About the job

Summary

The Conservative manifesto committed to legislate to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online – protecting children from online abuse and harms, protecting the most vulnerable from accessing harmful content, and ensuring there is no safe space for terrorists to hide online. This commitment sits at the heart of DCMS’ objective to make sure that the internet works for everyone - businesses, citizens and society as a whole.

The Security and Online Harms Directorate takes a leading role in tackling a diverse range of online harms and broader internet policies including disinformation, online counter terrorism, the regulatory responsibilities of platforms, child online safety and international and EU exit issues.

We are recruiting for 1 policy role across the directorate to join our team to work in an exciting and important area:

Regulatory Policy Advisor

Job description

The Queen’s speech in December 2019 set out the Government’s intention to develop legislation to implement a new, world-leading regulatory framework to tackle online harms.

The Government takes the issue of disinformation seriously and has established the Counter Disinformation Unit led by DCMS. The Unit works across Government to deliver a comprehensive and coordinated response to the issue of disinformation, and key risks such as democratic events and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Security and Online Harms directorate is looking to recruit 1 Band B to work on:

Regulatory Policy Team

The directorate is a friendly, supportive environment; we are looking for ambitious Band Bs who are ready to lead on challenging and busy workstreams.

Please note that whilst this recruitment is for 1 post, it’s possible that some other Band B posts in the directorate may become available around the time of interview, so the number of posts that we are recruiting for may increase.

You will need to demonstrate your skills and experience against the following criteria:

Essential Requirements

-You will also need to be able to build strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders and be be comfortable with managing conflicting opinions and priorities.

-Ability to quickly pick up, navigate and investigate complex concepts, and to source information efficiently.

-Ability to make effective decisions and provide clear, concise summaries and advice, including weighing up evidence and explaining complex ideas simply.

-You will have excellent organisational skills and be able to deliver high quality work at pace.

-The ideal candidate will need strong written and oral communication skills, and be able to clearly and confidently brief Ministers and seniors.

Desirable Skills

Experience of having worked on digital policy desirable (but not essential).

Responsibilities

Some of your responsibilities will include:

-Working to develop legislation, to build support for our proposals across the board, and to help the upcoming Bill through Parliament.

-Engaging with a range of stakeholders across DCMS, other government departments, civil society, the tech sector and regulators.

-Research and analysis of key issues.

-Understanding the technical concepts underpinning policy, Ministerial aims and stakeholder views to make recommendations that meet policy objectives and that are fit for the future.

-Drafting high quality products and briefings for senior officials, Ministers, and international partners.

-Support the development of innovative policy approaches for a variety of complex issues.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace