Policy Manager - Systems and Primary Care team

Grade A - £52,737 (National Framework) or £58,139 (London Framework - if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) - There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £553 per annum for those working from home

Contracted Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week. Part-time, job-share, or compressed hours will be considered, please discuss with us.

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Home-based or Office based, flexible location

Closing date: Thursday 24th October 2024 at 11:59pm

This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?

When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind? For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement. If you would like to help us make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on.

Why this could be a great role for you....

Policy and strategy lead on the development of the CQC strategy and in the development of high-quality policy that enables CQC to delivery its strategic ambitions and regulate in a way that encourages improvement in the quality of care, meets our equality and human rights obligations, and shapes CQC's future role in the health and social care system.

We work closely and collaboratively with all parts of CQC, incorporating practical implications for delivery in our thinking. Success for us means that CQC is better able to do its work to assess quality, respond to risk and encourage improvement.

Reporting to a Deputy Director, Policy Managers play a critical role in the leadership of Policy and Strategy, leading areas of work and specific projects as well as line and/or matrix management of others in the team. There are also opportunities to also take leadership roles across the policy and strategy unit, for example in relation to wellbeing, inclusion and learning and development.

This role will be based in the Systems and Primary Care policy team, part of the wider Policy and Strategy unit. The role will have a focus on supporting policy development for CQC's regulation of primary health care services, especially General Practice. The role will also support cross-sector policy development on other regulatory issues, especially around integration of services and service pathways.

The role may include line management of one or more B grade Senior Policy Officer staff members, along with leading other project, team and unit development work as required.

What we can offer you...

Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through generous annual leave (starting at 27 days and rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays), a cycle to work scheme, discounted gym vouchers and access to a free employee assistance service 24 hours a day. We also understand the importance of financial health and offer membership of the NHS pension scheme, contributing about 14% of basic salary. You will also be able to access discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics, fleet cars, plus we also have an internal reward scheme which could see you earn yourself a voucher or two! All of our Homeworkers are also kitted out with everything they need to comfortably work from home.

We want to support you to succeed and be your very best, with opportunities for training and development along with the support of experienced managers and mentors.

We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.

What you will bring...

• A structured approach to solving complex problems and application of regulatory levers.

• You will be outcome-focused and evidence-based.

• Expertise in health and care policy, government priorities and relevant legislation.

• Strategic stakeholder relationship management and influencing.

• Ability to work flexibly and creatively across organisational, team and unit boundaries.

• Excellent communication skills - including formal papers, written briefings, presentations.

• Ability to drive and support continuous improvement in our regulation.

• Commitment to working in a way which advances our strategic priorities including

centering our regulation on the experiences of people, safety through learning,

encouraging improvement, reducing inequalities and protecting human rights

• Ability to use Horizon scanning to guide our future work.

Please see full Job Description here: 20240309 Policy Manager JD

For an informal discussion or further information about this role please contact the Hiring Manager - Matthew Tait - Deputy Director of Policy for Systems and Primary Care at [email protected] and for general enquiries contact [email protected]

Individual adjustments...

We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: [email protected]

CQC is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of: age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

For this role, we are particularly encouraging people from ethnically diverse communities and people with a disability to apply, who are currently under-represented at this level in the organisation.

Our Values

Excellence - Meeting our challenge to be a high-performing organisation

Caring - Treating everyone with dignity and respect

Integrity - Demonstrating our passion for 'doing the right thing'

Teamwork - Enabling us to be the best we can