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Policy Manager

3 months ago


Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Alzheimer's Research UK Full time

The Policy Manager will play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing our policy agenda to ensure people affected by dementia benefit from progress in research. By leveraging expertise in policy analysis, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement, the Policy Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing strategic policy initiatives that influence government decisions, public health priorities and research funding.

The post-holder will collaborate with a variety of stakeholders, including policymakers, researchers, clinicians, and people with lived experience of dementia to help make the case for increased investment in dementia research, advocate for more accessible routes to diagnosing and treating dementia and prepare health systems to be ready for future dementia treatments.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Policy development

  • Develop and manage programmes of work on key strategic policy areas that position ARUK as a key influencer both nationally and internationally. This may include the commissioning of external evidence generation.
  • Provide expertise on the relevant evidence, insight, and policy context to enable the development of new innovative policy ideas and solutions that deliver on our strategic priorities.
  • Manage the development of substantial and credible policy outputs, including briefings, reports, submissions to government departments and their agencies, parliamentary committees, and other UK and international organisations as appropriate.
  • Work with the communications team to ensure our policy work is disseminated to our key audiences via a range of appropriate channels to maximise our reach and impact.
  • Develop and maintain mechanisms to keep abreast of the policy environment.
  • Analyse, interpret and make judgements on complex project activities, delegating and managing the policy advisors to achieve set deliverables through their management of day-to-day activities. As Policy and Public Affairs works in a matrix structure this may include managing deliverables with policy advisors across the team.
  • Support the join-up between projects and across the wider team to ensure shared knowledge and the opportunity to maximise influence and impact.

Stakeholder engagement and management

  • Develop and manage stakeholder engagement of key policy contacts.
  • Actively promote patient and public involvement in the development and delivery of projects.
  • Work with Public Affairs colleagues to strengthen existing and emerging relationships with political and other parliamentary stakeholders to maximise the impact of our policy work.
  • Attend external working groups and help develop partnerships beneficial to ARUK.
  • Work with other charities to ensure ARUK is playing a leadership role in shaping government medical research policy.

Research and data analysis

  • Oversee the analysis of necessary data and understanding, working with other ARUK colleagues, to produce accurate, timely and insightful policy materials, briefings and media stories.

Line Management Responsibilities

  • Line manage and develop a Policy Advisor, providing coaching, mentoring and performance management as appropriate.
  • Work with Senior Policy Manager and other Managers to support our team mission, wider team development and our commitment to excellence.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

  • Experience and success in policy development and influencing change.
  • Experience of building constructive relationships with stakeholders across multiple organisations, especially within a biomedical research or health setting.
  • Experience of writing and reviewing complex policy reports.
  • Understanding of range of channels for communicating policy work.
  • Experience of line management
  • Experience of delivering consultation responses and working with government teams to embed ideas.
  • Confidence working with computers – good knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook.
  • A passionate, proactive and curious policy professional.
  • Strong negotiation skills.
  • Excellent personal communication skills, with the ability to communicate with people at all levels both face to face and remotely.
  • Ability to manage a broad programme or work with good organisational and prioritisation skills.
  • Ability to work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Ability to manage and develop people.
  • Ability to write professionally, with an ability to adapt communication style for different audiences to maximise impact.
  • Ability to analyse and interpret complex data to identify key messages.
  • Professional and hard-working team player.
  • Able to remain calm under pressure.
  • Ability to show initiative and adaptability in a complex and changing policy environment.
  • Strategic outlook with a clear focus on impact.

The closing date for applications is the 16th June 2024, with interviews likely to be held week commencing the 1st July 2024. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity as the closing date may be brought forward at any time. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.