Job Description

Details

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Reference number

439622

Salary

33,677
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP

Job grade

Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MHRA - Partnerships Group

Type of role

Policy

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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London

About the job

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Job summary

We are currently looking for a

Policy Coordinator

to join our

Policy Function

within the

Partnerships Group.

This is a

full-time

opportunity, on a

permanent

basis. The role will be based in 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf London, E14 4PU. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas. We are open to requests for flexible working. Please discuss this with the recruiting manager before accepting an appointment.


Government departments and agencies are working towards implementing a minimum 60% attendance in office sites.


We are currently implementing a flexible, hybrid way of working, with a minimum of 8 days per month working on site to enable the collaboration and contact with partners and stakeholders needed to deliver MHRA business. Attendance on site is driven by business needs so depending on the nature of the role, this can flex up to 12 days a month, with the remainder of time worked either remotely or in the office. Some roles will need to be on site more regularly.

Who are we?

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research.


The Partnerships Group is responsible for shaping policy to guide the MHRA's operations, for developing the national and international partnerships that the MHRA needs to be successful; and for transforming and modernising the legal regime for medicines and medical devices which underpins the MHRA's work.


The Partnerships Group is working on issues that are at the heart of public health - fast, safe access to medicines and medical devices, working with industry and other health Arm's Length Bodies (ALBs); tackling public health regulatory issues as they arise; and supporting the future of the life sciences industry in the UK. The Group does all this while ensuring that patient safety and public health impact is at the heart of its work.

Job description

The Policy Team drives MHRA policy development on cross-cutting areas and ensures consistency and high quality of the Agency's core policy activities. The team has a strong reactive, cross-Agency role and is responsive to emerging policy issues, problem solving and leading high profile regulatory policy development. The Policy Team works collaboratively with the MHRA's technical subject matter experts and other Government departments to respond to complex policy questions, focusing on patient safety and public health. This enables team members to develop expertise across a range of regulatory areas, giving significant personal development opportunity.


We are recruiting an Executive Officer role in the Policy Team within the Partnerships group, to take responsibility for core policy work and related responsibilities, such as triaging and coordinating the Agency's response to commissions.


This includes leading the Agency's responses to cross-government commissions, including briefings for ministers and senior leaders.


It also includes providing support to projects across the range of the Partnerships Group's responsibilities and reach across the whole of the Agency's work, for example through researching subjects and analysing information.

Key responsibilities:

Taking forward policy and briefing requests from DHSC and wider government, working closely with the rest of Policy team and other Agency colleagues. You will need to have strong communication skills to be confident providing clear and accurate advice, preparing briefings, analysing information, quality checking, identifying key issues and recommending next steps. Building and maintaining strong and effective relationships with colleagues across the MHRA, relevant DHSC teams and ministerial private offices, and other health ALBs, to ensure quality and timely responses to commissions. Cascading any relevant information from DHSC (e.g. changes to procedures or contacts at DHSC) to the Policy team and wider organisation in a timely manner, updating colleagues on themes from commissions received and actioned and supporting the delivery of the Partnerships Group's ministerial submissions offer, ensuring that submissions are high quality and have been through appropriate sign-off. Managing information on SharePoint and the Policy Team's intranet presence and supporting colleagues across the Partnerships Group to ensure joined up and collaborative working, and helping to build an inclusive, supportive team environment.

Person specification

Our successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

An understanding of regulatory practice or how government/public services and/or parliament operates Experience of public health issues and health, life sciences or regulatory environments Seeing the big picture Delivery at pace Communicating and influencing Working Together

Person Specification:

Method of assessment: A=Application, T=Test, I=Interview, P=Presentation

Behaviour Criteria:

Delivering at pace

(A, I)

Seeing the Big Picture

(A, I)

Communicating and influencing

(A, I)

Working together

(A, I)

Experience Criteria:

An understanding of regulatory practice or how government/public services and/or parliament operates

(A)

Experience in public health issues and health, life sciences or regulation environments.

(A)

Strengths Criteria

Organiser

(I)

Team Player

(I)

If you would like to find out more about this fantastic opportunity,

please read our and Person Specification!

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Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 33,677, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency contributes 9,756 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.Annual Leave: 25 days annual leave on entry, rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff. PLUS 8 bank holidays Privilege Leave: 1 day Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): One month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of five months full pay/five months half pay Mobility: Mobility clause in contracts allowing staff to be mobile across the Civil Service Civil Service Pension Scheme. Please see the link for further information http://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/ For enquiries relating to the Civil Service Pension Schemes please contact MyCSP's Pension Service Centre directly on 0300 123 6666 Flexible working to ensure staff maintain a healthy work-life balance Interest free season ticket loan or bike loan Employee Assistance Services and access to the Civil Service Benevolent Fund Eligibility to join the Civil Service Motoring Association (CSMA) Variety of staff and Civil Service clubs On-going learning and development

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

Annual Leave: 25 days annual leave on entry, rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff. PLUS 8 bank holidays Privilege Leave: 1 day Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): One month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of five months full pay/five months half pay Mobility: Mobility clause in contracts allowing staff to be mobile across the Civil Service Civil Service Pension Scheme. Please see the link for further information http://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/ For enquiries relating to the Civil Service Pension Schemes please contact MyCSP's Pension Service Centre directly on 0300 123 6666 Flexible working to ensure staff maintain a healthy work-life balance Interest free season ticket loan or bike loan Employee Assistance Services and access to the Civil Service Benevolent Fund Eligibility to join the Civil Service Motoring Association (CSMA) Variety of staff and Civil Service clubs On-going learning and development


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) 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
Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

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

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : The Resourcing Team Email : careers@mhra.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

Email : Careers@mhra.gov.uk

Further information

In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of selection for appointment on the basis of merit by a fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact the Resourcing Team at Careers@mhra.gov.uk, in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk - info@csc.gov.uk - Civil Service Commission Room G/8 1 Horse Guards Road London SW1A 2HQ