Senior Policy Manager

Hours: Full-Time/Part-Time (Minimum 0.85 FTE) We understand the importance of work-life balance and are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities with candidates

Contract: Open Ended

Location: Polaris House, Swindon. (Hybrid working available including a minimum of 1 day a week in a UKRI office). This role may require occasional overnight travel. 

Job Overview

Join a dynamic team of 12 at UKRI, reporting to the Infrastructure Fund Programme Director Our team embraces a flexible and agile working style, allowing responsibilities to grow alongside evolving priorities. Over the next year, dive into refreshing the UK's Infrastructure Roadmap, collaborating with government, academia, and industry. Be ready to learn continuously and unleash your curiosity

As Senior Policy Manager for the Infrastructure Fund you will have responsibility for some cross-cutting areas of infrastructure policy across the Infrastructure Fund and associated programmes, as well as leading on some aspects of its delivery

Responsibilities

• Leading our mechanisms for providing strategic advice to UKRI on prioritising our investment portfolio, including managing the Infrastructure Advisory Committee (IAC), building relationships with its Chair and senior stakeholders and acting as first point of contact with IAC members
• Providing analysis and insights on current activities within the portfolio  
• Engaging and building relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally, including working with colleagues in the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology
• Providing policy briefings and reactive responses to urgent requests for information, for example, for ministerial visits and questions
• Working across UKRI and leading our input into cross-cutting policy activities that underpin the programme, such as leading our input into UKRI’s environmental sustainability work

About you

• Relevant degree or equivalent experience (S)
• Demonstrable interest in the role (S&I)
• Experience of identifying key stakeholders, selecting appropriate engagement methods and building important relationships at a variety of levels (S&I)
• Good written and oral communication skills, including experience of writing across different media such as briefings and websites (S&I)
• Good team working skills, including collaborating with colleagues to prioritise tasks and maximise resources, managing upwards and sideways (S&I)

To view the full job description please click apply and visit our careers page

Benefits

We recognise and value our employees as individuals and aim to provide a favourable pay and rewards package! We are committed to supporting employees’ development and promote a culture of continuous learning! A list of benefits below;

• An outstanding defined benefit pension scheme
• 30 days’ annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent)
• Employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities
• Employee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice
• Flexible working options

Please click here for more details https://www.discover.ukri.org/benefits-of-working-at-ukri/index.html

How to Apply

Applicants are required to provide an up-to-date CV and a cover letter outlining their suitability for the role (via the ‘Apply’ button above). Further information on how to apply is listed on our careers page

Advert information