Senior Policy and Sponsorship Advisor

Attorney General's Office, City of Westminster

Senior Policy and Sponsorship Advisor

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Attorney General's Office, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 26 Jun | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: fcc1b7996c1b4312ac02538227a4f529

Full Job Description

The AGO is a ministerial department serving the Attorney General and the Solicitor General (the Law Officers). The Law Officers are the Government's chief legal advisers. The Law Officers make important decisions that affect public life. Among other things, they decide whether to send criminal sentences that may be too low to the Court of Appeal; whether to open inquests into deaths (for example, the Attorney General made the decision to open new inquests into the deaths at Hillsborough); are the Government's chief legal advisors, providing advice to both the Prime Minister and Secretaries of State on a range of pressing issues touching on every aspect of daily life in the UK; and they represent the Crown Prosecution Service and Serious Fraud Office in Parliament. The Office comprises around 67 multidisciplinary, engaged and high performing team members advising and supporting the Law Officers in all aspects of their work. We pride ourselves on our problem-solving creativity, sophisticated political and handling awareness, and smart ways of working. The Law Officers also work alongside the Justice Secretary and Home Secretary to provide a more efficient, effective, and accountable criminal justice system for victims and the public. The AGO comprises a high-performing, multi-disciplinary, engaged, and resilient team that prides itself on our:

  • legal professional excellence and creativity;
  • role and reputation;
  • team spirit, ethos, and values; and
  • individual development and wellbeing.
  • While the workload can be demanding and there may be times of pressure, the AGO is committed to staff wellbeing and ensuring colleagues have all the support and resources they need to succeed and ensuring our staff maintain a healthy work-life balance. AGO operates a hybrid working policy where there is a requirement of 60% office attendance. AGO supports the Civil Service vision of being recognised as the UK's most inclusive employer, by setting stretching diversity and equality objectives for our organisation., The Attorney General's Office is a fast paced and high-profile place to work. This is an opportunity to join a high performing, friendly team, with a varied, and challenging remit. The successful applicants will be part of the Policy and Sponsorship Team. This includes working across Whitehall to help shape policy being led by other government departments. The roles also include preparing the Law Officers for parliamentary scrutiny delivered both via Oral Questions in the House of Commons and any committee appearances. These posts offer significant development opportunities through an unrivalled level of exposure to ministers and senior officials (both internally and within the legal professions). They also offer opportunities to work closely with other teams in the department (notably Private Offices and Press Office), and significant cross-Whitehall working. This role will lead on supporting the Law Officers in their role as Head of the Legal Profession. This position plays a critical role in facilitating strategic engagement with key legal professional bodies and ensuring that the Law Officers are well informed of the professions perspectives on government policy. Regularly briefing the Law Officers' is a fundamental aspect of these roles. You will be able to develop your ability to ministerially brief both verbally and in writing and will be supported by the G7 Policy Leads when doing so. The roles require an ability to quickly build knowledge of your portfolio and the organisational context of the Law Officers' Department you are working with. Main responsibilities: + Coordinate and support regular meetings between the Law Officer and leaders of key legal bodies, including the Judiciary, Bar Council, Criminal Bar Association, The Law Society, and Circuit Leaders. + Prepare briefing materials, speeches, agendas, and follow-up actions to ensure productive dialogue and continuity in relationships. + Capture and synthesise concerns raised by professional bodies to inform the Law Officer's understanding of the impact of government policy on the legal profession. + Draft summaries, reports, and recommendations to support ministerial decision-making and long-term strategic planning. + Support the development and maintenance of strong, trust-based relationships with key stakeholders in the legal profession. + Help navigate the effects of ministerial turnover by ensuring continuity in engagement and institutional memory. + Leverage the Attorney General's existing relationships to deepen collaboration with the profession and advance shared objectives. + Provide full secretariat support to the Attorney General's Pro Bono Committee, including scheduling meetings, preparing agendas and papers, taking minutes, and tracking actions. + Liaise with committee members and stakeholders to support the delivery of pro bono initiatives and promote access to justice., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: + Delivering at Pace + Communicating and Influencing + Making Effective Decisions, Behaviours: + Delivering at Pace (Lead Behaviour) + Communicating and Influencing + Making Effective Decisions Your application will be sifted by an AGO panel. In the event that we receive a high number of applications, an initial sift will be carried out on the lead behaviour: Delivering at pace. Interviews will take place virtually week commencing Monday 14th July 2025. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window). See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). 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) (opens in a new window) + 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 (opens in a new window)

