West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Lead Policy Officer (Creative Industries)
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We currently have a fixed term vacancy for a Lead Policy Officer (with a background in Economic Policy) to join our Culture, Heritage and Sport team.
This is a new role opportunity in the Culture, Heritage and Sport team, for someone with an Economic Policy background.
The successful candidate will use their significant experience and expertise to play a key role within the team, contributing to the delivery and development of programmes of investment within West Yorkshire’s Creative Industries sector, supporting inclusive and sustainable growth and increasing the sector’s GVA contribution. This will include working across policy, investment, influencing, collaboration and convening, as well as championing the creative industries sector.
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The postholder will contribute to the delivery of key regional strategies, including the West Yorkshire Plan, Mayoral Pledges, the Local Growth Plan and the Creative Industries Cluster Action Plan.
The postholder will work closely with colleagues across the Inclusive Economy Directorate, particularly within Business and Innovation, and Education and Skills, as well as with wider Combined Authority teams including Research and Intelligence, Place, Marcomms and the Mayoral Office (e.g. preparing briefings, speeches and staffing creative industries sector events).
The postholder will also engage with a wide range of external partners, including the five West Yorkshire Local Authorities (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield), the British Business Bank, private investors, Higher Education Institutes, charitable trusts, philanthropists, and Arm’s Length Bodies such as AHRC and Innovate UK.
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