Senior Policy Advisor

Job Title: Senior Policy Advisor

Division: Supervision, Policy & Competition

Department: Regulatory Reform & Remedies Department

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £65,500 and London from £57,700 to £72,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
• This role is graded as: Senior Associate – Regulatory.
• Your recruitment contact is Riley via [email protected]. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.

About the FCA and team 

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.  

SPC oversees firms and individuals (supervision), creates and reviews the rules by which they operate (policy) and identifies and remedies ineffective competition in markets (competition).

Sitting in the Competition directorate, the Regulatory Reform and Remedies department comprises two specialist teams - one leading the FCA’s approach to its secondary competitiveness objective, and the other pioneering evidence-led intervention design and embedding advanced competition thinking into policymaking.

Role responsibilities

• Be part of the team responsible for the FCA’s policy positions on growth and competitiveness, and coordinating new growth ideas for the FCA
• Work on how the FCA embeds growth and competitiveness in all its work, including in rule-making, supervision, authorisations and through Strategy25
• External engagement on our Secondary international competitiveness and growth objective (SICGO), including drafting responses to ministers, the government’s remit letter, the FCA’s second SICGO report and metrics and publicising them, and Treasury Select Committee/House of Lords briefings for the CEO and Chair

Skills required:

Minimum:

• Prior Experience of policy making, within a regulator or wider Government body
• Demonstrable experience of drafting and presenting – you will be presenting to a wide range of stakeholders, both internal and external
• Prior Experience, a good understanding of, or a willingness to learn how the SICGO should operate. Keen interest in thinking about growth and competitiveness, and how regulation can influence it

Essential:

• Sound judgement under ambiguity and very tight deadlines
• Experience of prioritising well, quickly and continuously, since you will need to make timely judgements about impact and feasibility as highly time sensitive requests for support and briefings arrive

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors)
• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle

For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

Our values & culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.

We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.
 

Disability Confident: our hiring approach
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.
 

Useful information and timeline

• Advert Closing: Midnight, 3rd April
• CV Review/Shortlist: 7th April
• Case Study: From the 9th April
• Interviews: w/c 13th April
• Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.