Job Details:
Salary range: GBP 54,684 : GBP 60,795 per annum
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: 2 x Permanent
Politically Restricted post: Yes
Closing date: 30 June 2025
Interview date: Week commencing 7 July 2025
About Us:
THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF DAPHNE'S INSIGHT
Corporate Services in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where passionate and expert professionals go above and beyond for their colleagues every day.
Daphne, our champion for people with learning difficulties, is a real beacon. She doesn't just advocate for colleagues with these difficulties, she teaches managers how to identify and understand the conditions and support their teams at work. Daphne has an innate ability to see the human behind every situation, helping them capitalise on strengths and overcome challenges to be their very best. With her empathy and expertise, she's a natural. But then, a lifetime of managing her own dyslexia and dyspraxia brings with it unique insight. Our people : and ultimately residents : benefit every day.
Please view the extraordinary story of Daphne's Insight here.
The Role:
As Principal Policy Officer you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster's success. Working on a range of policies including busking, street trading and gambling on the licensing side : and homelessness, affordable housing and the private rented sector within housing policy : it will be your task to provide information and advice to officers across the council, members and the Executive Management Team. Working closely with a diverse range of colleagues as you contribute to our strategic objectives, you'll build a proactive and co:ordinated approach to evidence:based policy development and implementation using best practice from the commercial, public and voluntary sectors.
Leading the development and testing of special projects and pilots, you'll develop new service models based on robust business cases including partnerships, commissioned services, and community:led ideas. We'll also expect you to liaise, communicate and influence within the council, across partners, agencies and with the wider local and central government community to champion the council's approach to improving services.
But your work won't stop here : you'll help communities support themselves more independently, and contribute to cross:departmental and multi:disciplinary working for enriched outputs and activities. We'll also expect you to manage project teams, encouraging excellent performance by setting high standards, developing your colleagues' capabilities and supporting them to be productive and accountable for their decisions.
Please refer to the Job Descriptionfor more information.
About You:
With proven experience of multi:disciplinary policy or strategy development within a political environment, you'll have the skills to influence, provide advice and build excellent working relationships with senior managers, Council Members, communities, partner organisations, private sector providers, public agencies and statutory authorities. We'll expect you to have worked in a multi:disciplinary organisation with similar scope, complexity and resources to ours, and understand the consequences of the policies and decisions you'll make.
Committed to the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion, it's important that you have hands:on experience of working on government relations and lobbying campaigns, and of developing research strategies and delivering clear outcomes. A reliable and effective point of reference on complex issues relating to one or more of the business areas that affect the work we do, you should also be ready to develop strategies which ensure the council adheres to legal and local government requirements.
Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline, holding a professional qualification dir