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Senior Policy Adviser

Job Overview

We are seeking a Senior Policy Adviser for our Regulation, Education and Training team on a permanent, full time contract. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing expert policy advice and guidance on education and training matters to a variety of stakeholders.

In your new role you will:
-analyse and develop policy proposals
-produce briefings, guidance and support materials and represent the BMA at external meetings and events.
-work closely with BMA officers and committees, including those representing junior doctors and medical students
-engage with key external stakeholders, including Health Education England, the General Medical Council and other medical training and NHS bodies.

To succeed in this role, you will:
-need experience of policy development in a health or health-related context (knowledge of medical education and training is desirable).
-have excellent research and writing skills, sound judgement and be adept at influencing senior figures and managing relationships.
-have experience working with committees.

If you would like to help the BMA play its part in shaping the future of the medical workforce, healthcare provision and NHS culture, then this is the role for you.

Why work for us?

As a BMA employee, you`ll receive:

  • Generous annual leave provision, plus 1 company day and public holidays
  • Double matching pension contributions up to 12% of salary
  • Season ticket loan (up to £10,000) after completion of probationary period
  • Additional flexible benefits.

You may be working remotely initially, but we`ll provide all the support you need. If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please apply through our website. For any queries please email recruitment@bma.org.uk

Diversity & Inclusion Monitoring:
We need your support to make sure our staff come from a variety of backgrounds so we especially welcome applications from disadvantaged communities. Even if you`re not selected, it would be really helpful if you could complete the diversity & inclusion data when you apply for this role, because we can make sure we are encouraging a diverse mixture of candidates to apply. Thank you very much.

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