Analyst, Retained EU Law, Consumer and Competition Policy London, England
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Our Mission
At BEIS, we are leading the UK’s recovery from coronavirus and are building a stronger, greener country. Our varied work makes a real difference to people across the UK and internationally. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of the BEIS team and our exciting mission!
We lead on the UK’s commitments to tackle climate change and drive green economic growth. We support businesses to create jobs and increase opportunity in regions across the UK. We also encourage investment and innovation to make the UK a science superpower producing research that will improve lives.
Our Inclusive Environment
We are building an inclusive culture to make BEIS a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.
We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.
We actively welcome applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion. We will fully support candidates with a disability or long-term condition who require adjustments in our recruitment process.
Job description
CCP is a great place to work – people are enabled and supported to perform to their best and the culture is energetic, collaborative, kind and inclusive with excellent flexible working. More widely, BEIS hosts an engaged cross-departmental analyst community, including active BEIS GSR, GSG, and GORS networks.
The Analysis, Corporate Support and Digital Markets (ACDM) team leads analysis for the Directorate and in addition leads policy development on: a) digital competition policy (new powers to regulate the largest tech firms with legislation expected in the coming year); and b) Smart Data policy (policy aimed at letting customers benefit from their own data more); as well as corporate support services for the directorate.
The Analysis Team works with policy teams to provide high-quality and insightful analysis to support competition policy, consumer policy, subsidy control, digital markets, and Smart Data. Analysis supports all stages of policy development from early problem identification to policy evaluation. The Analysis Team includes several economists, providing further opportunities for cross-profession working. We will ensure that candidates of all analytical professions have strong links to their professional networks for quality-assurance and development. For instance, we already work with social researchers in neighbouring directorates to coordinate on and feed into research projects.
Person specification
The review and reform of all Retained EU Law (REUL) is a key priority for the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The ambition is to reinstate the supremacy of UK law and seize the regulatory and economic opportunities of EU Exit. This is a considerable challenge; over 2,400 pieces of Retained EU Law will be reviewed before deciding whether they should be repealed, reformed, sunset or preserved at the end of 2023. This includes key pieces of consumer and competition law, for example:
- Consumer Protection Regulations 2008 and Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 which together provide fundamental rights, for example against misleading information and aggressive sales practices and regarding online purchases.
- Package Travel Regulations which provide protections for those booking holiday packages at home and abroad, including in the case of insolvency for the organiser.
- Rules on timeshares, crystal glass, textiles and footwear, of which the latter three must be retained in Northern Ireland under the Protocol.
- Competition block exemptions which exempt certain agreements from competition law prohibitions, providing greater certainty for businesses.
We are looking to recruit two SEO analysts to the Analysis Team to support this priority in Consumer and Competition Policy.
The post holders will be responsible for:
- Contributing to workstream planning for the analysis of consumer and competition related REUL to ensure analysis is delivered to time and to a high standard.
- Leading a range of REUL research projects from scoping to delivery, with support from G7 analysts. There will also be an opportunity for the post holders to provide the social research perspective for CCP’s wider quantitative and qualitative research projects.
- Working collaboratively with policy leads to ensure policy advice is based on robust, well-evidenced analysis and that appropriate monitoring and evaluation plans are in place.
- Conducting cost-benefit analysis to policy inform decision-making, with support and guidance from the Team’s economists.
- Promoting analysis and evidence-based policy making in CCP, helping to build the directorate’s future research programme, and participating in the wider BEIS analytical community.
These posts are open to existing badged members of GSG, GSR and GORS. If you are not a badged analyst please specify which profession you intend to join and ensure you meet the minimum eligibility criteria below for that profession.
Skills and Experience
- Analytical skills – Experience of finding and developing relevant evidence and of using analysis to support sound policy development. This includes scoping, developing, procuring, and managing relevant research projects as well as using such evidence to answer policy questions. Experience of developing cost-benefit analysis to appraise the impact of proposed policy measures is desirable, but not essential.
- Collaboration – Experience of collaborating with colleagues to deliver shared outcomes.
- Communication – Experience of communicating analysis to a non-technical audience.
- Delivering at pace – Experience of effectively delivering against tight timelines to a high quality.
Technical skills
- Analytical skills - Experience of finding and developing relevant evidence and of using analysis to support sound policy development.
This includes scoping, developing, procuring, and managing relevant research projects as well as using such evidence to answer policy questions. Experience of developing cost-benefit analysis to appraise the impact of proposed policy measures is desirable, but not essential.
Applicants should use their CV and technical behaviour statement to: - State which analytical profession they are a member of / wish to join.
Outline relevant experience, including any theoretical and / or practical background in economics. Demonstrate that they have good communication skills
Provide information on their eligibility for the analytical profession, if they are not already a member (see eligibility criteria below) -
For social researchers a 2:1 in a relevant social science degree with a substantive research element, such as demography, economics, human geography, linguistics, or psychology. Alternatively a 2:2 in a non-social science degree plus a masters level social science degree, or work place experience and a degree equivalent (Certificate or Diploma), are also accepted.
For statisticians a 2:2 in a subject containing formal statistical training, such as statistics, mathematics, economics, sciences, business studies, psychology, geography.
For operational researchers a 2:1 in a numerate field, such as operational research, mathematics, physics, econometrics, engineering, or management science.
Qualifications
- For social researchers a 2:1 in a relevant social science degree with a substantive research element, such as demography, economics, human geography, linguistics, or psychology. Alternatively a 2:2 in a non-social science degree plus a masters level social science degree, or work place experience and a degree equivalent (Certificate or Diploma), are also accepted.
- For statisticians a 2:2 in a subject containing formal statistical training, such as statistics, mathematics, economics, sciences, business studies, psychology, geography.
- For operational researchers a 2:1 in a numerate field, such as operational research, mathematics, physics, econometrics, engineering, or management science.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Analytical skills
Benefits
BEIS offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40-60% of their time in the office (minimum of 40%) over a month with flex dependent on balancing business and individual need (from September 2021, depending on how the public health guidance evolves).
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Selection process details
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Applications will be sifted on behavioural statements, CV and any technical skills required.
In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the lead technical skill (Analytical skills). Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
The interview will consist of behaviour and technical questions.
Interviewees will be asked to deliver a presentation; further details will be provided nearer the time.
Expected Timeline subject to change
Sift dates: w/c 27th February 2023
Interview dates: w/c 13th March 2023
Interview Location: MS Teams.
Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process.
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Reasonable Adjustment
If a disabled person is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
- Contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
- Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
We are proud to be a disability confident leader, more information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that BEIS offers to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our candidate guidance document. A plain text version of the guidance is also available.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
After interview, a single merit list will be created and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order.
A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Any move to Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
BEIS does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).
BEIS cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. BEIS holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service / Disclosure Scotland on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email [email protected]
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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