ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

JOB DESCRIPTION

POST:
GRADE:
DEPARTMENT:
RESPONSIBLE FOR:   Senior Governance Officer and Governance Officer
RESPONSIBLE TO:   Head of Governance, Compliance and Risk

Governance and Risk Manager
4a
Governance, Compliance and Risk

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
This is a key role, supporting the Head of Governance, Compliance and Risk in the management of a
comprehensive central governance service across the College.

Key elements of the role are the provision of professional governance and secretariat support to the
Council and the Board of Trustees and their main committees. This includes setting board agendas in
line with strategic priorities and ensuring that papers are prepared in a timely fashion and address the
required issues effectively.

This role also supports the College’s risk management function ensuring the development and
embedding the College’s risk management policy and procedures and reporting to the Trustees and
Audit and Risk Committee.

The post holder is responsible for managing a wide range of relationships with senior stakeholders
(Council and Trustee members, Executive Directors and other senior staff) as well as maintaining
relationships across the College at all levels.

The post holder will be expected to contribute to continuous improvement of the team’s processes
and procedures whilst offering excellent customer focus and service.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1.

Governance and Secretariat

•  Manage processes to ensure that agendas, papers, minutes and actions are prepared and

issued within required timelines.

•  Ensure that board and committee minutes are prepared to a high standard, and actions are

completed in a timely manner.

•  Quality assure board submissions, to ensure that they meet required quality standards, issues

are appropriately explained, and decision recommendations are valid.

•  Manage board attendance to ensure that all board meetings are quorate and board members

have access to any necessary subject matter expertise.

•

Forward plan meetings and business schedules and brief Chairs as appropriate.

•  Contribute to the development of the College’s governance framework including the

production of the governance handbook and drafting and review of terms of reference,
leading on key projects as appropriate.

•  Support and manage the board and committee appointment, induction and review process

2.

Risk and Audit

•  Support the Head of Governance, Compliance and Risk to review, develop and implement the

College’s risk management policy and framework.

•  Facilitate risk management discussions working with colleagues across the College.

•  Maintain the College’s risk register and ensure it focusses on key risks, and is accurate and

up to date.

•  Lead on the development of a communication programme to support the embedding of risk

across the College.

•  Develop and maintain the Internal Audit Actions Tracker and update to report to the Audit and

Risk Committee.

3.

General

•  Support the Head of Governance, Compliance and Risk with additional projects.

•  The post-holder is expected to represent the College in a professional manner in relation to
his or her responsibilities and in ensuring their own continuing professional development.

4.

Key skills, experience and competencies

•  Experience of providing professional governance services and acting as secretariat to high

level meetings, working within established governance frameworks and providing support and
guidance to those attending the meetings

•  Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to summarise complex discussions

•  Ability to manage own projects, problem solve and develop solutions

•  Excellent interpersonal skills and team working skills.

•  Proactive and flexible in managing workloads, tight deadlines and competing priorities.

•  Excellent administrative and organisational skills, demonstrating ability to deliver work on

time and to a high standard, consistently meeting targets, planning ahead and prioritising.

•  Ability to confidently liaise with both internal and external senior officials and to work

collaboratively with stakeholders and partner organisations, and maintain good relationships.

•  Experience of Risk Management - desirable

This job description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and may include
other duties and responsibilities as may be determined.  It is not intended to be rigid or inflexible but
should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

All College employees are responsible for records held, created or used as part of their work for the
College including patient/client, corporate and administrative records whether paper-based or

electronic, which also includes emails. Records should be managed and stored appropriately and
should in all cases comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General
Data Protection Regulation. Employees should have read and understood the College’s Data
Protection Policy and Records Management Policy and should follow all agreed records management
and data protection procedures, seeking advice where necessary.

