At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead policy development to support the Mayor's priorities for the West of England.
- Company: Join the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, making a real impact in your community.
- Benefits: Permanent role with opportunities for career growth and meaningful work.
- Other info: Engage with partners and government to ensure effective policy implementation.
- Why this job: Be part of a team that shapes regional policies and drives positive change.
- Qualifications: Experience in policy development and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 37800 - 46200 £ per year.
Policy Manager
The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) is seeking to appoint a Policy Manager, to join the Policy team.
Your key responsibilities in this role would be to ensure a focus on delivering the priorities of the Mayor to deliver for the West of England by:
- Leading the Policy input to the development of directorate plans, strategies, business cases and funding bids to ensure regional and Mayoral priorities are reflected and a single narrative flows through all that we do.
This role will cover all policy areas.
- Developing and owning strategic narrative on core areas of the work of the organisation.
- Using evidence to develop policy proposals, working with service leads to identify priority actions, drawing on the overarching organisational strategies and evidence and analysis provided by the Economic Analysis Team to ensure effective targeting of activity.
- What you’ll be doing: Leading on the development of policy proposals on cross cutting issues, in support of the delivery of regional and Mayoral priorities, coordinating the input of colleagues.
- Enabling effective partner engagement, including maintaining oversight of government engagement within areas of responsibility, ensuring consistency and visibility.
Why choose us?
This is an opportunity to make a real difference.
This is a permanent role, but we also have a fixed term, maternity cover role that focuses on transport.
There’s more information for you in the job description.
If you have any questions for the recruitment team you can contact us on Resourcing@westofengland-ca. gov. uk.
If you’d like to have an informal conversation about this opportunity with the manager who’s hiring, you can contact andy. reed@westofengland-ca. gov. uk.
The closing date for this role is midnight on Thursday 27th August 2026.
The interviews are planned to be held on Wednesday 9th September 2026 at our offices at 70 Redcliff St, Bristol BS1 6AL, but please note the date may change.
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Policy Manager employer: West of England Mayor
The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority offers a dynamic and supportive work environment, where the Mayoral Support Officer will play a crucial role in facilitating the Mayor's engagements and ensuring smooth operations within the office. Employees benefit from a collaborative culture that values professional development and continuous improvement, alongside the unique opportunity to contribute to impactful local governance. With a focus on high-quality support and a commitment to public service, this position provides meaningful work that directly influences the community.
