Homeland Security Group - Senior Policy Advisors

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Location: London and Salford

Homeland Security Group - Senior Policy Advisors

Homeland Security is one of the three policy missions working to deliver the Home Office’s vision for a safe, fair and prosperous United Kingdom.

We deliver a breadth of strategic initiatives and provide systems leadership across government. This ranges from coordinating national security and crisis response to writing world-leading legislation, policy, and strategy. We work alongside many organisations to address complex problems. We work particularly closely with our operational partners including:

· MI5

· Secret Intelligence Service

· GCHQ

· Counter Terrorism Police

· National Crime Agency

We are recruiting for a number of roles covering a range of disciplines including (but not limited to) Policy, Strategy and Delivery. Some of these roles will have a specific tech focus. These roles are incredibly rewarding with the opportunity to make a real difference in many key areas of national security:

The type of work you could be responsible for includes:

· Working on the development and implementation of strategies, policies and legislation on some of the most serious risks facing the UK;

· Producing high quality advice and drafting briefing for senior officials and Ministers;

· Regular engagement with operational colleagues in Border Force, law enforcement and the Security and Intelligence agencies to understand current practices and the impact of any potential changes;

· Working through the implications of technological change (such as AI) on homeland security, ensuring we mitigate risks and take advantage of opportunities.

· Working with stakeholders and international partners to help develop fully integrated strategies;

· Monitoring risks and areas of concern and taking appropriate action to escalate and address these;

· Supporting the oversight of work with colleagues from other Departments and operational agencies to provide positive policy responses and suitable solutions to challenges;

· Line management responsibilities.

Essential criteria

Successful candidates will need to demonstrate:

· Skills in developing or implementing one or more of the following: evidence-based strategies, policies, legislation or technological change which impacts policy.

· Excellent written and oral communication skills, using language to clearly articulate recommendations in strategy documents, briefings, papers, and presentations.

· Strong interpersonal skills and experience of stakeholder management with senior leaders.

· Ability to manage and develop individuals to get the best out of people to deliver key outcomes.

· Experience of working in a changing environment and planning, collaborating, and delivering through others to meet deadlines on multiple pieces of work.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £39,000.00-£47,300.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Company pension
• Employee mentoring programme
• Flexitime
• Gym membership
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person