Consumer Panel Secretariat Lead

Requirements of the role

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA

The Corporate Governance division comprises the following functions:

• Consumer Panel Secretariat
• Practitioner Panels Secretariat
• Central Secretariat
• Decision-Making Committees Secretariat

The Consumer Panel Secretariat

We’re recruiting for a Lead Associate to support the Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP). This role would suit a talented and ambitious individual who wants to develop and broaden their policy knowledge and skills and who is comfortable engaging with stakeholders across the FCA and externally.

The FCA consults the Panels on a confidential basis, and at an early stage, to help them understand the impact of their proposals on consumers and more widely. The FSCP provides external input on our policies and practices from the consumer perspective and conducts independent research. Follow this link for more information on the Panel and its current members.

What will you be doing?

The post-holder will work alongside other members of the team to provide secretariat support and policy advice to the FSCP, to enable them to contribute high-quality and timely input to the FCA’s policy development and implementation. They will proactively manage relationships with key panel members and stakeholders across the FCA and externally.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the Secretariat’s relationship with the Panel Chair and the FCA’s relationship with the Panel more broadly
• Liaising with key FCA stakeholders, to ensure that the FSCP’s work reflects its strategic priorities and the FCA’s work programme
• Managing formal and informal panel meetings, including developing agendas and providing briefings, meeting notes and minutes as necessary
• Analysing and evaluating policy issues and drafting feedback from the FSCP to the FCA, including the FCA Board and responses to consultations, and other reports by the FSCP
• Liaising with key external contacts (consumer groups, Government Departments, other regulators, financial services firms, etc.) as necessary to assist the Panel’s work
• Possibility of line management responsibilities
• Liaising with other team members and the secretariats of other Panels to coordinate with their work, and providing ad hoc assistance for other Panel work as required

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