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Senior Policy Officer
London
£44.3k/yr
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The Academy of Medical Sciences – Senior Policy Officer
The Academy of Medical Sciences – an independent, expert voice of biomedical and health research in the UK – is looking for two Senior Policy Officers to help the Policy team to plan and deliver a new set of priorities for 2026/27.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead on or support a range of policy projects and activities to inform and influence the policy landscape in accordance with Academy priorities.
- Work closely with Fellows and other experts to identify and analyse key policy issues, gather data and expert opinion.
- Deliver implementation and follow-up activities on policy recommendations across external audiences and stakeholders.
- Maintain an excellent understanding of the policy landscape by monitoring developments and key policy issues, such as the UK’s research funding landscape.
- Scope potential new areas of policy work, and/or identify opportunities for the Policy Team.
- Collaborate with organisations from academia, Government, healthcare, industry and the charity sector.
- Support the Academy’s briefings and parliamentary monitoring functions.
- Coordinate across a wide range of Academy functions, including its Briefings, Impact, and Events capabilities, to maximise the effectiveness of policy work.
- Support the development of core scripts on priority policy topics across the Policy team.
- Support the Monitoring and Evaluation team with monitoring the policy team’s impact.
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Skills and Experience
- Good understanding of the UK health research and medical sciences policy landscape, and/or other related areas.
- Experience in scoping, planning and delivering multiple policy projects in parallel, to achieve organisational objectives.
- Ability to develop knowledge of complex policy topics at pace and identify opportunities for impact within these topics.
- Strong analytical skills and experience of collating evidence from multiple sources.
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with key internal and external contacts, including senior, high-profile individuals.
- Ability to harness the benefits of working in a diverse organisation that is rapidly growing and changing, including across different departments and sub-teams.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to run impactful policy events, meetings, and engagement activities.
- Commitment to inclusive, accessible and evidence-based policy work.
- Good IT, literacy and numeracy skills.
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Benefits
- Generous pension scheme with flexible contributions – we contribute between 8% - 13% of your gross salary (with employee contributions of 3% - 8%).
- Life assurance at three times your salary.
- Hybrid and agile working. 50% office attendance.
- 26 days annual leave, plus Christmas closure days and bank holidays.
- Buying and selling leave.
- Family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity and paternity leave (subject to a qualifying period).
- Complimentary subscriptions to Headspace and Classpass to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
- Support through tailored learning and development.
- A range of enhanced benefits become available once you’ve completed your probation period.
Salary
- £44,340 per annum.
Contract and Hours
- 1 x permanent, 1 x 12-month, fixed-term contract, Full Time.
Location
- Hybrid/London W1B 1QH (50% office attendance).
Closing date
- 5.00pm on 22nd July 2026.
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Policy Project Management
Analytical Skills
Relationship Building
Effective Communication
Event Management
Inclusive Policy Work
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