Policy Team Manager in Swansea

Can you use evidence and stakeholder insight from a range of sources to develop and influence effective policy?

Do you have experience leading a team to deliver high-quality strategic policy advice?

Are you someone who enjoys working collaboratively with different business areas?

If so, we'd love to hear from you!

This is an opportunity to play a key role in developing and delivering evidence-based policy that supports DVLA, DfT and the wider motoring landscape.

You will lead a team providing strategic policy advice to colleagues, senior officials, ministers and stakeholders, ensuring policies remain robust, legally compliant and aligned with organisational priorities. You will use research, data and stakeholder insight to review existing policies, shape new approaches and identify risks and opportunities.

Alongside your policy responsibilities, you will provide effective leadership to your team, champion continuous improvement and help deliver efficient, customer-focused services, with a particular emphasis on enabling digital solutions across the organisation.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here

• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday

• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Manage a team providing strategic policy advice to DVLA, DfT, ministers and stakeholders, ensuring compliance with legal frameworks, policy requirements and corporate objectives, while robustly defending DVLA's position where appropriate.
• Draft and oversee the delivery of high-quality ministerial submissions, briefings, PQ responses and policy correspondence, ensuring timely, politically aware advice for ministers, senior officials and government stakeholders.
• Develop and influence evidence based policy through:
  • Reviewing of existing policies and legislation.
  • Researching and reviewing of data/information from available sources (stakeholders, customers, agency business areas, ministers, MP’s, etc.)
  • Analysing and interpreting trend data, undertaking stakeholder engagement and consultation.
  • Clarifying policy positions and challenging precedents.
  • Adherence to appropriate Agency or governmental policies and practices for legislative change and spend approval.
  • Effective influence of implementation considering deregulatory measures to minimise the burden of change on customers, stakeholders and the industry.
• Instructing and liaising with lawyers on legislative changes arising from new or revised policies, supporting implementation through programme teams and stakeholder engagement to agreed timescales.
• To champion change and efficiency ensuring all are aware of and buy in to government, departmental and agency strategies with a focus on enabling digital services.
• Manage resource and staff effectively, ensuing that self and staff adhere to Health & Safety, Data Protection, absence management and security policies, and understand relevant employment law.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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Policy Team Manager

Company: Government Recruitment Service Salary: £37,090 to £37,090 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Swansea Job type: Permanent Posting date: 28 Oct 2026 Closing date: 9 Nov 2026

Summary

Can you use evidence and stakeholder insight from a range of sources to develop and influence effective policy?

Do you have experience leading a team to deliver high-quality strategic policy advice?

Are you someone who enjoys working collaboratively with different business areas?

If so, we'd love to hear from you!

This is an opportunity to play a key role in developing and delivering evidence-based policy that supports DVLA, DfT and the wider motoring landscape.

You will lead a team providing strategic policy advice to colleagues, senior officials, ministers and stakeholders, ensuring policies remain robust, legally compliant and aligned with organisational priorities. You will use research, data and stakeholder insight to review existing policies, shape new approaches and identify risks and opportunities.

Alongside your policy responsibilities, you will provide effective leadership to your team, champion continuous improvement and help deliver efficient, customer-focused services, with a particular emphasis on enabling digital solutions across the organisation.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here

• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday

• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about what it's like working at DVLA – Home | Civil Service Careers

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Manage a team providing strategic policy advice to DVLA, DfT, ministers and stakeholders, ensuring compliance with legal frameworks, policy requirements and corporate objectives, while robustly defending DVLA's position where appropriate.
• Draft and oversee the delivery of high-quality ministerial submissions, briefings, PQ responses and policy correspondence, ensuring timely, politically aware advice for ministers, senior officials and government stakeholders.
• Develop and influence evidence based policy through:
  • Reviewing of existing policies and legislation.
  • Researching and reviewing of data/information from available sources (stakeholders, customers, agency business areas, ministers, MP’s, etc.)
  • Analysing and interpreting trend data, undertaking stakeholder engagement and consultation.
  • Clarifying policy positions and challenging precedents.
  • Adherence to appropriate Agency or governmental policies and practices for legislative change and spend approval.
  • Effective influence of implementation considering deregulatory measures to minimise the burden of change on customers, stakeholders and the industry.
• Instructing and liaising with lawyers on legislative changes arising from new or revised policies, supporting implementation through programme teams and stakeholder engagement to agreed timescales.
• To champion change and efficiency ensuring all are aware of and buy in to government, departmental and agency strategies with a focus on enabling digital services.
• Manage resource and staff effectively, ensuing that self and staff adhere to Health & Safety, Data Protection, absence management and security policies, and understand relevant employment law.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions. #J-18808-Ljbffr