    + Able to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, to a wide range of stakeholders/audiences, including Ministers and senior officials. + Able to prioritise effectively across a broad portfolio and range of responsibilities, demonstrating a flexible and proactive approach and quickly able to get up to speed on new/emerging issues. + Able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including providing constructive challenge and scrutiny where required. + Able to see the bigger picture, building knowledge/awareness of how your work contributes to and fits in with wider Government priorities. Desirable Criteria: + Knowledge of the legal system + Experience briefing Ministers and Seniors The roles are very varied, and the job holder will need to adopt a proactive and flexible approach across a broad range of responsibilities. The posts are suitable for self-starting and highly motivated individuals able to provide high calibre support to the Law Officers'. This role is part of a high performing and fast paced team. Team members need to be flexible with their portfolios and responsibilities. As such, on occasion, successful candidates may be required to move onto other areas of work or change responsibilities as the need arises.

    Alongside your salary of £43,003, Attorney General's Office contributes £12,457 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. + Learning and development tailored to your role + An environment with flexible working options + A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity + A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% Contract Terms The successful candidate will need to hold or be in the process of gaining security clearance before being in post. Exceptional circumstances where SC may not be confirmed at time of starting will be dealt with on a case by case basis, but the continuation of post will rely on successful clearance being given. The vacancy will be filled on loan for an initial period of two years, with the possibility of an extension by mutual agreement. It is envisaged that the successful candidate will take up post within six - eight weeks of a job offer being made. If the incumbent is applying on temporary promotion, they will revert to their previous substantive grade and salary after the loan. There is the potential for permanent inward transfer, although this is by exception. Several criteria must be met concerning individual performance, business need and individual career development. A copy of AGO's policy on secondment extensions and inward transfers can be made available upon request. The transfer would be considered voluntary and so would not attract excess fares, travel costs or relocation costs. Please note, due to the nature of loan agreements and the necessary release of staff into a new role, candidates will be required to discuss the loan and transfer with management at their home department prior to application. We will require confirmation that you have discussed this with management and they are content to release you into a new role, upon acceptance of any role. Please note that any move across the Civil Service on or after October 2018 may have implications on an employee's ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible to claim tax free childcare. Salary Existing civil servants on level transfer will retain their current basic salary if it is within the AGO pay range. If your salary is higher than AGO maxima you will be placed on the maxima of the pay range and receive the difference as a mark-time allowance, if agreed by HR. Where your salary is below AGO's minima you will be raised to the minima of the pay range £43,003. Any reserved rights to London Weighting or associated London allowances, will be consolidated into basic salary before the uplift to AGO's minima. Any other allowances will not be retained on moving to AGO. If this results in your salary exceeding the pay range maxima, you will retain the difference on a mark-time basis. On promotion there will be an increase of 10% to your current basic salary, or move to the pay range minima, whichever is the highest. If you are in receipt of any reserved rights to London Weighting or associated London allowances, these will be consolidated after applying the 10% promotion calculation. After this calculation if your salary is below the minima of the pay range, you will be moved to the minima of the pay range. Any other allowances will not be retained on promotion. Hours and Holiday You will be expected to work a 5-day week of 37 hours (excluding lunch breaks). AGO is committed to flexible working, but business needs for some roles may limit the scope for particular working patterns. You are encouraged to contact the relevant manager to discuss the position for specific roles. The annual leave allowance for those who joined the Civil Service before 1st July 2013 is 26.5 days per annum, and then 31.5 days after 5 years' service, plus 9 public and privilege days. For those who joined the Civil Service on or after 1st July 2013, or those on modernised terms and conditions, the annual leave allowance is 25 days rising to 30 days, plus 9 public and privilege days.

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