Policy communication officer Work, Jobs in London (with Salaries)

Policy and Projects Officer
Department for Business and Trade —London
- £35,367 a year
- Part-time
- Analysis skills
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
9d
Taught Programmes Officer
Imperial College London —South Kensington
- £42,505 - £47,213 a year
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Microsoft Office
- Administrative experience
6d
Admissions Officer
Imperial College London —South Kensington
- £42,505 - £47,213 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Databases
- University
- Annual leave
12d
Policy Officer
Jeremy Coller Foundation —London
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Writing skills
- Research
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9d
Revenue Protection Officer
Amulet —Poplar
- £18.17 an hour
- Full-time
- English
- First Aid Certification
- Conflict management
- Annual leave
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5d
Welfare Advice Officer
Pinnacle Group —London
- £36,000 - £40,000 a year
- Analysis skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Witness Care Officer
Metropolitan Police —West Hampstead
- £33,219 - £36,228 a year
- Full-time
- Computer literacy
- English
- Computer skills
Policy Support and Engagement Officer (FTC)
Greater London Authority —London
- £43,278 - £49,622 a year
- Call to connect
- Organisational skills
13d
Student Support Officer
Oxford International Education Group —London
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- Administrative experience
- University
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9d
Alumni Engagement Volunteer Officer
Imperial College London —White City
- £48,246 - £58,318 a year
- Full-time
- CRM software
- University
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
2d
Quality and Locations Compliance Officer
Communitas Clinics —Croydon
- £35,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Office
- Administrative experience
- Continuous improvement
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Programme Support Officer
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology —London
- £39,850 - £43,020 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Administrative experience
- Presentation skills
- Continuous improvement
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
9d
Assessment and Curriculum Officer
Brunel University —London
- £34,588 - £41,292 a year
- Hybrid work
- Writing skills
- Microsoft Office
- University
- Annual leave
6d
Community Cohesion Engagement Officer (2 Years FTC)
Barnet Council —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- No degree
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Academic Support Officer
Oxford International Education Group —London
- £28,000 a year
- Weekend availability
- Microsoft Office
- Administrative experience
- Experience working with children
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Student recruitment officer / Course Advisor
Regent College London —London
- £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- CRM software
- Continuous improvement
- Recruiting
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Youth Employability Hub Progression Mentor
Millwall Community Trust —London
- From £13 an hour
- Part-time
- Writing skills
- Experience working with children
- Presentation skills
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Internet Intelligence & Investigations Officer
Competition & Markets Authority —London
- £39,500 - £43,950 a year
- Part-time
- Computer literacy
- Analysis skills
- Presentation skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Information Hub Support Officer
City of London Police —London
- £31,160 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Customer service
- Administrative experience
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
- Flexible schedule
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Press Officer – Features
MSF UK —London
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Policy and Projects Officer

Department for Business and Trade -
London

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Job details

Permanent | Part-time | Full-time
£35,367 a year
9 days ago

Benefits

Company pension
Childcare

Qualifications

Report writing
Report generation
Stakeholder liaison
Analysis skills
Presentation skills
Project schedule tracking
Communication skills
Project progress tracking

Full job description

Details

Reference number

474524

Salary

£35,367

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

DBT - DIME - Business Growth - This role is at the Office of the Small Business Commissioner (OSBC). The OSBC is an independent public body established by Government to tackle overdue payments and unfavourable payment practices in the private sector.

Type of role

Policy
Project Delivery

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
Benefits
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Location

Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford

About the job

Job summary

The Office of the Small Business Commissioner (OSBC) is seeking a driven Policy and Projects Officer to join our small, fast-paced team. This is a dynamic role focused on two core pillars: evidence-based research and hands-on project delivery. You will be the teams go-to resource for gathering qualitative and quantitative data alongside this you will drive the day-to-day coordination of high-profile projects. This includes tracking research across the payment landscape, managing logistics for industry roundtables, and coordinating national outreach events.

To excel in this post, you need to be highly organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing competing priorities. You should possess strong introductory research capabilities, with the ability to synthesize data into clear briefings. Additionally, you must have the practical project management skills required to maintain risk registers, track project actions, and interface confidently with external delivery partners.

