Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
Policy Adviser to the Mayor
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Mayor’s Office ¦ NJC 12 ¦ 0.8 FTE
About The Role
Working at the heart of the Mayor’s Office, we are looking for an experienced Policy Adviser to the Mayor to provide high-quality policy advice, analysis, and political insight across designated policy areas.
Reporting to the Chief of Staff, you will act as a key political and policy interface between the Mayor’s Office and Combined Authority teams. You will translate the Mayor’s priorities into effective policy, ensure the Mayor is well briefed on delivery, risks, and emerging issues, and develop clear communications around key priorities.
This is a high-profile role requiring strong political judgement, excellent analytical and communication skills, discretion, and the ability to work at pace across policy development, political advice, communications, and stakeholder engagement.
About You
You will have:
- Significant experience in a policy, political, public affairs, communications, government, or public sector environment.
- Strong experience advising senior political or organisational decision-makers.
- Excellent research, analytical, and policy development skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce concise and persuasive material for senior audiences.
- Experience drafting briefings, speeches, statements, policy papers, media responses, or similar material.
- Strong political awareness and judgement, including the ability to identify risks and opportunities.
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Experience of working with a Combined Authority, local authority, central government, Parliament, or an elected representative would be desirable, as would knowledge of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough region and experience within a Mayoral or devolved government environment.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse organisation where everyone can thrive.
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We are a Disability Confident employer and welcome applications from disabled candidates. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process. If you require an adjustment to support your application, please let us know.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and communities.
Please note: We do not currently offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications, so early application is encouraged.
If you have the policy expertise, political judgement, and communication skills to advise the Mayor and help shape priorities across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, we would welcome your application.
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