Senior Policy Advisor

3519

Permanent, Full time

London

Salary: £46,514.88

Closing date: 12-10-2020

The BMA speaks for doctors at all stages of their careers and is a leading voice on a wide range of professional and political issues affecting medicine and health. We are looking to recruit a senior policy advisor to join our science and public health team on a permanent, full time contract.

The BMA`s science and public health team`s mission is to secure a public health system and policies that keep the public healthy. The team works closely with the BMA`s democratic structures to gather evidence, develop policy solutions, advice and guidance and lobby for and deliver policy change. With the continued response to COVID-19, Brexit and proposed changes to public health structures, our science and public health policy work has never been more important. By reviewing and assessing the latest research and scientific literature, we develop evidence-based recommendations for action.

Your role will be to help drive forward our programme of policy work, developing proposals that will help us influence the debate on science and public health policy areas of interest to our members across the UK. 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.

You will need:

-experience of evidence-based policy development in a public health or health-related context

-have excellent writing skills

-sound judgement and be adept at delivering presentations

-influencing senior figures and managing relationships

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 https://www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/working-at-the-bma/job-vacancies-at-the-bma 

Diversity monitoring: We need your support. We want 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 equal ops data when you apply for this role, because we can make sure we`re encouraging a diversity of people to apply. Thank you very much.