Space Regulatory Reform Implementation Plan Manager

On behalf of UK Space Agency, we are looking for a Space Regulatory Reform Implementation Plan Manager (Inside IR35) until 31st December based Hybrid in Harwell with occasional travel to London.

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) and provides technical advice on the government's space strategy, supporting the UK space sector to deliver the government's vision.

Space is a part of everyday life. Satellites underpin our national economy, from agriculture and banking to aviation and shipping, and support our national security. Space science provides critical data to understand and address global challenges such as climate change, while missions to explore our solar system unite nations and advance humanity's horizons.

We support a thriving space sector in the UK, which generates an annual income of £16.5 billion and employs 47,000 people across the country.

Through our portfolio of programmes and projects, we encourage the development of national space capabilities and are an early-stage investor in space research and development. We also promote the UK space sector's interests and achievements; make connections to join up industry and academia; and represent the UK in international space programmes. We have a powerful global voice, partnering with institutions across the world, including the European Space Agency.

This role will be responsible for supporting development of the implementation plan for the Space Regulatory Review, which was published in May 2024. The report identified 7 priority outcomes and 17 recommendations, to maintain the UK as one of the best places on Earth to start, scale and run a space business:

1. Agility - greater, responsive coordination across government departments and regulators

2. Innovation - a dynamic framework that supports novel and emerging missions and technologies

3. Growth - a progressive regulatory framework that encourages investment

4. International partnership - a multilateral alliance with other spacefaring nations with aligned regulatory frameworks and international best practice

5. Safety and sustainability - incentivising sustainable space activities, protecting the space environment and its celestial bodies

6. Accessibility - a coherent suite of primary and secondary space legislations and clear published guidance

7. National interest - a civil and commercial space regulatory framework that supports UK national security.

This contractor will be based in the UK Space Agency but work close in terms of day-to-day management with the Space Directorate in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The contractor will support the Office of Regulation in the UK Space Agency and the Space Directorate to identify concrete actions to progress the recommendations from the review and develop appropriate governance structures to facilitate this. The contractor will work closely with a range of cross-government stakeholders to finalise and agree the plan with DSIT Ministers and commence implementation of specific actions if timescales for the post permit.

Essential:
* Experience of having developed and implemented a strategy or range of policies simultaneously, demonstrating effective organisational skills to enable this.
* Stakeholder management and effective working across government.
* Collaborating across departments by building strong and positive relationships.
* Knowledge, application, and development of governance principles.
* The ability to communicate complex information to diverse audiences, including providing advice to senior partners in and outside of the project team.
* Promoting an inclusive culture, crafting an environment where all staff can achieve their best.
* Leading complex programmes of work, setting clear direction, steering and influencing conversations to produce successful outcomes.
* Delivering work at pace and to managing conflicting priorities, responding and being reactive when required.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKSA guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".