Senior Strategy Advisor

Senior Strategy Advisor

12 Month - temporary contract

Hybrid working - Chelmsford Office (1/2 days a week)

£24 - £29 per hour

A local council are hiring a Senior Strategy Advisor to join their team. We are part of the Government’s Devolution Priority Programme and are in the process of creating a new Mayoral Combined County Authority for Greater Essex with the first mayoral elections due in May 2026. Alongside this, we are developing proposals for Local Government Re-organisation in Essex, with businesses cases being submitted in September 2025 and new unitary councils due to be established in 2027/28. These reforms will set the framework for local government in Essex for decades to come and will lead to better outcomes, services and value for money for our residents.

This role will be part of the Policy Unit team working on these issues as we move into the planning and implementation phase of this exciting and challenging programme.

• Responsible for providing strategy and policy advice to ensure the Council is provided with detailed information in regard to how strategies have been planned and developed in order to make informed decisions.
• Responsible for supporting the development of corporate planning activity to ensure the development of robust strategies which deliver agreed outcomes.
• Responsible for demonstrating agility and flexibility in developing and agreement of clear strategies and policies
• Responsible for developing relationships with key partnerships ensuring this maximises the opportunity to bring intelligence and insight
• Responsible for highlighting and understanding the implications of local and national guidance and how it relates to commissioning and delivery, and links to corporate policy and strategy.
• Contributes to using quantitative and qualitative data including demographic and performance information to identify specific challenges and ensure presentation of proposed policy solutions are robust.
• Acts to provide high quality advice on policy and strategy to support key stakeholders using a range of media and ensuring able to meets the demands of a broad and diverse range of audiences.

Your Experience:

• Experience of policy development either in a think tank, civil service, local government or other similar environment.
• Exemplary written and communication skills, able to deliver within required deadlines alongside significant experience of planning and reviewing the delivery of a range of services and operating project management skills.

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