Policy Legal

📝 Opportunity: Policy Legal
💲 Salary/Rate: £350 - £ 450 per day (inside IR35)
📍 Location: Hybrid London
⏱️ Contract Duration: until 31/8/24

We are currently looking for a HEO Policy Legal for our government client. This HEO Policy Legal role is hybrid, based between working on site in central London 1-3 days per week, and the remainder of the week working remotely. There will also be an induction week in the office. Candidates need to be based locally.

The contract for the HEO Policy Legal position is initially until 31/8/24 with potential to extend, offering a daily rate within the range of £ 350 to £ 450, operating inside IR35.

Security Clearance: Security Check ("SC Clearance")

This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role, it will now be based on an Umbrella solution.

Role Profile/Responsibilities:

• Law degree / LPC
• Experienced in document redaction.
• Civil litigation - disclosure & redaction.
• Communication / stakeholder management skills.
• Civil service / MoD / Home Office / FCDO - desirable experience.
• Policy or secretariat work within HMG.
• Advising on legal policy matters.
• Providing policy input; ensuring that the policy develops to meet client needs, is well understood, coordinated and is correctly applied by the team.
• Building a strong relationship with policy colleagues, ensuring that the policies of all Departments are aligned.
• Analysing a broad range of complex inputs and preparation of clear advice to prepare ministerial, legal and senior advice and briefings as per the strategic, operational and legal direction required within the Directorate.
• Engaging with the rest of the policy team, the Senior Leadership team, including the relevant Deputy-Directors, so they are aware of issues and can provide senior input to decision-making.
• Identifying pertinent information from case working and eligibility files to clearly articulate how and why decisions were made regarding an applicant's case and across wider cohorts.
• Ensuring good information management practices.
• Producing briefings for current issues such as high-profile cases.
• Leading for the team on dismissals litigation and linking in with other teams on this topic.
• Liaising with cross-government representatives and resettlement legal issues.
• Ensuring coherence of outputs across teams.
• Keeping track of key deadlines as part of a busy portfolio and prioritising within this, to ensure client equities are protected.
• Deputising for the G7 Assistant Head as and when required.
• Line Managing Policy Support Officers as needed.

If you are interested in the above role, please click Apply Now and send a CV for quick review.

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Circle and our Client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. Our client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, they guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where they have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, they will interview the best candidates from within that group. If you qualify, please notify us on igs [at] circlerecruitment [dot] com. We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your guaranteed interview. Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a better way for us to communicate, please do let us know.

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