About the job

Job summary

Senior Strategy Advisor

Salary: £43,116
Hours: Full Time / Part Time (Min 0.8 FTE)
Contract Type: Open Ended
Location: Swindon, Polaris House or London, Caxton House. (Very flexible hybrid working options available, only required in the office approximately twice a month)

Closing Date: Sunday 3 March 2024

Job Overview

The purpose of this role is to support UKRI’s ambitions for global mobility by supporting and leading programmes, strategy and policy development across UKRI and engaging across a range of internal UKRI and external stakeholders. The role will help build the evidence base to understand the impacts and trends of Global Mobility, including through UKRI’s own processes and explore how we innovate our activity to ensure our processes and activities align in supporting UKRI’s vision and the development of a positive UK R&I culture.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Developing options and advice, sometimes to rapid timescales, that will inform key decision making and support the development of policy.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across UKRI, Government and the R&I sector to ensure a joined-up and effective approach to Global Mobility
• Secretariat support for key initiatives including the Global Talent visa External Advisory Board, including the strategic development of their work and leading on key outputs. 
• Programme Management of the UKRI Temporary Worker (Government Authorised Exchange) scheme.

Person specification

About you

• Balance competing priorities and work to deadlines in a fast-paced policy environment, responding positively and often independently to shifting priorities
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Building strong collaborative relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• Able to address broad strategic questions based on evidence, and support the development of policy options creatively
• Communicate clearly and effectively, providing high-quality written and verbal advice to CEO level
• Experience working independently and leading on specific pieces of work
• Experience delivering and influencing through others, including through engagement with senior staff internally and externally 

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,116, UK Research and Innovation contributes £27 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Selection process details

How to Apply

Applicants are required to provide an up-to-date CV and a cover letter outlining their suitability for the role. Further information on how to apply is listed on our careers page

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Security

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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

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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.