Public Affairs and Policy Officer

1 month ago

London, United Kingdom The Royal College of Surgeons of England Full time

Job Title: Public Affairs and Policy Officer

Salary: £30,114

Contract Type – Permanent, Full-time  

Location – We fully support flexible working. At least one day from our superb offices in Holborn and from home.

About us

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is the professional body for surgery. Our mission is to build the future of the surgical profession and improve the delivery of surgical care. We do this through education, training, examination, supporting surgical research and providing support and advice for surgeons at all stages of their careers.

About the role

There is an exciting opportunity for a Public Affairs and Policy Officer to join a busy communications team at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. This role will work with the team to develop our influencing plans for a new government and parliament, update our members about our influencing work via a weekly update, and support the drafting of briefings and policy papers alongside promoting our campaigning activity.

Responsibilities

Key duties and responsibilities include:

Carrying out daily monitoring of government, Parliament, the devolved nations and other stakeholders’ activity Working with the Public Affairs and Policy Manager to devise and implement public affairs strategies across England, Wales and Northern Ireland Assisting with preparing written and oral briefings for the President, Vice-Presidents, Chief Executive and Council members ahead of meetings with stakeholders, civil servants, ministers, and others Assisting with drafting policy position statements, policy reports and consultation responses Liaising with Council and other members to inform RCS England positions and our public affairs and policy work Organising and attending events including RCS England’s presence at party political conferences Managing the public affairs website pages and public affairs social media activity

About you

You will be passionate about politics, health policy and eager to work towards growing our organisation’s campaigning and influencing work. You will be professional and effective in building relations and briefing MPs and policymakers. Alongside this you’ll be happy to work closely with leading surgeons and patients and feedback their views into our teams work.  

What we can offer you

27 days paid holiday + bank holidays and up to 4 college closure days Flexible working Enhanced contributory pension scheme & other leave entitlements Variety of learning and development opportunities  Wellbeing programme & Employee Assistance Scheme

Any personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us in accordance with our recruitment processes. If unsuccessful in your application, your information will be held by us on our database for a period of 6 months before deletion. If you would like your information removed sooner, please contact us.

Closing date: Midnight 21 August. Interviews will take place on 28 August.

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are open to all talent and we actively ensure that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regards to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is committed to protecting your privacy. We are registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). All College employees are responsible for records held, created and used as part of their work for the College including patient/client, corporate and administrative records. Records are managed according to the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018 and ensure confidentiality. The College ensures that staff are trained to handle the information you submit to us with care and discretion, seeking advice where necessary.

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