Senior Policy Officer

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Job description

Working life doesn't always have to be 'nine to five' and we support flexible working wherever possible. No promises, but please chat to our resourcing team about the flexibility we could offer for this role.

We are continuing to review our ways of working, and our return to our offices in the coming months will be gradual and considered, with the well-being of our teams as our primary focus as well as moving forward with incorporating remote working into our future.

About us

Our vision is safe, effective and kind nursing and midwifery that improves everyone's health and wellbeing. As the professional regulator of more than 725,000 nursing and midwifery professionals, we have an important role to play in making this a reality.

Our core role is to regulate. First, we promote high professional standards for nurses and midwives across the UK, and nursing associates in England. Second, we maintain the register of professionals eligible to practise. Third, we investigate when nursing or midwifery care goes wrong - something that affects less than one percent of professionals each year.

To regulate well, we support our professions and the public. We create resources and guidance that are useful throughout people's careers, helping them to deliver our standards in practice and address new challenges. We also support people involved in our investigations, and we're increasing our visibility so people feel engaged and empowered to shape our work.

Regulating and supporting our professions allows us to influence health and social care. We share intelligence from our regulatory activities and work with our partners to support workforce planning and sector-wide decision making. We use our voice to speak up for a healthy and inclusive working environment for our professions.

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About the role

This role is part of the policy and legislation team which sits within the Professional Regulation Directorate. The function of the team is to support the delivery of the NMC regulatory reform and Fitness to Practise improvement programmes and take forward policy and guidance initiatives to help deliver the NMC's strategic aims.

As a Senior Policy Officer you will play a pivotal role in developing and reviewing accessible policies and guidance that take account of stakeholder views and ensure that the directorate operates in line with current NMC strategy, values and legal obligations.

You will be responsible for the team's governance relating to published guidance and will lead on engagement arrangements as well as be responsible for communicating policy and guidance initiatives to the directorate.

You will draft responses to external consultations which represent the NMC's strategy and will draft briefing papers for senior members of staff on emerging policy issues and will conduct and commission research.

You will also support the team with the regulatory reform programme

About you

Skills and experience required

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to plan and manage workloads and manage competing priorities
• Able to communicate and present concepts and developments to a range of audiences in a succinct and appropriate manner
• Excellent understanding of evidence-based policy development and of using strong analytical skills
• Experience of implementing projects and analysing their outcomes
• Experience of building effective networks across internal and external stakeholders across teams, departments and organisations in a collaborative manner
• Able to write clear, concise and accurate policy and guidance documents to a high standard.

Experience of ensuring governance arrangements are fulfilled is also desirable, but not essential.

To apply

For more information about the role please read the job description and the person specification.

Please click on the apply button at the top or bottom of this advert, where you will be taken through our application process and asked to submit your experience in line with the criteria detailed in our person specification, the job description and advert. Please note, we do not accept incomplete applications or CV's as part of our application process.

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Closing date for completed applications: 13th December 2021

Interview Date: 11th January 2022