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SalaryContract: Fixed Term Contracts (1x 24 months and 1 x 18 months)
The General Dental Council is making important changes to how we work to protect dental patients and maintain public confidence in the dental profession. To help us do this we are growing our policy team by recruiting Policy Managers. With the support of our experienced team, these posts offer an excellent opportunity to develop your policy making skills and help shape an essential public service.
As a Policy Manager, you will work with colleagues to plan and deliver complex policy projects. You will build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and be responsible for keeping parts of the GDC’s regulatory policy framework up to date.
Policy Managers are overseen by Heads of particular policy areas and an Associate Director of Policy and Research who steers the work of the whole team. The team sits within the Strategy Directorate which includes Research, Education and Communications and Engagement teams.
We have a one fixed term contract to manage our work to develop a new lifelong learning scheme for dental professionals (24 month contract) and another to identify and effect improvements to our registration policies and processes (18 month contract).
About you
We are looking for candidates with experience of developing policy within a complex environment, combined with excellent project management, problem solving and communication skills. Your experience will include working with others to understand the potential impact and implications of emerging strategy and policy,
and in developing robust solutions to complex issues.
About us
Our primary purpose is to protect the public and maintain public confidence in dental services. To achieve this, we register qualified dental professionals, set standards for the dental team, investigate complaints about dental professionals' fitness to practise, and work to ensure the quality of dental education.
Our work matters and so do our people. We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion by recruiting and strengthening our teams with team members from different backgrounds, life experiences and viewpoints.
How to apply:
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The closing date for applications is 23:59 on 08 April 2024.
