Senior Policy Officer - Greater London Authority

We are looking to recruit 2 policy officers for the Greater London Authority, the roles are explained below. Please note which role you would feel is most suited to you:

Role 1:

• Leading the GLA’s work on employment support for Londoners

o Working closely with GLA Economics, London Councils, Sub-Regional Partnerships, the Department for Work and Pensions and Jobcentre Plus, and other stakeholders to shape the Mayor’s employment support agenda.

o Providing briefings, conducting research, writing responses to Mayoral Questions, and other support relevant to the brief.

• Supporting the development of the Mayor, London Councils, Sub-Regional Partnerships and Jobcentre Plus’s No Wrong Door Programme

o Leading the development of a research specification to identify innovative changes to improve Londoners’ employment support user journeys.

• Supporting the delivery of the London Recovery Programme’s Helping Londoners into Good Work mission

o Supporting the development of our recovery mission – including writing briefings, developing content, coordinating input from colleagues across the unit to provide internal and external updates

Role 2:

• Lead comms and promo activity for publication of the Adult Education Roadmap, including:

o Organising roundtable(s) with providers and other stakeholders

o Drafting blogs based on recently published GLA commissioned research

o Drafting comms materials such as newsletter and navigating related internal sign-off process

o Support with completing internal processes relating to publication of the Roadmap, including working with the internal design team and digital team.

• Coordinate external and internal engagement to support development of the AE Marketing and Community Outreach programme

o Provide secretariat for external steering group of marketing experts in FE sector

o Organise co-design workshops with communities and VCS organisations

o Coordinate input from teams across the GLA to shape the programme

o Support scoping and development of a small grants programme to VCS organisations to increase take-up of AE in disadvantaged communities

• Support with stakeholder comms, especially to VCS and community organisations

o Drafting and sending out comms to VCS stakeholders / leading on a VCS newsletter

o Provide secretariat for a new VCS external advisory group or small providers group

o Promote results from consultation and engagement activity with stakeholders and with internal teams at the GLA

o Work with internal teams to align the Skills and Employment community engagement approach with other engagement work at the GLA