Senior Policy Advisor (Research)
Job Overview
We are looking to recruit a Senior Policy Advisor (Research) to join our Population Health team within our Public Health and Healthcare Policy Function.
This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in shaping the BMA’s high-profile policy work on a broad range of issues relating to population health in the UK.
Your role will be to drive forward our programme of policy work and research, developing proposals that will help us influence the debate around key issues that affect health and healthcare for the UK population, including a focus on health inequalities and the key drivers of health as well as the health of particular groups.
You will provide expert policy advice and guidance to a variety of audiences including senior staff, committees, chief officers and members, as well as producing briefings, guidance and other practical support materials and representing the BMA at external events as required.
The Public Health and Healthcare Function sits within the BMA’s Communications and Policy Directorate. The Function’s remit spans a range of topics including:
- Ongoing monitoring and responsive work related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on health and healthcare services
- Learning the lessons from the pandemic
- Dealing with current and future public and population health challenges.
You will have experience of:
- evidence-based policy development (ideally in a health or health-related context)
- excellent writing skills
- excellent research and data analysis skills
- ability to confidently analyse and help solve policy problems
- confidence to build influential relationships with internal and external stakeholders
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.
