Senior Project and Policy Officer
- Greater London Authority (GLA)
- Southwark, London
- Jul 03, 2025
Full time
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Job Description
Housing and Land
The Housing and Land directorate is responsible for the Mayor's plans to deliver new and improved homes and strong communities. Working closely with boroughs and partners, we manage the Mayor's housing investment programmes and land and property assets to support the building of affordable homes, job creation and regeneration.
About the team: Specialist Housing and Services
The Specialist Housing and Services (SHS) Team delivers the following areas of work:
The roles will support the development and delivery of housing and support-services in line with the strategic outcomes set out in the Mayor's Rough Sleeping Plan of Action , Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation Strategy , Housing Strategy and associated plans. This will include putting in place plans and partnerships to ensure the delivery of those policies, projects and programmes, and to support the Mayor in directing the use of London's capital and revenue funding to better meet the needs of Londoners marginalised by the housing market.
The permanent post will focus on overseeing the Mayor's capital investment programmes to deliver specialist and supported housing.
One of the 12-month FTE posts will have a specific focus on coordinating and delivering activities at a strategic level to help ensure that rough sleeping for women can be prevented where possible and where it occurs is rare, brief and non-recurrent. The other 12-month FTE post will have a specific focus on contract managing specialist rough sleeping services for non-UK nationals, such as immigration advice services for migrants sleeping rough, as well as other wider rough sleeping responsibilities.
What your day will look like:
The following are essential criteria for these roles:
How to apply
If you would like to apply for the role you will need to submit the following:
Word or PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement are saved with the job reference number as part of the naming convention (E.g., "CV - applicant name - 012345)
If these instructions are not followed, your application may not be considered.
As part of GLA's continuing commitment to be an inclusive and equal opportunity employer we will be removing personal identifiable information from CVs and Personal Statements that could cause discrimination.
If you have questions about the role
If you wish to talk to someone about the role, the hiring managers, Lidia Estevez Picon (for the fixed-term roles) and Laura Parry-Billings (for the permanent role), would be happy to speak to you. Please contact them at and .
If you have any questions about the recruitment process, contact the who support the GLA with recruitment.
If you have a preference between the three roles, please set that out in your supporting statement.
Assessment process
Once you have submitted an application, your details will be reviewed by a panel.
If shortlisted, you'll be invited to an interview/assessment. The interview will involve questions on the criteria set out above and the assessment will be designed to assess your level of Excel and writing skills.
The interview/assessments will take place in early/mid August (exact dates TBC).
Equality, diversity and inclusion
London's diversity is its biggest asset, and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share.
Please note we are a Disability Confident Employer so for candidates who wish to be considered under the scheme and meet the essential criteria, they will automatically be invited to interview. Please note, should you require any adjustments through the process, we will accommodate as much as possible. Please contact the recruitment team for further information if required.
Benefits
GLA staff are hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices and remotely depending on their role. As part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office.
In addition to a good salary package, you will be paid every four weeks, providing frequent salary payments. We also offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days' annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.
Additional Information
Please note, all candidates will need to confirm that the information provided in this application form is true and correct. Should a candidate deliberately give false information, including the use of AI software, they understand that this would disqualify them from consideration.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record (DBS) check but some roles may require additional security screening.
Find out which DBS check is right for your employee - GOV.UK ()
Secondment Opportunity
. click apply for full job details
The Housing and Land directorate is responsible for the Mayor's plans to deliver new and improved homes and strong communities. Working closely with boroughs and partners, we manage the Mayor's housing investment programmes and land and property assets to support the building of affordable homes, job creation and regeneration.
About the team: Specialist Housing and Services
The Specialist Housing and Services (SHS) Team delivers the following areas of work:
- Rough Sleeping: delivering the Mayor's work to tackle rough sleeping in London. The team commissions a wide range of frontline services, manages a variety of different projects aimed at reducing rough sleeping and oversees the revenue element of programmes which deliver more accommodation for this group of Londoners. Find out more .
- Specialist and Supported Housing: managing capital investment programmes to deliver specialist and supported housing for groups of Londoners who may be marginalised by the housing market. People experiencing homelessness, survivors of domestic abuse, adults with learning disabilities and older people are just some of the groups the team supports. Find out more .
- Housing Mobility: delivering two services which support particular groups of Londoners to move home either within or outside of London, according to their needs. The homes freed up as result of these moves are used to meet other Londoners' housing needs, including by preventing and alleviating homelessness. Find out more and more .
- Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: working in partnership with the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) to deliver the Mayor's duties under Part 4 of the 2021 Domestic Abuse Act to support victims/survivors of domestic abuse and their children in relevant safe accommodation. This includes commissioning and grant funding a range of services and providing capital funding to deliver safe accommodation. Find out more .
The roles will support the development and delivery of housing and support-services in line with the strategic outcomes set out in the Mayor's Rough Sleeping Plan of Action , Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation Strategy , Housing Strategy and associated plans. This will include putting in place plans and partnerships to ensure the delivery of those policies, projects and programmes, and to support the Mayor in directing the use of London's capital and revenue funding to better meet the needs of Londoners marginalised by the housing market.
The permanent post will focus on overseeing the Mayor's capital investment programmes to deliver specialist and supported housing.
One of the 12-month FTE posts will have a specific focus on coordinating and delivering activities at a strategic level to help ensure that rough sleeping for women can be prevented where possible and where it occurs is rare, brief and non-recurrent. The other 12-month FTE post will have a specific focus on contract managing specialist rough sleeping services for non-UK nationals, such as immigration advice services for migrants sleeping rough, as well as other wider rough sleeping responsibilities.
What your day will look like:
- Driving forward projects and services to deliver on the Mayor's priorities to tackle rough sleeping and meet the diverse housing needs of Londoners.
- Engaging, and coordinating engagement, with central and local government partners as well as charitable partners on issues affecting people sleeping rough.
- Monitoring the delivery of existing schemes, supporting partners to deliver projects to time and budget, closely monitoring delivery challenges and identifying lessons learned
- Working in partnership with government bodies to advocate for and develop new funding programmes aligned to emerging needs of Londoners.
- Collaborating with colleagues in other GLA teams on cross-cutting issues;
- Taking part in procurement activity and overseeing the development and assessment of new schemes via the GLA's capital and revenue funding programmes.
The following are essential criteria for these roles:
- A good understanding of issues and policy relating to specialist and supported housing or an equivalent social policy area;
- Experience of contract monitoring for homelessness, domestic abuse, social care services or capital housing programmes;
- Building and Managing Relationships (Level 2);
- Planning and Organising (Level 2);
- Problem Solving (Level 2);
- Women's homelessness and rough sleeping in London.
- Migrant homelessness and rough sleeping in London.
How to apply
If you would like to apply for the role you will need to submit the following:
- Up to date CV
- Personal statement with a maximum of 1500 words. Please ensure you address how you demonstrate the essential and desirable criteria outlined above in the advert.
Word or PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement are saved with the job reference number as part of the naming convention (E.g., "CV - applicant name - 012345)
If these instructions are not followed, your application may not be considered.
As part of GLA's continuing commitment to be an inclusive and equal opportunity employer we will be removing personal identifiable information from CVs and Personal Statements that could cause discrimination.
If you have questions about the role
If you wish to talk to someone about the role, the hiring managers, Lidia Estevez Picon (for the fixed-term roles) and Laura Parry-Billings (for the permanent role), would be happy to speak to you. Please contact them at and .
If you have any questions about the recruitment process, contact the who support the GLA with recruitment.
If you have a preference between the three roles, please set that out in your supporting statement.
Assessment process
Once you have submitted an application, your details will be reviewed by a panel.
If shortlisted, you'll be invited to an interview/assessment. The interview will involve questions on the criteria set out above and the assessment will be designed to assess your level of Excel and writing skills.
The interview/assessments will take place in early/mid August (exact dates TBC).
Equality, diversity and inclusion
London's diversity is its biggest asset, and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share.
Please note we are a Disability Confident Employer so for candidates who wish to be considered under the scheme and meet the essential criteria, they will automatically be invited to interview. Please note, should you require any adjustments through the process, we will accommodate as much as possible. Please contact the recruitment team for further information if required.
Benefits
GLA staff are hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices and remotely depending on their role. As part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office.
In addition to a good salary package, you will be paid every four weeks, providing frequent salary payments. We also offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days' annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme.
Additional Information
Please note, all candidates will need to confirm that the information provided in this application form is true and correct. Should a candidate deliberately give false information, including the use of AI software, they understand that this would disqualify them from consideration.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record (DBS) check but some roles may require additional security screening.
Find out which DBS check is right for your employee - GOV.UK ()
Secondment Opportunity
. click apply for full job details
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