Head of Policy in Brighton

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract: 6 Months

Location: Brighton: Hybrid (8 days per month in the office)

The role and responsibilities

• Act as part of TPR's senior leadership team and contribute to the development of TPR.
• Be a visible leader: setting a vision for the team, taking an interest in work across the team and hold individuals to account.
• Be accountable for budget, KPIs, performance indicators and resource allocation.
• Provides assurance to Exco, TPR board, including ARAC and DWP that policy is made robustly.
• Deliver complex strategic and policy based regulatory projects to time, budget and quality.
• Support the team to deliver, ensuring they have right frameworks, tools, processes and resources.

The role criteria

• Experience of leading high performing policy teams.
• Demonstrate experience of building strong internal and external relationships and ability to leverage these to deliver policy objectives.
• Significant experience of delivering complex policy change within a government or similar regulatory policy-making environment, including complex delivery.
• Ability to be decisive and provide direction.
• Innovative, creative and bold in developing ideas and solutions for achieving our priorities.
• Experience of leading change.

The team

We are looking for a leader with the ability to inspire and develop a diverse team, who will bring their exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities to shape and deliver transformative pension policies that ensure long-term sustainability, fairness, and resilience that are at the forefront of TPR’s evolution and transformation, supporting the Director and executive committee to shape and lead the pensions regulatory agenda. The Pension Reform directorate is a new division of TPR responsible for supporting the development of the regulatory framework in savers’ interests and supporting evidence-based policy making which delivers good saver outcomes. It works within and leads multidisciplinary teams across TPR. The team works closely with our evidence and risk directorate to ensure our policy is evidence based, with our Digital and innovation teams to support flexibility, innovation and to advance our data strategy for TPR and savers; and with our market oversight and compliance and enforcement directorates to ensure our policies are rooted in practical implementation considerations and deliver impact.

TPR offers:

• Genuine opportunities for learning and development.
• Hybrid working and flexible shift patterns.
• A vibrant workplace with employee networks (Disability, Family, LGBT+, Minority Ethnic, Women’s).

Reward and benefits

We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme.

Our culture

TPR strives to be a high-performing organisation, and we prioritise our people's growth and well-being. We offer various learning, secondment and development opportunities, support flexible working, and foster a diverse and inclusive environment. Equality, diversity and inclusion is very important to us and we strive to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Our modern Brighton offices are in Telecom House overlooking Preston Park, they are over two floors of a shared building facility and when designed in 2023 we followed the government’s workplace design guide to ensure accessibility by design was achieved for our section. We’re proud to have a range of networks and opportunities to bring people together with supportive and safe spaces to connect with one another.

About The Pensions Regulator

With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation with real purpose and who are proud of their diverse range of skills and experience that positively impact on millions of people. Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe. Our Corporate Strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should continue to evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the pensions landscape. We believe diversity and inclusion are vital to good decision-making for positive saver outcomes. We’re committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and dynamic work environment where everyone can thrive; understanding the link between the work we do and its positive impact on society.

Applications

To avoid disappointment, we would invite you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can continue to provide a positive candidate experience, with each application being reviewed and considered. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications. Current TPR employees who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application. We welcome applications on a part time and job share basis.

Selection and interview

If you are shortlisted for interview, we’ll be in contact with you shortly after the closing date. We aim to respond to every application however due to the large volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention, and development of people with disabilities, and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the criteria outlined in the ‘what you will bring’ section will be offered an interview.

Diversity and inclusion

TPR is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace, creating an environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, enabling our people to feel supported, represented and do their best work. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with TPR.

Further information

Please visit our website to find out what it is like to work at TPR, our culture, interview process and our commitment to our employees. If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk.