Overview
Strategy and Policy Officer – 0
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
Are you looking for a position where you can make a real difference locally within Cambridgeshire?
Are you passionate about improving local services and improving policy at Cambridgeshire County Council?
Cambridgeshire County Council is on an ambitious journey to embed a culture where evidence and insight drive the decisions that improve services and change lives. We’re looking for a Strategy and Policy Officer to play an important role in delivering that vision.
Reporting to the Strategy and Policy Manager, you’ll ensure that robust evidence on new policy interventions is captured, tracked and reported, so that policies and strategies are examined to assess their effectiveness.
The role will sit within Cambridgeshire County Council’s newly formed Policy, Performance & Intelligence Service, who provide data, analysis insight and policy expertise to support the operational management and strategic planning of services.
We are a family-friendly employer and will be happy to negotiate on working arrangements to achieve a good work / life balance.
The role is currently available on a fixed term basis for 9 months with the option of flexibility from full-time to a minimum 30 hours per week, with a provision for home working.
Please refer to the person specification when completing your supporting statement, as applications will be shortlisted against the required experience, knowledge, and skills of the role.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Hannah Parkinson, Strategy and Policy Manager, at Hannah.Parkinson@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
About you
We are looking for an individual who can develop evidence-based strategies and policies. You’ll bring:
- Awareness of the National and Local Government agenda, including policy agenda, current issues and challenges
- Ability to gather local information from a range of sources and using it to inform the development of strategies and policies
- Awareness of a range of evaluation frameworks and methodologies
- Ability to approach problem solving in a creative and insightful way to provide innovative solutions
- Skilled at writing and supporting the preparation of papers, with the ability to identify and adapt to meet the needs of a range of audiences
- Ability to work at fast pace to deadlines and be proactive
Good communication skills, both oral and written, are essential for this role, as the post holder will need the ability to interpret and explain complex issues to a wide range of audiences, presenting findings in a clear and meaningful way.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
