About Us

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Because we’re not just home to the UK’s fast-growing economy. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today. And we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

The Role

This is an exciting role that’s all about changing things on the ground, designing policies that prioritise our residents and community’s needs. As a Policy Designer you will lead and support a range of policy development and service design projects. This role will be working across a diverse portfolio of activity that connects policy thinking to delivery so requires creativity, innovation and drive to provide the best service for our community.

Working in an agile environment, the role will lead and support multi-disciplinary teams from across the organisation, from discovery and problem definition to live change and evaluation. You will be getting to the heart of the problems our residents face in order to provide impactful and long lasting change.

About You

You will have a creative, problem-solving mindset and be comfortable with working on complex ideas and issues where there’s no easy answer. You have a bias for action and are comfortable designing experiments to test ideas quickly, focusing on making change happen on the ground. You will be comfortable working within a complex, political environment. You’re able to empathise with people, building consensus towards a common goal and navigating relational dynamics.

You have excellent communication skills that will enable you to work with various stakeholders across the organisation and within the local community.  You’ll help colleagues see their services from a resident’s point of view and bring insights and ideas in a way that everyone can understand. 

You will be considerate and actively engage in inclusive policy design and research. You have some experience designing experiments to test assumptions & ideas quickly, and iterate designs based on learning.

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.

Working for Camden

We’re ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit. Help us redefine our corporate services, and we’ll redefine what a career can be. If that sounds good to you, we’d love to talk.

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits as well as joining a flexible working employer. Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' to see full details of our benefits.

Additional information

To view the Job Profile, please click HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/9863485/file/document?inline

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section.

We are hosting a virtual meet and greet on the 26th January at 7pm where you can hear about the roles and from various team members. To register your interest please contact rich.cassidy@camden.gov.uk

Inclusion and Diversity

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

Inclusive Recruitment Pilot

In keeping with Camden’s commitment to Conscious Inclusion, we are taking positive action to improve diversity at our senior levels. One of the measures we have committed to is making sure we don’t have any All-White shortlists for leadership roles.

The recruitment to this role will form part of that pilot, to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in senior roles within the council. If you are a Black, Asian or Other Ethnic candidate and would like to self-declare this as part of our positive action commitments, please do so. For further information, please email the resourcing team at resourcing@camden.gov.uk

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits'.

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG,