CMA1799 Know-How Adviser London, England
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The CMA works to promote competition for the benefit of consumers, both within and outside the UK. Our mission is to make markets work well for consumers, businesses and the economy. What we do matters, and our roles are not only intellectually stimulating they also offer a real opportunity to make a difference.
If you offer experience of UK and EU competition or consumer law, regulatory law or state aid casework, this position offers an exciting opportunity to play a key role advising case teams, lawyers and economists at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and ensuring knowledge is effectively shared across the organisation.
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As CMA’s remit continues to evolve and expand, it has never been more important for us to have the resources available to learn lessons from past cases. As a Know-How adviser, you'll focus on building and promoting the CMA's know-how offering to share knowledge effectively. This includes preparing and promoting the use of know-how products, advising case teams, contributing to research tasks, and identifying synergies across projects. You will engage internally and externally to share knowledge and information resources. The role also involves management and budgetary responsibility and offers opportunities to contribute to a wide range of work across CMA’s growing portfolio.
Significant knowledge and practical experience of working in UK and EU competition or consumer law, regulatory law or state aid casework, is essential, as is knowledge and appreciation of applicable public law. Excellent research skills and a record of team working, sharing knowledge effectively and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders is equally important.
The CMA prides itself on being a great place to work and strives to ensure that staff have the opportunity to grow and expand their skills portfolio. As well as being a hugely rewarding, diverse and stimulating place to work, you will have an opportunity to work for the public good whilst stretching and developing yourself in doing so.
Person specification
Your detailed responsibilities will include:
- Working with other members of the know-how team to deliver an efficient, high quality, and staff focused know-how offering (e.g. intranet resources, research queries, know-how talks, bulletins etc) for all CMA staff, contributing to the achievement of the CMA’s cases and ultimately its strategic goals.
- Liaising with other stakeholders as necessary and generally support CMA colleagues in developing a flexible and highly effective knowledge sharing culture using a variety of methods including face-to-face and written communications, working across all organisational levels to ensure relevant know-how is gathered in from projects, made accessible, and used by staff. This includes developing an understanding of how projects proceed at the CMA including overcoming challenges and providing solutions to ensure know-how is created, used and prioritised ahead of demand.
- Preparing and delivering training and support to all staff so that they are good at sharing and using know-how and information resources.
- Providing high quality, clear and timely assistance in relation to casework, policy and other projects including by aiding with the development and application of best practice, with an appreciation of the context of relevant economic, legal and financial analytical issues.
- Preparing and reviewing template documents for case delivery to achieve robust outcomes that are consistent with published CMA guidance, established practice of the CMA, and best practice worldwide.
- Monitoring and assimilating developments in relevant legislation, case law and litigation practice in order to inform CMA staff of these, for example at team meetings or via appropriate updates.
- Contributing to research tasks (including best practices and analysis) relating to competition and consumer law enforcement, mergers, markets studies and investigations and sector regulation/regulatory appeals.
- Building and developing relationships within the CMA and across other government departments where appropriate, to embed and develop a knowledge sharing culture.
- Leading relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers of key information resources to procure, administer and raise awareness of information resources.
- Liaising with the relevant Business Managers and Finance teams in respect of procurement of information resources and the Know-how budget.
- Motivating and inspiring project teams to be good knowledge sharers acting as role models to support effective working including effective use of SharePoint.
- Working in supportive partnership with colleagues/teams to fulfil individual and collective objectives.
To find out more about this opportunity and about working for the CMA, please click on the APPLY button.
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Closing date: 11.55pm on Monday 27th March 2023.