Job description

Project Coordination: Drive the day-to-day delivery of core initiatives, tracking progress against project plans and ensuring milestones are met on schedule.

Research and Analysis: Conduct desk research and gather qualitative and quantitative data to identify emerging trends in late payment practices and supply chain behaviours.

Drafting Reports: Synthesize research findings, insights from the business community, and payment data into clear briefing notes and reports.

Stakeholder Engagement and Event Delivery Support: Act as a point of contact for external partners, and small business representatives to process project plans. Alongside supporting the practical coordination and logistics for the office's outreach events.

Team Support: Support the wider team as required with operational and administrative tasks, ensuring project documentation is accurate, organised, and audit-ready.

Person specification

Essential skills:

The below criteria are essential and will be assessed at application stage.

Proven experience coordinating projects or programmes, including tracking action logs, managing milestones, and ensuring timely delivery.
Strong analytical skills with a track record of gathering and evaluating quantitative and qualitative data from multiple sources to identify trends.
Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, accurate briefing notes, summaries, or reports.
Demonstrable experience managing the practical logistics, planning, and administrative operations for events.
Proven ability to manage competing priorities, work independently, and maintain meticulous attention to detail within a fast-paced environment.
Strong interpersonal skills with experience acting as a reliable point of contact for external partners, handling queries professionally, and building collaborative relationships.
Proficiency in using spreadsheet tools (like Excel) and software to organise data and manage stakeholders.

Desirable skills:

The below criteria are desirable only. These will not be assessed throughout the recruitment process, but will be used in the event of tied scores between candidates.

Experience working in an arms length body.
Knowledge of small business issues and payment practices.

Behaviours

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

Making Effective Decisions
Managing a Quality Service
Working Together
Delivering at Pace

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,367, Department for Business and Trade contributes £10,245 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fullycommitted to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attractapplications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in-person interviews by exception.

Please ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way.

To apply for this post, you will be asked to complete the following as part of the online application:

A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Provide employment history that relates to the essential criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages.
A Personal Statement of up to 500 words, explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential criteria.

Your application will be sifted against the Experience criteria of the Civil Service Success Profiles.

We aim to sift both the CV and the Personal Statement but, in the event of a large number of applicants, an initial short sift may be conducted on the Personal Statement only. Candidates who pass the initial sift of the Personal Statement will either progressed to a full sift where the CV is then assessed, or progressed straight to further assessment/interview.

Candidates who pass the sift will be invited to interview, where we will assess you on the Success Profiles elements of Behaviours.

Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. As part of your interview, you may be asked to deliver a presentation, details will be provided prior to your interview.

After the closing date It is likely that the sift will take place 1-2 weeks after the closing date and interviews 3-5 weeks after the closing date though this is subject to change.

Please note, following a recent change to the Machinery of Government, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) will be renamed to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) as of 20th July 2026. BIST will connect the UKs world-class science and technology base directly to the businesses, places and workers that will drive good growth across the country. Such changes will not affect the selection process for this campaign; however, we wanted to take this opportunity to advise you of the recent changes to our department.

You can find further information here regarding recent governmental changes Machinery of Government changes: Fact Sheet - GOV.UK.

Reasonable Adjustments

We are committed to supporting candidates so they can perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. This includes making reasonable adjustments to our process. In order to request an adjustment:

Complete the Assistance required section on the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process.

Alternatively contact the Government Recruitment Service at [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Please see attached Candidate Pack for further information on: Diversity and Inclusion; Benefits; Learning and Development; Working Patterns and what we deliver as a department.

Further Information:

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made. Reserve Lists will be for each location and appointments made in merit order based on location preferences.
Any move to the Department for Business and Trade from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments.
The Department will not consider sponsoring a visa or issuing a Certificate of Sponsorship. We are unable to offer advice on any Visa and Immigration cases.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty. Any applicant who has details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Terms and Conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Please note the successful candidate will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of 18 months before being released for another role.
Candidates that do not quite meet the standard for this role may be offered a position at a lower grade.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland/Access NI on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email [email protected]

For further information on the Access NI confidential checking service telephone: the Access NI Helpline on 0300 200 7888 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email [email protected]

Feedback

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Mia Rees
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles.
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DBT by email: [email protected].
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.
For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints.

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