Job Description

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Role Overview

Nest Insight is a public benefit research and innovation centre.




We exist to find ways to support low- and moderate-income workers to be financially secure, both today and into retirement. We partner with employers, product providers, academics and policymakers to identify, invent, test and evolve practical solutions and see what works best for people in the real world. This builds the case for systems-level change.




A critical component of building that system-level change and achieving impact at scale is to make our research and insight an asset to policy-makers and regulators, in support of evidence-based policy making. You will support this work, helping to identify the key policy and regulatory questions and implications from our work, and developing more detailed thinking on policy and regulatory approaches to support adoption of effective solution at scale.




You will also work to identify interesting policy innovations in adjacent policy areas and help us to understand how they might apply in our work, and carry out comparative analysis of financial security policy interventions in other countries to help us learn the lessons from those that could apply here.

Please note there is a lot more information on the role in the candidate pack.

You will be responsible for:

Policy development:

shape the development of Nest Insight's public policy positions across a range of financial security-related policy areas, through building an in-depth understanding of our research and innovation programme, and providing supplementary research, evidence analysis and horizon scanning, identifying key issues affecting household financial security and developing robust solutions for systemic change.

Consultation and inquiry responses:

draft high-quality, persuasive responses to government consultations, select committee inquiries, and regulatory reviews, ensuring Nest Insight's research is positioned to support evidence-based policy-making and regulation.

Stakeholder insight and engagement:

support the policy and public affairs lead in building and maintaining relationships with policymakers, financial services providers, government bodies, think tanks, sector bodies and other key stakeholders to inform Nest Insight's positions

Political and policy monitoring:

track key policy developments and legislative changes relevant to household financial security, assessing their implications and identifying opportunities for Nest Insight to engage.

Internal collaboration:

work closely with colleagues across Nest Insight, including research, communications, and fundraising teams, to ensure a unified approach across policy and organisational priorities.

Written outputs:

deliver compelling, well-evidenced policy briefings on key issues to a range of stakeholders, including policymakers, industry leaders, and partners.

Public representation:

represent us at external meetings, external policy networks, working groups, events, and conferences, ensuring our position is effectively communicated and influencing policy discussions in line with our strategic objectives.

Events and convenings:

support the delivery of compelling public and private events and round tables to shape our understanding and build influence over public policy issues affecting household financial security

Support for public affairs and engagement activity:

provide policy advice and support the development of policy-facing materials to support the delivery of public affairs and engagement activity by the wider communications and research teams and the Nest Insight leadership team

International research and comparative analysis:

produce research and analysis on policy innovations relating to financial security in other countries and systems, building Nest Insight's understanding of those innovations and how they might apply in our work

Role within the Team:

Reports to the Policy and Public Affairs Lead, within the communications and engagement team Works closely with communications colleagues, in particular around events and convenings Works closely with our Research and Innovation leaders and project teams, to understand emerging findings and help shape policy positions emerging from them Supports the leadership team and wider Nest Insight team in building understanding of policy and regulatory issues relating to household financial security

We are open to discussing working patterns.

We welcome all internal applicants to apply for our roles, regardless of your current working pattern or hours. We will aim to accommodate your request and match your current working arrangements.

Don't worry if you think you don't have all the key skills, it might be worth taking the few minutes to apply as we're good at spotting potential and offer a generous training budget.

Please download a full job description to find a full scope, deliverables, experience and personal

attributes

required for this role.

Reward and recognition
A discretionary bonus scheme Reward and recognition scheme Enhanced auto enrolled pension - your contributions start at the default 5% while ours are higher at 8%. If you up your contributions to 6% we raise ours to 9%. If you contribute 7% or more we'll contribute 10%. Income protection scheme - is an insurance benefit that provides you with income if you cannot work due to illness or incapacity.
Click here to see the benefits we offer at Nest.

Flexible and agile working

Everyone's personal situation is different.



To make the most out of hybrid working, we've introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):


hybrid of office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, once - twice a week, or more, as required) reduce or vary working hours reduce or vary the days worked work compressed hours job share

For more information about our recruitment process click here

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Directorate/Department Overview

Nest Insight is a public benefit research and innovation centre within Nest Corporation, the organisation responsible for running the Nest pension scheme. Nest Insight is legally part of Nest, but on a day-to-day basis operates with considerable autonomy and with a clear public-benefit remit. It is funded through a mix of direct financial and indirect 'in kind' support from Nest and a number of external funders supporting individual projects and programmes; sets its own work programme; and operates under a separate sub-brand with a separate communications presence across traditional and social media.



In recent years, Nest Insight has grown considerably: in terms of the size of the team; and both the scale and subject-matter breadth of the work programme. At the same time we've been on a journey from a more fundamental research outlook to one more focused on impact, while retaining a commitment to high-quality, independent collaborative research. The impact we have - especially with policy-makers and business leaders - is already considerable. But we believe that with the quality of our work and the strength of the stakeholder networks we've built, that impact could be significantly greater with a more strategic approach to communications and brand-building. That in turn should expand the range of potential funders interested in supporting our work, giving us further room for growth and, in turn, further increasing impact.

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Organisational Overview

Nest Insight is a public benefit research and innovation centre. We exist to find ways to support low- and moderate-income workers to be financially secure, both today and into retirement. We partner with employers, product providers, academics and policymakers to identify, invent, test and evolve practical solutions and see what works best for people in the real world. This builds the case for systems-level change.




Nest is an award-winning workplace pension scheme, the largest in the country.



Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save, our first-class responsible investment practice and governance are the backbone of what we do, supported by all the functions you'd expect to find in a thriving business. We're committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self and offer an inclusive and flexible working environment.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their age, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or caring responsibilities, race, religion/belief, sex, sexual orientation or socio economic background.



We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought and other forms of neurocognitive variation.


Nest is a Disability Confident Leader, which is the highest level of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you have disability, declare that you're applying through the scheme and meet the minimum criteria for this role, we aim to invite you to an interview. However, there may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.

Please note that this advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of satisfactory applications.



If you have any difficulty in sending your application or need the application pack in an alternative format, or you require any reasonable adjustments please contact: careers@nestcorporation.org.uk.