London Assembly

Senior Policy Adviser (Transport), London Assembly
Central London
£54,898 per annum

Are you interested in working with Assembly Members from across the political spectrum to hold the Mayor to account and investigate issues of importance to Londoners?

The London Assembly is looking for a talented individual to join its dynamic and highly-regarded scrutiny team, where you will be investigating some of the key challenges facing London and examining the Mayor’s policies to address them.

We are looking for someone with excellent analysis, project management and research skills, who has the ability to create high quality written outputs and has experience of working in a political environment or with politicians.

On a day to day basis, you will be liaising with politicians and their teams, gathering and analysing evidence from a range of sources, developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, and formulating credible policy recommendations for action. You will also be responsible for managing project teams for your policy areas, and ensuring that we deliver innovative, robust and high-quality work.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience in dealing with a wide range of stakeholders inside and outside City Hall – including senior elected politicians. If you enjoy creative thinking, working in a fast-paced, political environment, and have strong research and drafting skills, this job could be perfect for you.

Experience working in and knowledge of the transport policy area is essential.

This job is ‘politically restricted’ under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

This role will be based at City Hall, in the Royal Docks (Kamal Chunchie Way, London, E16 1ZE). At present GLA staff are working largely from home, with office space available. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be moving to hybrid working as part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share.

In addition to a good salary package, we offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.

If you have a question about the role, please contact Assistant Director of Scrutiny, [email protected]; or the recruitment process then please contact a member of the recruitment team via email on [email protected] quoting reference GLA4187.

To apply: please visit our website by clicking the link below: https://bit.ly/3uIkuU4

Application closing date: Sunday 13 March 2022 at 23:59 GMT.

London's diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to reflect this in all Board appointments. The aim is for the Royal Parks Board to contain a broad range of experience and reflect London’s diversity.  As such, we strongly welcome applications from underrepresented sections of the community, in terms of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, faith or disability.