Strategy and Policy Officer HDRC

Working on behalf of a Local Authority, Aatom Recruitment has an opportunity for a Strategy and Policy Officer HDRC on a month contract with the possibility of an extension.

Role purpose:

• To place a key role in ensuring that the client is driven by a clear purpose and shared set of priority outcomes.
• To help ensure that the client has robust, responsive and effective strategies and policies in the areas of its client Directorates.
• To support partnership, corporate and departmental business planning processes in the area of client directorates.
• To provide support to senior officers, members and partners in solving problems and responding to external frameworks, opportunities, risks and events in the areas of client Directorates.

Key responsibilities:

• To support the development of high-quality strategies, policies and plans drawing on robust evidence and research, working with colleagues across Strategy, Policy and Improvement (SPI) and Strategy, Improvement and Transformation (SIT) and the broader Health Determinants Research Collaborative (HDRC) partnership.
• To support the delivery of a pioneering capacity-building programme and shaping its foundation year
• To ensure/assure delivery of the HDRC development programme plan, rapidly establishing effective programme management systems for the development year, ensuring clear lines of accountability, monitoring deliverables and budgets and identifying and managing risks.
• To work with the finance lead to manage expenditure against the cost centre budget in accordance with financial and procurement systems and regulations and operate within spending controls. To ensure budgets and financial risks are monitored and that all spending is appropriately forecast, monitored, authorised and reported.
• To support on a range of functional activity including scrutiny, equality, partnership, engagement and consultation.
• Play an active role individually and as part of the management team in identifying and implementing improvements to the quality and efficiency of the Corporate Strategy, Improvement and Transformation service.
• Support organisational change and learning, ensuring appropriate systems of performance and development, communication and engagement, quality measures, monitoring and review are in place for all services and the workforce that delivers them.

Requirements:

• A good understanding of the national and local social and economic policy context for a range of functions including social and public policy, public health, partnerships, equalities, consultation and engagement, the voluntary and community sector.
• A good understanding of statutory, policy, regulatory and ethical frameworks, specifically those that relate to the higher education sector, research and public health.
• A good level of knowledge of key local services related to the HDRC, partners and HEIs.
• Relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience in particular experience of managing programmes or grant administration in the higher education sector or other organisation.
• Ability to develop analytical skills and lateral thinking to develop creative and innovative solutions
• To comply with the requirement to carry out a DBS check on this role.

If that sounds like you, please contact Inesa.