Job description

Job title:

Data Scientists x 3

Grade:

Department:

Grade X: LSHTM scale £39,432 to £51,156 per annum depending on
qualifications and experience

Clinical Effectiveness Unit – National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre

Responsible for:

Working with team members to deliver national cancer audits of the
National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre

Accountable to:

Dr  Julie  Nossiter,  Director  of  Operations,  National  Cancer  Audit
Collaborating Centre and ultimately, to the Director, Clinical Effectiveness
Unit (Professor David Cromwell)

Job summary

These posts offer a unique opportunity to work at the National Cancer Audit Collaborating
Centre (NATCAN) within the Clinical Effectiveness Unit (CEU) at the Royal College of
Surgeons of England (RCSEng). NATCAN is a new national centre of excellence overseeing
the 10 National Cancer Audits in England and Wales aiming to strengthen NHS cancer
services by looking at treatments and patient outcomes across the NHS. The CEU is a
collaboration between the RCSEng and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine (LSHTM). NATCAN is the largest centre evaluating cancer services in the UK, with
40 staff members, employed at the RCS or the LSTHM, from a wide range of backgrounds
(medicine, statistics, epidemiology, data science, quality improvement, project
management).

Data Scientists

These are key roles in data science and reporting in NATCAN, working closely with senior
cancer specialists, clinical fellows, methodologists, data managers, and other
multidisciplinary members. The post holders will develop advanced analysis and research
skills. Having large detailed linked datasets provides opportunities to be involved in
methodological development and in epidemiological studies assessing the quality of care
and answering the most pressing questions about why some cancer patients receive
different treatments and outcomes than others. The results of the work will be disseminated
as audit reports, dashboards, peer-reviewed academic papers, and conference
presentations. The post holders will also support development to improve the efficiency of
data analysis and reporting within the centre, working on the data flow into and within
NATCAN, data validation, data science processes, automated reporting, state-of-the-art data
visualisation and dashboards.

A current data scientist in NATCAN says “These data scientist roles provide a fantastic
opportunity to be part of multidisciplinary teams carrying out clinical audit and research with

‘big data’. For this to drive quality improvement and make a real difference to patients, we
need more input from data scientists to handle the data coming into NATCAN efficiently and
analyse and report on it effectively. My role has been extremely well-supported from
academics and clinicians at the forefront of their fields and has provided me with invaluable
opportunities to develop my data science skills, present at national and international
conferences, and contribute to meaningful improvements for patients with cancer. I cannot
recommend this position highly enough.”

Specific duties and responsibilities

Three data scientist roles are available at different grades. The duties and responsibilities of
each role will depend in part on the experience, skills and interests of the post holder. Post
holders will need to be flexible to how the needs of the National Cancer Audit Collaborating
Centre change over time.

1.  Statistical analyses for national cancer audits and research projects
In collaboration with other team members across NATCAN, the post holders will design and
carry out statistical analyses for national cancer audits and research projects using linked
national cancer and administrative datasets. They will deal with methodological issues that
arise, such as handling missing data, incomplete data linkage, or the censoring of individuals
in time-to-event data, and the development of risk-adjustment approaches for making fair
comparisons between organisations. Areas of statistical analysis work will include, for
example:

•  Describing the cancer care and outcomes across different NHS organisations
•  Examining how different patterns of care may influence patient outcomes
•  Benchmarking and monitoring performance of healthcare providers over time
•  Conducting analyses to support quality improvement initiatives

The post holder will be expected to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and
be able to communicate the methods and findings of analyses to a medical and lay
audience.  They will be expected to present their analyses in seminars and write up their
findings for inclusion in project reports, academic journals and conference presentations.

2.  Data science and provision of automated reporting across cancer audits
The delivery of ten cancer audits brings the opportunity for highly efficient working across
audits. The post-holders will be required to actively seek potential areas for cross-audit
working in data preparation, analysis methods and reporting. Accurate documentation of
data extraction, cleaning, validation and indicator production will be crucial. Areas
contributing to the aspiration of efficient cross-audit working will include:

•  Extracting, wrangling and curating large scale linked clinical datasets ready for

analysis using SQL or statistical software (R, Python, Stata), and supporting related
documentation

•  Developing and applying reusable data pipelines and applying algorithms and code

lists to derive required variables

•  Developing and performing systematic data quality checks across and within

projects

•  Producing automated reports, dashboards and data visualisations to support local

quality improvement

3.  Data access and Information Governance (IG)

•  Supporting the Director of Operations with data access requests
•  Supporting processes to ensure that data access, management and analysis
activities take place within a robust data sharing and information governance
framework that meets legal IG requirements

