Apprenticeship training course
Policy officer (level 4)
Contribute to the development of policy.
- Qualification level
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4
Equivalent to higher national certificate (HNC). - Typical duration
- 18 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Business and administration
- Maximum funding
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£6,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Advocacy officer
- Engagement and consultant officer
- Insights officer
- Policy advisor
- Policy analyst
- Policy and delivery officer
- Policy officer
- Policy researcher
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Undertake research and data collection from a range of primary and secondary sources to determine quality, accuracy, reliability, cognitive bias and trustworthiness of data sources.
- Use analytical techniques on research and data, making use of stakeholder expertise in the policy area.
- Demonstrate problem solving ability and evidence-based decision-making.
- Prepare documents and present findings, making use of evidence to underpin arguments.
- Adapt communication style to different audiences.
- Apply project and risk management tools and techniques across the policy lifecycle.
- Manage conflicting priorities to ensure work is completed within deadlines and budgets, setting own milestones to manage workload.
- Manage joint work with other organisations through tasks such as creating reference documents and records of policy decisions.
- Demonstrate networking and stakeholder management skills.
- Facilitate events such as conferences, forums, or roundtable discussions on policy issues.
- Keep accurate records of relevant information such as key data, identified trends, critiques, commentary, media attention and topical issues.
- Evaluate data related to current and previous policy interventions.
- Work with specialists from outside of the policy function. For example specialists in research, communications, commercial, legal, and science.
- Looking beyond immediate role to larger trends which may impact on the relevant policy area, utilising big picture thinking to support organisational strategy.
- Support the development and delivery of materials and activities to train their team.
Full information on Policy officer (level 4) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.