About the job

Job summary

Are you ready to shape and influence the digital markets sector? We are seeking a dedicated Senior Digital Markets Adviser to join our innovative Digital Markets Unit (DMU). This position offers an exciting opportunity to support a pro-competition digital markets regime that will benefit both consumers and businesses in the UK.

About the CMA

We help people, businesses, and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. Our work is wide ranging, ambitious and often new and challenging.

The DMU has been established to promote greater competition and innovation in digital markets, for the benefit of consumers and people. Our work focuses on some of the most important digital markets used by consumers and business in the UK, like online search, social media, app stores and online marketplaces.

It is an exciting time to join the DMU – we are passionate about what we do and offer a supportive environment, with opportunities to be involved in a wide range of interesting work.

We are also recruiting for a Senior Project Officer, Digital Markets for which you would need to make a separate application.

The DMU will host a drop-in session for prospective candidates interested in working for the CMA. Candidates are invited to join a virtual session where the team will explain the work of the DMU and you can hear from existing team members about their experiences. Recruiting managers will be on hand to ask any questions you may have about the vacancies in team.  

We will run the session over Microsoft Teams from 5.30 pm on 6.30 pm on 4 June 2024, to register your interest please visit - Live Q&A Event: working in the CMA’s Digital Markets Unit Tickets, Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 5:30 PM , Eventbrite.

You can read more about working at the CMA in our candidate pack.

Job description

As a Senior Digital Markets Adviser, you will lead and contribute to the delivery of the CMA’s pro-competition digital markets regime. You will collaborate closely with economists, legal professionals, and business and finance advisers as part of a multidisciplinary team. Your role will involve working on substantive assessments and investigations to evaluate Strategic Market Status (SMS), setting rules for digital firms, monitoring compliance, and engaging in broader strategy and stakeholder work. This is a dynamic role that requires a keen eye for detail and the ability to manage multiple high-profile projects simultaneously.

Person specification

It is essential that you can provide evidence and examples for each of the following selection criteria in your application. For tips on how to make the most your application, please have a look at our guidance document.

Essential:

• Experience researching, analysing documents and drawing together different sources of information to develop and draft recommendations and progress work (lead criteria).
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to deliver tasks by working with others within challenging timescales, reprioritising where necessary and ensuring decisions are made at the appropriate level (lead criteria).
• Experience building relationships with stakeholders, both internal and external, including those from other professional backgrounds.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences (verbal and written), tailoring communications appropriately and securing buy-in to ideas.

Desirable

• Regulatory, legal or investigatory case management experience (i.e. progressing workstreams according to legal related or statutory timeframes).
• Previous experience or roles in the following fields could be beneficial: management and delivery, analytical, research, policy, government, regulatory, or economics.  

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £46,000, Competition & Markets Authority contributes £12,420 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

The selection process will comprise of the sift (CV & application review) and interview.

 An initial sift based on lead criteria 1 and 2 may be held if a large number of applications are received.

If your application then progresses to a full sift, all elements of the essential criteria listed under Person Specification of the role profile will then be considered.

The sift will take place week commencing Monday 17 June 2024.

If your application is successful, you will be invited to attend an interview.

This will be a 45-60 minute panel interview, where you will be asked behaviour-based questions based on the behaviours and experience specified in the role profile.

Please note that interviews will be held virtually via MS Teams.

The first part of interview will comprise of a presentation or written assessment, the topic of which will be shared with you should you be selected for an interview and advance preparation may be required.

You will be notified via email to log-in to your Civil Service Account to book your interview slot. You will then be sent an email with full details of your arrangements for interview.

Interviews are expected to be held week commencing Monday 1 July 2024.

Reasonable adjustments:

In order for a person with disabilities not to be put at a disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process.
For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you are deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.