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Reference: 96929

Date Added: 9 July 2025
Closing Date: 27 July 2025

Job Title: Senior Policy Adviser x4

Working For: The Electoral Commission

Location: London

Salary: £40,031 - £42,033

Length of Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Job Details

Job Title: Senior Policy Adviser x 4

Directorate: Policy, Research and Voter Engagement

Starting salary band: Band C: £40,031 - £42,033 per annum

Band C: £40,031 - £42,033 per annum depending on skills, experience and qualification.
Staff with the London Office as their work location will attract a London weighting allowance of £3,217 on top of their base salary.
Full time & Permanent: This role work on a Hybrid basis which requires a minimum of 2 days office attendance (40%).

Location: Preferred location is London as this is where majority of the team and stakeholders are based. We will consider applicants who can work from either Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast office locations, or full-time remote home working.

The Role

We have four exciting new vacancies in our Policy team. This is a unique opportunity to join us at a pivotal time, as we respond to a range of policy challenges and major new elections legislation across the UK. You’ll be part of delivering our new corporate plan and shaping the future of elections and political regulation.

As Senior Policy Adviser, you will act as the primary point of contact in relation to key policy areas and provide expert policy advice to leadership on a range of matters. You’ll lead on a range of policy areas related to electoral administration and political finance across the UK and internationally.

Your responsibilities will include leading flexible, high-quality policy analysis; analysing and commenting on draft legislation; briefing policy makers in Government and key internal stakeholders on reform proposals; planning and managing the delivery of key policy projects, often involving multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines.

You will be involved in research projects, monitor and report on the impact of significant changes to elections in the UK and internationally, and develop specialist knowledge about election law and policy, and innovative thinking about regulatory challenges of new campaign techniques.

For a full breakdown and more information, please visit our recruitment portal and download the job description before applying.

Closing Date: 27 July 2025

Interview/Start Dates

Shortlisting will take place week commencing 28 July 2025

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 11 August 2025

If successful- 2nd stage interviews will be held within a week of the first interview

Application Details

https://ce1002li.webitrent.com/ce1002li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?WVID=933737003x 

Website: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/

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