Job summary
We are hiring a Policy Support Officer to join our Regulation and Social Care team.
The Policy Support Officer will primarily support the work of the Policy Officers, Senior Policy Officers and senior managers within the Regulation and Social Care Directorate and may support National Leads and others as necessary. The person must be highly motivated to develop regulatory and inspection policies, practice and frameworks that best protect and promote the safety of children and young people and, where appropriate, adult service users� welfare. They must have the skills and knowledge to plan and manage the delivery of a complex programme of work.
This is a fantastic opportunity to further your experience in Ofsted�s well-established team. The post holder will work with high-achieving professionals at all levels, surrounded by a friendly and supportive team. They will have access to amazing benefits, such as flexible working hours, the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and days annual leave + 8 bank holidays. We offer a hybrid working model, so you may also choose to spend a proportion of time working from home.
Job description
Please refer to the job specification for further information.
Person specification
Please refer to the job specification for further information.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
1. Seeing the Big Picture
2. Working Together
3. Making Effective Decisions
4. Managing a Quality Service
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
5. Experience of producing high-quality advice, guidance or training materials for stakeholders. (Essential)
6. Evidence of administrating and supporting the delivery of competing priorities. (Essential)
7. Experience of communicating effectively with diverse audiences, verbally and in writing. (Essential)
8. Evidence of identifying and developing solutions that enable improved ways of working. (Essential)
9. Understanding of the role of policy in delivering improvement for children and learners. (Desirable)
Benefits
Alongside your salary of �28,352, Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills contributes �8,213 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Full details of the benefits available can be found in our�brochure.
Ofsted is devoted to equality, diversityand inclusion. Within our we have stated that we will improve the representation of under-represented groups across the organisation and publish our progress on this annually. We are always looking to expand on our diverse workforce by recruiting candidates from varied backgrounds and differing experiences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident � Leader, we continually engage with our 5 staff networks for protected characteristics, and highlight the work of our Equalities,Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Group. We ensure all candidates are treated with fair and open competition, with all appointments being made on merit and we use our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) to provide assurance to all candidates of this.