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About the Role
The Policy team drives the PSR's strategy, offering an opportunity to contribute to policy development, analysis, project delivery, and stakeholder engagement. The PSR ensures payment systems work effectively for everyone, operating as an independent economic regulator and subsidiary of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), with a planned consolidation into the FCA by 2027.
Responsibilities
- Deliver policy projects and analysis independently and collaboratively.
- Collaborate with multi-disciplinary project teams, including policy, economist, legal, and communications colleagues.
- Engage diverse stakeholders (firms, government, regulators, consumer groups) to gather evidence, test policy, and explain approaches.
- Conduct policy analysis.
- Draft concise briefings on complex issues and present policy recommendations to project and PSR leadership.
- Contribute to drafting internal and external policy papers, presentations, consultation documents, and statements.
Requirements
- Experience in a policy or regulatory environment.
- Experience in project delivery, including planning and meeting deadlines.
- Effective written and oral communication, distilling complex issues into succinct messages.
- Ability to present confidently to diverse internal and external stakeholders.
- Effective relationship and influencing skills, collaborating with internal and external experts.
- Strong prioritization skills to define priorities and contribute effectively.
- Ability to exercise judgment in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to consider conflicting views while maintaining strategic focus.
Skills
- Written communication
- Oral communication
- Relationship building
- Influencing
- Prioritization
- Judgment
- Strategic thinking
Location
- Edinburgh
- Leeds
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Salary/Compensations
- National (Edinburgh and Leeds): £43,100 - £53,700
- London: £47,300 - £59,000
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Non-contributory pension (8-12% depending on age)
- Life assurance (8x salary)
- Private healthcare (Bupa)
- Income protection
- 24/7 Employee Assistance
- 35 hours paid volunteering annually
- Flexible benefits scheme
About the Company
- The PSR is an independent economic regulator ensuring payment systems work well for everyone.
- It challenges the industry to adapt, supports innovation, and improves competition for world-leading UK payment systems.
- The PSR is a subsidiary of the FCA, fully independent with its own Managing Director and Board.
- It is funded by the payments industry and accountable to parliament.
- A consolidation into the FCA is planned by 2027, but the PSR continues its impactful work.
Equal Opportunity
- Committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture, free from discrimination and bias.
- Celebrates difference and supports colleagues to deliver at their best.
- Believes diversity leads to better decisions, innovation, and regulation.
- Provides tailored support and adjustments for disabilities or conditions.
- Welcomes diverse working styles and offers flexible solutions like part-time and job sharing.
- Proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, progressing individuals with disabilities who meet minimum criteria.