Senior Policy and Governance Officer Belfast Stormont ASAP Start.

We are currently recruiting a Senior Policy and Governance Officer for our client based in Belfast, Stormont. The successful candidates will be required to start once the vetting paperwork and ANI completed.

Start date: ASAP

Rate of pay: £24.59PH

Duration: 4/10/2026

Hours of work: 37

Key Responsibilities:

The post holder will lead and support the Grade 7 on work relating to the rights commitments contained in Article 2 of the Windsor Framework (WF),an Annex to the EU/UK Withdrawal Agreement, an international treaty.  It sets out the commitments made by the EU and UKG to protect our economy, the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the EU Single Market.

Main duties include:

• Reviewing new and emerging legislation, policy proposals, and legal judgments to identify possible impacts on the WF rights commitments.
• Preparing clear, timely written analysis and contributing to advice for senior officials and Ministers.
• Supporting the development of consistent approaches across the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS)to ensure that WF rights commitments are fully considered in policy and legislative work.
• Maintaining and updating guidance materials, tools, and information sources to help officials understand and apply the WF rights commitments in their work.
• Assisting in the delivery of awareness raising and training for officials to build understanding of the WF rights commitments and how they apply in practice.
• Coordinating meetings and engagement with other departments (including Whitehall), legal advisers, oversight bodies, and external stakeholders.
• Building and maintaining professional networks to support the sharing of information, good practice, and emerging issues.
• Contributing to official reports and responses relating to the implementation and monitoring of the WF rights commitments.
• Supporting general branch responsibilities, including planning, administration, and contributing to team outputs.

Essential Criteria applicants must have:

• Degree or equivalent (Proof of certs required)

• Proficient in use of Excel, Word, Outlook.
• At least 2 years’ experience at middle management level of managing a team to deliver a policy, project or service.
• Experience developing and maintaining effective working relationships with key stakeholders.
• Experience in drafting and preparingreports/material to support decision making.

Desired Experience but not essential:

• An understanding of the equality and rights eco-system locally, including the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement rights and the associated rights related commitments under Article 2 of the Windsor Framework. Including their potential impact on policy development, legislative scrutiny, guidance etc.
• Familiarity with records management in line with GDPR including the use of digital storage solutions/record management (within the NICS this is Open Text’s Content Manager).
• Experience using Microsoft Copilot

A criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a position.

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Please send your CV via the link or email megan.mcbride@therecruitmentco.uk