Policy Manager

We're looking for a strategic professional who are passionate about policy and regional growth. This is a critical time in our transformation and growth journey, and you'll be pivotal in helping us achieve our ambitions by:

• Leading the Policy input to the development of directorate plans, strategies, business cases and funding bids to ensure regional and Mayoral priorities are reflected and a single narrative flows through all that we do. This role will cover all policy areas.
Developing and owning strategic narrative on core areas of the work of the organisation
• Using evidence to develop policy proposals, working with service leads to identify priority actions, drawing on the overarching organisational strategies and evidence and analysis provided by the Economic Analysis Team to ensure effective targeting of activity.
What you'll be doing
• Leading on the development of policy proposals on cross cutting issues, in support of the delivery of regional and Mayoral priorities, coordinating the input of colleagues.
• Enabling effective partner engagement, including maintaining oversight of government engagement within areas of responsibility, ensuring consistency and visibility., As part of our commitment to fair and inclusive recruitment, we provide interview questions to all shortlisted candidates in advance/on request. This approach helps ensure everyone can demonstrate their skills, knowledge and experience fully, and supports our duties under the Equality Act 2010. You will also be asked follow-up questions during the interview to explore your responses in more detail.
Reasonable Adjustments If you have an accessibility need, disability, condition or need any additional support that means you might require changes to the application or recruitment process (for example, you might need to submit your application in a different format), please get in touch with our Resourcing Team at Resourcing@westofengland-ca.gov.uk. We are here to assist and accommodate your needs.

We believe in fostering a culture of continuous learning and development, empowering you to thrive in your career. We prioritise your growth and success by providing a diverse range of learning and development opportunities. Our goal is to keep you motivated, equipped with essential skills, and confident in delivering excellent services.

Alongside the opportunity to make a real difference to the people who visit, live and work in the West of England, we offer an excellent benefits package including:
• 26 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years continuous service. There is also the option to increase your annual leave with our annual leave purchase scheme.
• 2 days of paid leave each year to volunteer
• Local Government Pension Scheme (one of the most generous pension schemes in the UK).
• Flexible, family friendly and hybrid working options to ensure you achieve the best work/life balance and career goals. We follow a hybrid working model with typically 2 or 3 days in the office each week
• Reduced bus fare travel across the West of England, The salary for this role is £52,413 - £55,722. This is the full-time equivalent salary, and will be pro-rata for part-time. We advertise salary ranges for job roles, with new appointments for external candidates typically starting at the lowest salary point. In exceptional cases, where higher skill levels or experience are applicable, the salary point may be adjusted to secure the best candidate. This approach allows for potential year-on-year salary increases, offering progression and appropriate rewards to employees.