• Salary: £56,655 per annum
• Grade: 10Contract type: Permanent
• Reference: GLA4187
• Interview date: To be confirmed
• Application closing date: Friday 14 October 2022 at 23:59 GMT

Are you interested in working with Assembly Members from across the political spectrum to hold the Mayor to account and investigate issues of importance to Londoners?

The London Assembly is looking for a talented senior policy researcher to join its highly-regarded scrutiny team, where you will be investigating some of the key challenges facing London and examining the Mayor’s policies to address them.

We are looking for someone with excellent research and analysis skills and experience of using them in a senior role. You should have the ability to create high quality written outputs, as well as experience working in a political environment or with politicians.

In this role, you will be responsible for leading the staff side of committee programming, including producing and delivering a wide-range of projects, research, briefings, reports and outputs for the London Assembly, its committees and its Members.

On a day to day basis, you will be liaising with politicians and their teams, gathering and analysing evidence from a range of sources, developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, and formulating credible recommendations for action.

On a day to day basis, you will be the senior Scrutiny team member responsible for advancing the Transport and Envionment Committees’ plans and programmes. This will include liaising with Chair, Members and their teams, developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, and managing a small team of policy advisers to produce high quality work and develop their skills.

There will also be a strong research element to the role as you will take direct leadership of complex investigations, gathering and analysing evidence from a range of sources and formulating credible recommendations for action.

You should have direct experience of research and policy work on at least one of the two subject areas of Transport and Environment.

This is an excellent opportunity to lead a committee staff on two critical committees in the London Assembly, and to gain valuable experience in dealing with a wide range of stakeholders inside and outside City Hall – including senior elected politicians.

If you enjoy creative thinking, working in a fast-paced, political environment, and have strong research and drafting skills, this job could be perfect for you.

Further information on working within the GLA core Secretariat can be found by watching the following video: : https://youtu.be/8TLVhKf7HSY

This job is ‘politically restricted’ under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989

This role will be based at City Hall, in the Royal Docks (Kamal Chunchie Way, London, E16 1ZE). GLA staff are hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices and remotely depending on their role. As part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office.

London's diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For more information on the GLA’s approach to Diversity and Inclusion, please see Diversity and our values | London City Hall

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share. In addition to a good salary package, we offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.

If you have a question about the role, please contact [email protected] or a question about the application process, please email [email protected] quoting reference GLA4187.

Please note we do not accept CV’s for this role. All applications for this vacancy must be submitted via our online recruitment system. To apply and to view a copy of the Job Description and Person specification, please click the "Apply Now" button below.