Senior Policy Advisor

Location: Chelmsford, Essex.
Salary £350.00 per day.
Sector Corporate Services, Legal.
Contract Type: Interim.

Job Summary and responsibilities
Practice Guidance – Senior Policy Advisor 3-month short term contract 
The Children with Disabilities Team within Children’s Social Care at ECC recently developed a set of operational policies for its service and now needs to develop the supporting operational guidance.
There is an agreed format for the guidance and content will be dictated by policy and legislative requirements as well as the operational needs of the service.
We are looking for somebody who is politically aware and has a background of successfully drafting and delivering complex documents in a Social Care and Health settings. Excellent drafting skills are essential and evidence of these will form part of the selection criteria.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

·         Excellent interpersonal and drafting skills
·         Highly organised and self-motivated
·         Capable of working with minimum supervision
·         Able to work across organisational boundaries including Operational colleagues
·         Legal literate with good knowledge of Children’s Social Care legislation
·         Good stakeholder management
·         Ability to work flexibly
·         IT literate