Senior Policy and Research Manager

Are you a policy research professional looking for your next career opportunity? 

Great Ormond Street Charity is building its policy and advocacy function and are hiring for a Senior Policy & Research Manager. This newly created role will play a key role in supporting the development of this new function..  

If you have experience in developing evidence-based policy positions and you’re looking for a role where you can help shape the future needs for seriously ill children and their families – get in touch with us.  

Salary

The salary for this position is £50,534 per annum and we operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of two days per week in the office.  

In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate.

Key Responsibilities

Policy development

• Developing evidence-based policy positions, focused on advancing the needs to serious ill children and their families.
• Developing impactful policy content including position papers, policy briefings and responses to government consultations.

Policy research, data and insight

• Lead research and analysis activities that underpin our policy work – ensuring we develop credible policy recommendations.
• Compile and maintain key data insights to support policy development.
• Track developments in external policy.

Build relationships

• Represent GOSH Charity at meetings and events to support policy development.
• Build relationships with other organisations and policy makers.
• Build internal relationships.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Previous experience working in a policy position within either a charity, think tank or public sector organisation.
• Extensive experience managing the development of evidence-based policy positions.
• Experience successfully influencing public policy.
• Experience representing an organisation at external meetings and events.
• Ability to translate data and complex issues into actionable recommendations.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.

Previous experience in the health and/or research sector is beneficial for this role. A keen interest in shaping the future for seriously ill children and their families is a must.  

How to apply

Click on the apply button where you’ll be taken to a short application form.  

Closing Date:Friday 13th March

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Benefits

• 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A flexible approach to working arrangements.
• Access to our enhanced pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme.

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About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity

Every day, around 750 children and young people from across the UK are seen at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). At Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, we help the hospital go above and beyond for seriously ill children, enabling kinder and better treatments, bringing hope for children with the rarest and most complex illnesses, and making hospital a little bit easier and a lot more fun for the thousands of children who are treated at GOSH every year. Our staff raise vital funds to support ground-breaking research, cutting-edge medical equipment, and the creation of child-centred facilities to help save more young lives, and essential support services that help save childhoods too.

Together, we can help give seriously ill children the best chance, and the best childhood, possible. We were delighted to be named Charity Times - Charity of the Year 2024, recognising the impact of our shared mission.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We believe that GOSH Charity and the charity sector more widely should reflect the diversity of patients, communities, and society at large. We also know that having a more diverse and inclusive workforce will make us more innovative, challenge the status quo, and enable us to deliver more impact. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. In particular, we encourage applications from those who are currently under represented within the charity sector as they may be marginalised by race and/or ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, long-term health conditions, or socioeconomic status. 

If you would like more information about our approach to inclusive hiring please see our Inclusive Hiring Page here. You can also find out more about our commitments to EDI within our EDI Strategy here

As a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact recruitment@gosh.org

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