Senior Associate, Technology Policy

Closing Date

Closing Date: 05/10/2026 Group:
Online Safety Group Management Level: Senior Associate Job Type: Fixed Term (Fixed Term) Please note that this role will close at 00:01 on Monday 5 October, and therefore we advise getting your application in by no later than midnight on Sunday 4 October.

As the UK’s communications regulator, we’re delivering vital work that helps keep the UK connected and shapes the future of how we’ll stay connected with each other. Our work covers everything from phones and broadband, through to TV, radio, the postal service, and wireless devices. We’re also taking on the challenge of making the online world a safer place. And we need people of all backgrounds, skill sets, and experiences to help us achieve our goal of making communications work for everyone.

We are recruiting for a full-time role in our Technology Policy Team. It is a 12-month fixed term position. The team helps to answer some of the most pressing questions relating to the impact of new and emerging technologies on online safety, such as:

• What techniques can be used to assess and audit the AI systems used by regulated online services?
• What steps can be taken to prevent generative AI tools from being misused by bad actors to create harmful content?
• What impact will new and emerging technologies have on our approach to online safety regulation?
• How should we assess the accuracy, effectiveness and lack of bias of content moderation technologies?

The team supports the Online Safety Group in navigating a complex technology landscape. We think strategically about tech policy challenges and use our subject matter expertise to steer Ofcom’s approach to online safety policy development. We lead work on critical policy areas, collaborate with teams across the Group to promote a tech-driven approach to policy development and build critical relationships with key stakeholders.

The team also collaborates closely with other policy groups in Ofcom, as well as other regulators, ensuring that we pool knowledge and share best practice.

As a Senior Associate in the team, you will play a pivotal role in helping Ofcom understand relevant technologies and generate evidence-based approaches to some of the most complex policy issues facing society. Working within the scope of applicable legislation, you will develop policy products (e.g. code of practice measures) and communicate coherent policy positions which uphold online services’ safety duties whilst taking account of technical limitations and proportionality concerns.

You will ensure that policy advice is supported by persuasive reasoning and knowledge of the broader public policy landscape, building consensus with internal and external stakeholders as you refine relevant regulatory outputs within your remit.

• Be responsible for the day-to-day management, delivery, and development of tech policy work streams, working closely with senior overseeing colleagues.
• Develop and draft policy products relating to critical tech policy issues (e.g. as part of our policy consultations), and support our efforts in promoting regulatory compliance among regulated services.
• Lead on the drafting of outputs (e.g. code of practice measures and external discussion papers), ensuring they are delivered on time and to an excellent standard.
• Lead cross-functional teams and task‑manage others as appropriate.
• Articulate to internal governance bodies the arguments for and against different policy positions, including your own recommendation for why we should take a particular course of action.
• Proactively communicate our latest evidence and policy positions to internal and external…