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International Policy Officer
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International Policy Officer
RCN UK HQ (London) with hybrid working
35 hours per week, permanent contract
Salary per annum: £39,018 pro rata* (plus London weighting of £5,424 per annum)
There is more to the RCN than you might think. We’re a trade union with a membership of over half a million nurses, midwives, nursing support workers and students. We support their practice, represent them, lobby on their behalf, and develop them. We exist to make a positive difference – to the working lives of our members and ultimately to standards in patient care. Our employees are drawn from many walks of life – we are nurses, marketers and communicators, administrators, IT professionals, policy and finance experts, lawyers… together we are so much more. We couldn’t do what we do without our people.
The role
As International Policy Officer, you’ll use your positive attitude, your knowledge of the UK and international policy landscape and your ability to support the RCN’s International Policy Team and the wider Policy & Public Affairs Department. This will include identifying and analysing publicly available information and monitoring trends and intelligence to produce reports and briefings on the global nursing profession and issues impacting the internationally educated nursing workforce in the UK.
You will be involved in scoping, planning and delivering projects, building relationships with external stakeholders and working with a wide range of RCN teams and colleagues. We'll look to you to provide enthusiastic and proactive support to our policy work and the issues that we work on.
The person
To join us you’ll need to be able to demonstrate that you have knowledge of the UK and international policy landscape and an understanding of the lobbying landscape for our work, as well as experience of stakeholder engagement.
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You will also need to have experience of carrying out desk research to produce policy and political summaries and briefings and be able to demonstrate your ability to contribute to stakeholder content on policy issues.
Ideally, you’ll have knowledge of working with international organisations and experience of undertaking analysis of policies produced by UK Government departments or international organisations.
To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.
What we offer you
We expect you to look after our members. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.
*We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.
We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person.
Our selection process
Please click the ‘apply now’ button to apply and answer the supporting questions online demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t. Any identifying information in your application will automatically be anonymised for shortlisting purposes.
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Equal opportunities for everyone
Equity, diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we aim to foster an inclusive environment so our people can bring their authentic selves to work. This is integral to our mission to enable you to support our members and ensure their voice is heard by all UK governments to get the best outcomes for them and their patients.
As proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.
Contact details
For more information or for an informal discussion about the role please contact Antonia Borneo (Head of Policy & Public Affairs, UK & International) at Antonia.borneo@rcn.org.uk.
For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk
Opening date: 20 July 2026
Closing date: 11.59pm on 11 August 2026
Assessment & interview date: w/c 31 August (exact date TBC)
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