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Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Will be assessed during the interview stage
Benefits
As well as the interesting and varied work you’ll do to contribute to effective competition in the UK, and to ensure consumers get a good deal when buying goods and services, you’ll also benefit from:
- An exceptionally generous pension scheme with a significant employer contribution and range of options, including a tax-free lump sum at the point of retirement and injury, ill-health and life assurance benefits
- 25 days leave (increasing to 30 days over five years), plus 8 public holidays and an additional day off for the King’s birthday. In addition, you’ll be able to access a wide range of other types of leave as and when you need it, including generous maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption options, as well as paid special leave for volunteering
- Season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, flu vaccinations and eye tests
- Access to the Civil Service Sports & Leisure, giving discounted gym membership, high street discounts, free access to UK wide attractions and a free Tastecard
- A range of wellbeing benefits, including an employee assistance programme, flexible working options and family friendly policies, regular networking events and professional learning opportunities at work
Any move to the CMA 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 at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.”
If you’re already a civil servant being appointed on level transfer, you’ll retain your existing terms, including annual leave. Where you are being promoted, however, you’ll receive the greater of a 10% pay increase or the new grade minimum. Applicants new to the civil service may be considered for appointment at a salary higher than the starting point indicated above, but not more than the advertised mid-point, depending on skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications.
The CMA, like many other organisations, have moved to a hybrid working model with a mix of office and home working. We believe this supports us to deliver our best work while allowing the flexibility to maintain balanced and healthy lives. Our staff work at least 50% of their time from their office location.
The CMA are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. It is a priority to make our workforce as diverse as possible and we welcome applications from under-represented groups, including ethnically diverse people, people with a disability, and people with diverse gender identities.
The CMA is an accredited Disability Confident Employer. Disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.
Our Values
The CMA delivers impactful outcomes for people, business and the UK economy. We are Ambitious and Evidence-based, and always strive for Excellence. We treat everyone with Respect, and are Collaborative and Inclusive.
Everything we do is underpinned by the Civil Service values: Honesty, Integrity, Impartiality and Objectivity.
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Selection process details
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV, personal statement and an online application form. Further details about application requirements are listed on the application form.
The selection process will comprise of the sift (CV & application review) and an interview. Arrangements for the interview will be enclosed in the invitation.
Please note that interviews will be held on Microsoft Teams.
An initial sift based on criteria 1, 2 and 3 (Lead Criteria) may be held if a large number of applications are received. If your application progresses to a full sift, all elements of the essential criteria listed under Person Specification of the role profile will then be considered.
Please note that it is essential that your personal statement is aligned to provide evidence that you have the knowledge and experience for each of the following selection criteria (as included on the role profile) in your application:
1) Degree educated (2:2 or above) or evidence of an equivalent high level academic or professional achievement (Lead Criteria)
2) Significant knowledge and practical experience of working in one or more of the following areas: UK and EU competition or consumer law, regulatory law or state aid casework, together with knowledge and appreciation of applicable public law. (Lead Criteria)
3) An excellent record of team working, sharing knowledge effectively and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders of varying seniority levels (Lead Criteria)
4) Excellent research skills, ability to conduct effective, thorough and user-friendly research via several methods including face to face meetings, showing an ability to make effective use of electronic and other sources of information while supporting cases within defined resources and strict timescales.
5) Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, including significant experience delivering high quality analysis, providing research papers, report writing and contributing to policy.
6) Knowledge of information resources including databases, news suppliers, journals and books relevant to the CMA’s functions.
The role will close 11.55pm Monday 27th March 2023.
The sift will take place 28th - 31st March 2023.
If your application is successful, you will be invited to attend an interview. You will be notified via email to log-in to your Civil Service Account and book your interview slot. You will be sent an email with full details of your arrangements for interview.
Interviews will be held over two days - 17th April 2023 and 20th April 2023 . There is 1 interview stage for this role.
The interview will be a 45-60-minute panel interview where you will be asked questions based on the Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills outlined in the role profile.
The first part of interview will be a presentation, the topic of which will be sent to you a week before the interview.
Reasonable adjustments:
In order for a person with disabilities not to be put at a 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 complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need during the recruitment process.
For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you are deaf, a Language Service Professional.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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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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