To be successful in this role you’ll need to have experience of providing leadership through building relationships, managing and developing others. You’ll be collaborative, curious and with an appetite for challenging the status quo. You’ll have good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to nurture significant relationships with senior stakeholders and build consensus across different perspectives to deliver results.

Crucially, you’ll be able to gather evidence, insight and data to underpin policy development, and you’ll be able to use your experience of engaging with patients, service-users and/or those living with long-term health conditions to maximise the impact of your work.

What you’ll focus on:

• Developing high-quality policy products to establish Alzheimer’s Society as a bold, brave system leader and create, assess and prioritise policy positions using innovation, collaboration, evidence and engagement.
• Line managing and developing a high performing Policy Officer, in line with our culture, values and expectations.
• Planning, budgeting, reporting, evaluating impact and managing risk across all aspects of our policy work.
• Building impactful, sustainable relationships with senior external stakeholders such as partners in NHS systems, Government, think tanks and other charities, to further our strategic objectives.
• Ensuring the experience and insight of people affected by dementia informs all aspects of our policy work to a sector-leading standard.
• Leading Alzheimer’s Society’s engagement with, and support for, the UK Brain Health Coalition, to ensure the coalition is an authoritative and influential voice for policy and system change.
• Working with coalition members, partners and other dementia charities to identify priorities, facilitate consensus and support delivery of agreed objectives.

About Alzheimer's Society - who are we and what’s our mission?

Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.

At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground-breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be. Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.

Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as part of a minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.

Our hiring process

We want you to bring your whole self to the process. Applications are anonymised until interview stage, and we’re happy to support any adjustments. Share your feedback via our candidate survey when applying to help us improve. We may close early if we receive high interest (with 48 hours’ notice). Some roles may require a DBS check as part of our safer recruitment commitment. Thinking about using AI during the recruitment process? we know this can be helpful in many ways but remember to include your personal and authentic self too. Your voice and experience are what really set you apart.

Giving back to you

At Alzheimer’s Society, we value our people and take a total reward approach to pay and benefits. You’ll enjoy a generous double-matched pension scheme, 27 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays and wellbeing days), and access to a free Health Shield Cash Plan, 24/7 EAP, Thrive mental wellbeing support, and virtual GP services. Our Society Plus platform offers exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, and recognition schemes, while our flexible working, family-friendly policies, and life assurance provide peace of mind and work/life balance. We also offer a free Will-writing service and long service awards to recognise your ongoing commitment.