Director

Strategy & Future | Policy Lab | Grade 1

Competencies
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Core Competencies
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Intrapreneurship
Applying
Critical Thinking and Data-Driven Decision Making
Applying
Facilitates Collaboration and Influence
Applying
Learning Agility
Applying
Digital Savviness
Applying
Results-Driven Outcomes
Applying
Public Service Excellence
Applying
Leading Change
Applying
Leadership Competencies
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Strategic and Visionary Foresight
Fostering Well-Being and Coaching
Technical Competencies
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Policy Making Knowledge
Expert
Policy Framing
Expert
Innovation in Policy Design
Expert
Policy Advisory
Expert
Policy Evaluation
Expert
Systems Thinking
Expert

Potential Movements
Strategy & Future
Policy Lab
1
Key Accountabilities
  • Drive and define ADEO’s policy lab agenda to set policies for Abu Dhabi across the various domains of Economic, Wellbeing and People & Future of Government and for complex /challenging issues. Distill insights from leadership mandates, research & analysis and strategies to enable effective, innovative and evidenced-based policy design
  • Lead the Policy Lab team by providing guidance, supervision and mentorship to team members. Deepen capacity and capability of the team to create a Centre of Excellence in Policy Design and evaluation
  • Partner with government entities to provide advisory related to Economic, Wellbeing, People & Future of Government policies. Champion experimentation and innovative policy design, and challenge conventions to set best in class “standards”, policy creation and evaluation frameworks and elevate policy design approaches
  • Work closely with Strategy and Future Foresight functions to form multi-disciplinary teams to develop cross-cutting policies, with no clear owner and ensure alignment with the overall Vision and Aspiration
  • Engage with practitioners, think tanks and other external partnerships to conduct knowledge sharing, deepen capability and drive understanding of cross-cutting issues
  • Represent Abu Dhabi in international panels to promote knowledge sharing and contribute to thought leadership in the field of public policy
Preferred Experience And Exposure
  • Experience in Problem structuring methods, Public policy design and evaluation
  • Exposure to future foresight and horizons scanning
  • Exposure to use of behavioral science and social science in policy development
  • Experience dealing with complexity, arbitrating strategy and policy trade-offs and complementarities
  • Experience working with senior stakeholders to facilitate translation of vision and aspirations into policy directions