Description
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government, responsible for setting, leading, and delivering the vision for a modern digital government.
The Accessibility and Digital Inclusion team within the GDS leads work to improve accessibility compliance, digital inclusion, and inclusive service design across government.
As a Senior Policy Advisor and Strategist, you will play a key role in shaping the future of accessibility and digital inclusion across government services. You will help develop the team's policy positions and strategic direction, ensuring accessibility and inclusion considerations are embedded within government digital transformation activity.
Key responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain policy positions relating to accessibility and inclusive public services
- Monitor government priorities, legislation, standards, and external developments to identify implications for the team’s work
- Produce high-quality policy advice, briefings, submissions, and responses to Parliamentary Questions and correspondence
- Analyse and translate complex evidence, user research, and system-level insights into clear recommendations for policy and delivery teams
- Build and maintain effective relationships with policy, digital delivery, and operational colleagues across government
Essential criteria:
- Experience developing policy, strategy, guidance, or recommendations
- Strong analytical skills
- Experience producing clear, concise written products
- Ability to translate complex information into practical recommendations
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities
Desirable criteria:
- Knowledge of accessibility legislation, standards, or policy
- Experience working on digital, technology, service transformation, or inclusion-related programmes
- Experience supporting ministerial business, parliamentary activity, or senior governance forums
Benefits:
- Salary of £44,620 - £52,090 per year
- Contribution to the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme
- Flexible working arrangements
- Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme
- Minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave
- Access to a range of retail, travel, and lifestyle employee discounts