Senior Policy Advisor, Creative Industries Skills

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• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Manchester

About the job

Job summary

The Creative Industries team in DCMS is a friendly, dynamic team of 28 people working on a fast-paced, high profile and hugely interesting policy agenda.

Our team works closely with industry to deliver the goals set out by Government focused on driving growth, building talent, and ensuring the creative industries continue to benefit individuals, communities, the environment and the UK.

Creative industry sectors we support include: film and high-end TV, video games and e-sports, music, publishing, fashion and design. We also develop policy related to cross-cutting areas including AI and innovation, R&D, investment, skills, trade and international activity.

See the Candidate Information Pack attached for further information.

Job description

This is a fast-paced and varied role in a small, high-performing team leading on creative skills policy. The team’s focus is on ensuring that all creative industries sectors have the education, skills and workforce they need to deliver sustained growth. The role involves working across DCMS and Whitehall, as well as with senior external stakeholders to deliver the industry and workforce ambitions of the Government. 

Current projects in the portfolio include leading the strategic development and delivery of the Creative Advisory Group (which supports post-16 technical education pathways into the Creative Industries), driving forward research into specialist creative education provision, and representing the interests of creative industries stakeholders in school-age creative skills policy development.

The post holder will:

• Work closely with industry, DCMS analysts, sector leads and other government departments (particularly the Department for Education) to ensure the education and skills ambitions of the Government are met.
• Provide expert analysis and policy development on current and future creative industry skills needs in order to support fiscal and non-fiscal proposals at Spending Review.

The post holder will have some task management responsibility of a policy advisor at EO level who works across the broader creative economy team. 

Person specification

The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience:

Essential requirements:

• Strong evidence of seeing the big picture, you will need to develop strategy and policy that is informed by political, social and economic considerations and analysis aligned with the wider Organisational agenda.
• Strong evidence of working together and encouraging joined up team work as well as establishing professional relationships with a range of stakeholders. Developing these relationships to enable collaboration and sharing of information, resources and support.
• Strong evidence of communicating and influencing clearly, using different communication styles to develop effective relationships with, advise and influence stakeholders across and outside organisations.
• Strong evidence of the ability to deliver at pace, prioritising successfully to ensure high quality work is delivered on time. Working through conflicting demands and positively influencing progress on the team’s top priorities.

Desirable skills:

• Experience and interest in culture and the creative industries
• Experience and interest in creative education and skills, including awareness of talent pipeline issues
• Ability to identify, analyse and assess a range of evidence to inform effective decisions

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Hayley Russell, and will take place on:

20th August, 1:30 – 2:00pm

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest by filling out this form and you will be sent an invitation. 

Behaviours

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,670, Department for Culture, Media and Sport contributes £10,912 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

DCMS values its staff and offers a wide range of benefits to everyone who works here. We’re committed to developing talent, and supporting colleagues to have great careers in our department. To support with that, some of the benefits we offer include:

• Flexible working arrangements and hybrid working – DCMS staff work on a flexible basis with time spent in offices, and time spent working from home
• 26.5 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 31.5 days after 5 years’ service
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
• Access to the Edenred employee benefits system which offers discounts to popular retailers and access to various useful resources such as financial and savings advice
• 3 days of paid volunteering leave
• Up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave
• Staff reward and recognition bonuses that operate throughout the year
• Occupational sick pay
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme which offers staff 24/7 confidential support and resources such as counselling, debt guidance and management advice
• Active and engaged staff networks to join including the LGBT+, Ethnic Diversity, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Gender Equality Networks
• Exceptional learning and development opportunities that you can explore alongside your day to day work
• Season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and much more!

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Hayley Russell
• Email : hayley.russell@dcms.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : dcmsrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

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If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact recruitment.team@dcms.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/civilservicerecruitmentcomplaints/

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