• Job Description

  Req#: JR1294

  Closing Date:

  08/11/2023

  Group:

  Online Safety Group

  Management Level:

  Associate

  Job Type:

  Permanent

  Job Description:

  Please note that this role will close at 00:01 on Wednesday the 8th of November, and therefore we advise getting your application in no later than midnight on Tuesday the 7th of November.

  About Ofcom

  Ofcom is the regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day. We make sure people get the best from their broadband, home phone and mobile services, as well as keeping an eye on TV and radio.

  Our culture is clear - we live by our values: Empowerment; Excellence; Collaboration; Agility and Respect. These define how we work to deliver our purpose, now and in the future. The behaviours which support these values set the path for a fully inclusive and innovative culture at Ofcom.

  We focus not only on what we do, but how we do it. We pride ourselves on being an organisation of people who genuinely care about helping others.

  About the Team

  This role sits within Ofcom’s Online Safety Policy Development Team. Almost every part of our lives is now online. As well as bringing many benefits, there are also real risks posed online by harmful or illegalcontent and activity – from hate speech to bullying and harassment to child sexual exploitation, and more. The UK Government has appointed Ofcom as the new regulator for online safety. There has never been a more meaningful time to join Ofcom on our mission to create a safer life online.

  Purpose of the Role

  Our Policy Advisors support the development and delivery of our programme of policy work and are central to the success of the regime and delivering improved outcomes for users online. We are interested in applications from both generalists and subject-matter experts in one or more of the following types of illegal content and activity: online hate, terrorism, and incitement; suicide, self-harm and eating disorders; the sale of guns, weapons and drugs; and human trafficking and modern slavery.

  Please note that this role may involve some research or policy development in areas such as preventing hate and terrorism, online child sexual abuse, material promoting suicide or self-harm, or other potentially sensitive and/or distressing topics.

  Key responsibilities

  • Provide support for policy leads in the Policy Development team to develop and deliver one or more areas of online safety policy
  • Solve complex policy problems by gathering information, completing analysis, and distilling findings to identify options for improving online safety
  • Project manage the delivery of key policy products in collaboration with cross-functional colleagues from across Online Safety programme
  • Support the work of senior colleagues as needed to help ensure we deliver against our priorities
  • Ensure the delivery of clear, concise and focused documents, such as briefings and research reports, for internal use or external publication
  • Build and maintain effective relationships with teams across Ofcom that work with us, ensuring they are updated, included and feel heard
  • Support engagement with relevant external online stakeholders.
  • Develop and foster online expertise across Ofcom’s online safety programme and keep across online trends and technological developments

  Skills, Knowledge and experience

  • Keen interest and/or practical knowledge of emerging online safety regulation in the UK and beyond – and Ofcom’s mission to create a safer life online for people in the UK
  • Experience of working within a project environment with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including planning and project management
  • Analytical skills, including conducting research and analysis into complex issues to help solve problems and find solutions
  • Interpersonal and communication skills, including experience in confidently presenting complex ideas to different audiences
  • Drafting skills, with a focus on producing clear, concise documents for internal use or external publication. Able to coach others to develop drafting skills
  • Experience in building and managing constructive internal and external relationships
  • Ability to prioritise your own and others’ work in line with the broader priorities of the team
  • Agility in adapting to emerging priorities and shifting focus as needed in a dynamic team

  If you are interested in the role, please submit your CV and a covering letter (up to 500 words) explaining your relevant skills, knowledge and experience . PLEASE NOTE: You can upload more than one document in Workday when uploading your CV.

  Ofcom is a forward-thinking, inclusive employer and recognises the value of diversity to truly “make communications work for everyone”. Here at Ofcom, our vision is to ensure people are part of an environment when they can truly strive and be themselves, therefore we aim to recruit from the widest pool of candidates possible – irrespective of social background, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender or disability. We are an organisation that strives to be truly representative of the whole of the UK and our aim is to be an employer of choice for everyone.

  We champion flexible working and so wherever possible we support flexible working patterns including job shares.

  
  As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meets the minimum selection criteria of the role as outlined in the job specification, if applicants would like to be considered under this scheme. We pride ourselves on ensuring all candidates are treated fairly throughout the application and selection process including making our process as accessible as possible. You can find more information on the scheme here. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/jobs/disability-confident-scheme

  
  Should you require any adjustments to be made, please do contact us directly at resourcing@ofcom.org.uk or call 0330 912 1378

• About the company

  Ofcom has wide-ranging powers across the television, radio, telecoms and postal sectors.

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