An Interim Head of Policy is being sought to lead the strategic development of the UK’s financial capability strategy. This is a critical role in high profile policy area that has had input from Government, regulators, charities and the financial services industry working together to improve the nation’s financial capability for over a decade.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Coordinating and driving forward UK initiatives to develop the UK's level of financial capability;
- Working in partnership with multiple stakeholders to ensure the collation and dissemination of work;
- Liaising with bodies, statutory and otherwise, from countries working to develop financial capability;
- Develop 'community of practice' model to ensure insight and understanding is continually pushed forward and fed into established international networks;
- Facilitating and managing the organisation’s policy development pipelines;
- Advocating policy positions across the organisation;
- Leading the interface with political and industrial stakeholders, ensuring appropriate representation of the Service.
To be considered, candidates must be able to demonstrate the following:
- A track record of senior strategic public policy development, ideally with exposure to the financial services industry;
- An in-depth understanding of the UK’s political structure and networks including the devolved nations;
- Demonstrable appreciation of the importance of market insight and evidence gathering from consumer, stakeholder and industry sources and how corporate strategy and processes benefit from this;
- Corporate strategy development experience;
- Excellent communication skills with the gravitas and credibility to influence a complex network of internal and external stakeholders (Government, regulators, industry, charities etc…);
- Extensive experience of leading high performing teams.
This is a unique opportunity to take the lead on a high profile, national strategic policy brief that will have wide reaching implications for the entire nation.