Policy and Propositions Manager £63,000 per annum Bedford Fixed Term Contract – 12 Months Hybrid Working
Are you passionate about shaping financial policies and guiding customers towards better financial decisions? Join our Money and Pensions Guidance Policy Team as a Policy and Propositions Specialist. In this role, you'll focus on developing and articulating policies that enhance our Money Helper brand, supporting customer financial guidance journeys. You'll systematically scan the market, policy, and regulatory landscape, particularly in areas like savings, investments, life event-related money management, and professional advice. You'll also consider the impact of cross-cutting policies and trends, such as vulnerability, scams, and financial wellbeing. By taking an evidence-based and coherent approach, you'll help deliver key business plan priorities and influence broader market, policy, regulatory, and proposition debates. Additionally, you'll support the design and delivery of the UK strategy for financial wellbeing, working closely with government, financial services, regulators, employers, and the not-for-profit sector.
Why This Role Matters The Policy and Proposition Manager will report directly to Senior Policy Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for:
Supporting development and implementation of evidence-based financial guidance service design, leading from a policy perspective on projects and working with internal and external stakeholders to develop new propositions.
Drawing upon a range of research sources and market intelligence to inform consumer needs for well-rounded money guidance propositions.
Establishing and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders across government, regulators and others across industry to further MaPS’ strategic goals around financial wellbeing.
Working within matrix teams to develop well-evidenced policy propositions to inform new money guidance journeys for consumers and optimise existing journeys to secure better consumer outcomes, particularly for vulnerable consumers.
Communicating and representing MaPS’ policy positions to government, regulators, financial services and other key stakeholders.
Working with colleagues to set out frameworks and KPIs for measuring success on projects and monitoring progress on these goals.
Developing clear, evidence-based policy messages on issues of relevance to MaPS, influencing appropriate areas of public policy and engaging with external stakeholders on these where necessary.
Articulating the impact of emerging policy and regulation on consumers sharing insights back into the organisation into strategic opportunities to improve consumer outcomes and risks to the wider organisation and sector.
Working with communications colleagues to brief MaPS’ directors, CEO and Chair on policy positions, project/proposition progress and relationships with external stakeholders.
Supporting colleagues on strategic policy projects relating to the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing.
Ensuring the organisation’s values are embedded in the work we do, contributing to organisational initiatives and projects, with a focus on supporting and driving forward cross-organisational work to deliver MaPS’ strategic priorities relating to money guidance and fina...