process the Electoral Commission operates anonymous recruitment. Please apply by supplying an anonymous CV, without reference to your name, age, ethnicity or other identifiable information. Failure to supply anonymous CV and cover letter will result in your application being rejected.

 

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people who are passionate about democracy. The more diverse our workforce, the better we can adapt to and reflect the needs of society. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and as a staff member you will become part of an inclusive culture, where you will have the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through learning and development.

 

Closing date is Thursday 15 May at 23:59. Although we reserve to close the advert earlier if we receive a high volume of interest so please don’t delay applying if interested.

 

1st stage interviews will be held on Thursday 22 May

If successful- 2nd stage interviews will be held within a week of the first interview.

 

Role to start at the earliest 30 May

 

Applicants who are applying for the London based position will be expected to attend the interview in person at our offices in Bunhill Row, London. We may use video conferencing tools for the interviews of applicants based in any of the devolved office locations. We will confirm details with shortlisted candidates. Electoral Commission does not compensate candidates for the travel costs incurred due to interview attendance.

 

If you are interested in applying for this role please download the job description before applying online.

 

If you have any further questions about the role please don’t hesitate to contact the Recruitment Team on recruitment@electoralcommission.org.uk who will be happy to help.

 

No Agencies please.