EO Policy Associate – Rosa Service Organisation

Details

Reference number

285240

Salary

£25,029 - £28,684 +(£2,000 London allowance/£1,750 Outer London Location allowance)

Job grade

Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

FCDO - DG Finance & Corporate

Type of role

Information Technology
Policy

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Homeworking

Number of jobs available

1

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About the job

Benefits

Things you need to know

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Location

East Kilbride, London

About the job

Job summary

Would you be interested in making a meaningful contribution to the UK’s national security, whilst enjoying an enviable work-life balance, 25 days holiday (rising to 30), all with the added benefits of a civil service pension scheme?

You’re home.

Whilst we sit in an established government department, the team structure and ethos is dynamic and agile, more akin to a modern tech start-up. We are pioneering new ways of delivering classified technology services across government, and we’re having fun doing it.

Job description

Rosa is a central government IT system that enables collaborative working at SECRET in a secure environment with the latest technologies. Rosa provides fixed and mobile SECRET collaboration tools and communications in 166 countries across the globe, allowing users to create and share data securely. This ground-breaking work is protecting our national security whilst enabling users to work in far better ways than any previous solutions have allowed in this space.

Joining the Rosa Security Group as a Policy Associate you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of policy issues that provide important strategic and governance support to the organistaion.

You will work as part of a team to build a healthy policy lifecycle across the organistaion from creation to implementation.

You will be expected to promote a strong security culture and act as a role model whilst building effective security processes.

This role will require you to work closely with internal and external stakeholders to understand the needs of our users and ensure our policies capture these for the successful delivery of our products and services.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of a growing team in a modern and flexible working environment. This is a varied and exciting role for an experienced, intelligent, and enthusiastic individual looking to drive forward the design and delivery of secure capabilities that will transform the Rosa Service.

Person specification

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain business-enabling policies and processes
• Engage with diverse stakeholders to understand the needs of users
• Demonstrate the ability to understand complex policy areas quickly
• Effectively organize and prioritise policy development and an accessible repository
• Draft policies bringing together all research and evidence-based decisions
• Identify effective data analytics to monitor policy compliance

Essential Skills

• Have great communication and interpersonal skills
• Have attention to detail and the ability to produce good quality written drafts
• Have excellent organisational skills, with ability to prioritise workloads whilst remaining flexible to new challenges
• Refined research skills with the ability to take a holistic approach to projects

Desirable Skills

• Be adept at resolving issues and collaborating with others to achieve our objectives
• An interest in cyber security
• Experience in policy development and an understanding of policy frameworks

Behaviours

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture

Benefits

• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

• We understand that people are at the heart of our success. We promote and encourage all our staff to follow continued professional development, offering our staff access to a range of learning and development opportunities.

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.

Step 1.

Please submit a CV outlining your employment history detailing your responsibilities, skills, accomplishments, plus your qualifications and relevant training. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.

Step 2.

A Suitability Statement using no more than 750 words outlining what you can bring to the role with your experience outlining your experience against the essential criteria above.

Step 3.

Additional Eligibility Questions. Answers to these questions will determine if you are eligible to apply.

Applications will be sifted anonymously so please remove any biographical data that would identify you.

As part of the online application process, you will be asked several diversity-related questions. If you do not wish to provide a declaration on any of the characteristics, you will have the option to select ‘prefer not to say’. The information you provide when submitting your application will help us monitor the Civil Service commitment to diversity and inclusion. You can refer to the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy for more information.

You will receive an acknowledgment of your application through the online process.

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 developed vetting (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

Open to UK nationals only.

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.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Jack Coyle Email : screcruitment@fcdo.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : screcruitment@fcdo.gov.uk

Further information

If you wish to make a complaint you should email HRDirectUK@fco.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the FCDO you can contact the Civil Service Commission.