•  Liaise with RCS Data protection Officer (DPO) to ensure projects comply with RCS

information governance policies and other statutory requirements

4.  Development and training

•  Contributing to training material for technical and non-technical staff on data science

and the application of statistical techniques

•  Undergo further training in statistics, data science, research and audit methodology
•  Keep abreast of and adapt to changes in the national cancer data landscape, and

developments in presenting and disseminating statistical information (e.g.
dashboards and control charts) to hospitals.

5.  Other
•  Maintaining the confidentiality of data at all times and to ensure that the requirements of

the Data Protection Act are met throughout the work of the National Cancer Audit
Collaborating Centre

•  Ensuring that data collection, analysis and reporting is carried out to the highest

professional standards

•  Carrying out other occasional duties within the National Cancer Audit Collaborating

Centre and the CEU, e.g. contributing to training workshops

The post-holders will have the opportunity to publish academic output in health informatics,
statistics, or data science.  Working in NATCAN/ the CEU will provide a wealth of potential
topic  areas,  such  as  developing  methods
for  monitoring  healthcare  performance,
understanding variations in care and outcomes of cancer patients, improving data validation
of linked datasets, and designing and evaluating quality improvement initiatives.

The post-holders will also have the opportunity to pursue further training in statistical methods,
project/programme management, quality improvement methodology or data science. Further
training in Information Governance and Data Protection will also be available.

Further information about NATCAN & CEU is available at the bottom of the job description.

This  job  description  will  be  subject  to  review  in  the  light  of  changing  circumstances  and  may
include other duties and responsibilities as may be determined.  It is not intended to be rigid or
inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

October 2024

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Bachelor Level degree in medical
statistics, data science,
epidemiology, operational research
or equivalent academic qualification

Higher degree (MSc) in medical
statistics, data science,
epidemiology, operational
research or equivalent academic
qualification

Experience

Experience of undertaking analyses
using large complex datasets in a
statistical package

Experience of managing
relational databases and using
SQL

Contributions to written output,
preferably peer-reviewed

Experience of applying information
governance principles to health care
data

Experience of analysing routine
national datasets such as Hospital
Episode Statistics or Cancer
Registry data

Experience of working within
multidisciplinary teams

Knowledge/skills

A good understanding of health-
related research methods and study
designs

Knowledge of data protection
and information security
principles

Strong statistical analysis skills,
including multivariable regression
analyses.

Proven ability to communicate
statistical concepts and results to
non-statisticians

Understanding of advanced
statistical techniques such as
missing data methods, risk model
development, and multilevel
modelling

Data visualisation skills

Good organisational skills, including
an ability to prioritise work to meet
deadlines and work on various tasks
simultaneously

People and
interpersonal skills

Excellent verbal and written
communication skills, with the ability
to adapt oral and written
communication

Effective at building professional
relationships and responsive to
stakeholder needs

Ability to use initiative and work
autonomously whilst within a team
environment

The post holder will also need to demonstrate the following values:

Collaboration

Respect

Excellence

We embrace our collective responsibilities working
collaboratively and as one college.

•  We work together, using our collective expertise and

experience to effect positive change

•  We are open, honest and transparent, straightforward in our
language and actions, acting with sincerity and delivering on
our commitments

•  We take our responsibilities to each other, to patient care and
to the environment seriously and we act with this in mind
across our work

We value every person we come into contact with at the College
as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in
life, and seek to understand and meet their physical and
wellbeing needs.

•  We treat everyone we meet with kindness and integrity and

we seek to promote these behaviours in others

•  We actively seek a range of views and experiences across

our work, and we listen to, and make everyone feel, a valued
part of the team

We aspire to excellence and success. We share learning from
our experiences, apply feedback into practice, and commit to
continual improvement.

•  We work hard to be the best at what we do, recognising and
celebrating effort and achievement, and reflecting on our
work, so we can learn and improve

•  We value and invest in research, education and training to
drive excellence and put improvements in surgical practice,
dentistry and patient care at the heart of our work
•  We always seek to learn and discover more, valuing

knowledge and scientific evidence, basing our decisions on
insights, fact and experience

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.

National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre
Evaluating and where necessary improving the treatment for cancer patients is a key priority
for the NHS Cancer Programme, and the Quality Statement for Cancer Wales. The
Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, on behalf of NHS England and the Welsh
Government, has commissioned the development and establishment of a new centre of
excellence for national cancer audits.

NATCAN is part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP).
NATCAN is home to all ten national cancer audits. This includes new audits in breast cancer
(primary and metastatic), ovarian, pancreatic, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and kidney cancer. In
addition, this includes to existing clinical audits in prostate, lung, gastro-oesophageal and
bowel cancer. These audits have helped to identify and address variations in cancer care
across England and Wales and improve outcomes for patients. They have also promoted
quality improvement initiatives within NHS cancer services and identified best practice.

NATCAN aims to:

1.  Provide regular and timely evidence to cancer services of where patterns of care in

England and Wales vary.

2.  Support NHS services to identify the reasons for the variation in care in order to

guide quality improvement initiatives.

3.  Stimulate improvements in cancer detection, treatment and outcomes including

survival.

NATCAN began on the 1 October 2022 in the CEU, a collaboration between the RCSEng
and LSHTM.  NATCAN collaborates closely with professional groups, clinicians and patient
charities to ensure that all relevant stakeholders inform the quality improvement goals of
each audit. NATCAN has approximately 40 staff from a range of disciplines including
statistics, data science, health services research, epidemiology, healthcare quality
improvement and clinical audit management. It is led by Dr Julie Nossiter, Director of
Operations, NATCAN; Prof Ajay Aggarwal, Clinical Director, NATCAN; Prof David Cromwell,
Director of the CEU and Professor of Health Services Research, LSHTM; Prof Kate Walker,
Professor of Medical Statistics, LSHTM; and Prof Jan van der Meulen, Professor of Clinical
Epidemiology, LSHTM.

NATCAN is a key source of information that supports various quality assessment and
improvement activities, both at a local level (by NHS trusts and boards, Cancer Alliances,
Integrated care Systems) and at a national level (e.g., CQC inspection and regulatory work).
The activities of NATCAN and the individual audits will drive quality improvement across the
country aiming to help cancer services reach the highest standards possible.

Clinical Effectiveness Unit
The CEU is a collaboration between the RCSEng and the Department of Health Services
Research & Policy of the LSHTM.

The work of the CEU involves carrying out national clinical audits, developing audit
methodologies and producing evidence on clinical and cost effectiveness. An essential
element of the CEU’s strategy is that it considers audit projects as epidemiological studies of
the quality of hospital care. Epidemiological methods are used to generate high quality
evidence on the processes and outcomes of hospital care as well as on their determinants.
Another important feature of the CEU’s strategy is the emphasis it gives to joint clinical and
methodological leadership.

The CEU has 45 staff members, of whom 6 are academic staff members of the LSHTM. The
background of the staff demonstrates the multidisciplinary character of the Unit (medicine,
health services research, medical statistics, epidemiology and public health). The Unit’s
Director is Professor David Cromwell.

Job description

Job title:

Grade:

Clinical Skills and Simulation Technician

3a

Department:

Learning

Responsible for:

0 direct reports

Accountable to:

Clinical Skills and Simulation Senior Technician

Job summary

The Clinical Skills and Simulation Technicians are responsible for the delivery of all RCS
England internally managed courses. This currently includes 15 different types of course
(technical skills, simulation, professional development) predominantly delivered in the Bjorn
Saven Centre (BSC), with a small proportion taking place at selected external venues. In
accordance with the Learning Department's 5-year plan, a minimum of 150 RCS-internally
managed courses will be delivered in the 2025/ 2026 financial year with further growth
expected.

In addition to facilitating the operational delivery of existing courses, this role will be required to
develop technical expertise in TEL to support the development/ redevelopment of new/ existing
educational products and their delivery in the BSC and external centres as required. There will
be a particular focus on the development of an Extended Reality Lab (XR Lab) within the BSC
in 2024 and integration of upgrades to our existing simulation equipment used by existing
courses as we move from the use of low fidelity nursing manikins to higher fidelity,
programmable manikins.

Specific duties and responsibilities

Technical Expertise

•  Consistently prepare all standard animal tissue and synthetic surgical skills models

required by RCS courses in accordance with standard specifications.

•  Reset simulated task trainers and manikins in accordance with the manufacturer’s

instructions. Investigate performance issues with escalation to management/technical
support services if appropriate.

•  Research and develop alternatives/improvements to skills models/task trainers to
increase fidelity, cost effectiveness, sustainability and/or improve performance.

•  Operate and troubleshoot both standard AV systems associated with teaching rooms
and specialised systems associated with XR Lab/medium-high fidelity manikins
including:

o  Operation of video capture and live streaming software for high fidelity scenario

training in XR Lab.

o  Management of audio, including operation of mixer, microphone, levels etc.

o

o

Identifying  and  deploying  appropriate  manikin  parameters  as  required  by
scenario, including vital signs, verbal responses etc.
Integrate associated technology such as patient monitors and satellite tablets, into
daily course delivery.

•

In conjunction with faculty and educators contribute to the planning of high-fidelity
scenarios, advising on appropriate equipment, plus the capabilities and limitations of the
XR Lab.

•  Establish immersive, positive learning environments suitable for a range of candidates

to increase realism, using moulage and scene setting skills.

•  Continuously improve knowledge of current developments in simulation-based

education, by attending ASPiH conference, SIG meetings, LSN events and engaging
with relevant journals and other online resources/in person development opportunities.

•  Appraise sector-wide advances in TEL and integrate into daily operations where

appropriate

•  Mentor and support new staff, facilitating their integration into the team.
•  Establish and maintain communication channels with peers in the franchised course

delivery network to ensure sharing of best practice and provision of technical support.

Centre logistics

•  Receive and store equipment/ materials deliveries, accurately updating

inventory/stock tracker.

•  Continuously appraise condition of instruments and equipment and flagging any

shortfalls or breakages.

•  Analyse stock levels of consumables including those provided as a ‘Gift in Kind’, to
ensure orders are placed in a timely manner, avoiding shortfalls or unnecessary
stockpiles.

•  Conduct regular cost comparisons for paid consumables, identifying alternative

products/suppliers that offer potential savings and/or more sustainable alternatives.

•  Prepare training rooms, equipment and any paperwork required for teaching

sessions in accordance with pre-determined specifications.

•  Set down rooms when not occupied, ensuring spaces are presentable and ready for
use with consumables restocked, AV systems shut down and updated if required.

Course planning and customer service

•  Utilise IT systems to effectively structure pre-course communications with faculty and
participants, ensuring all attendees have access to the required information and
resources to facilitate participation in training sessions.

•  Appraise technical requests, problems and queries during the delivery of a course,

identifying the appropriate resolution in a timely manner.

•  Ensure badges, handbooks/materials, programmes and registration sheets are

prepared and are at registration points.

•  Register course attendees on arrival, including welcome orientation i.e. location of

toilets, prayer room, how to access wifi, tea and coffee etc.

•  Thanks/acknowledgements to faculty, course directors and participants for their

contribution at the end of the course.

•  Collect, scan and save post course paperwork at the end of each event, ensuring

that attendance and outcomes are accurately recorded in the CRM and appropriate
post course communications are sent within 24 hours.

•  Process faculty expense claims in a timely and accurate manner.
•  Book faculty hotel rooms as required.
•  Participate in management of shared BSCcourses@ inbox and prioritising

responses, flagging to other members of the team as necessary.

Health and Safety

•  Complete local area risk assessments at the start of each day.
•  Provide essential pre briefing to all participants and faculty prior to participation in

simulation training.

•  Ensure that all visitors to the BSC are aware of and adhere to the Health and

Safety guidelines set out by the Directorate and the College.

•  Adhere to Standard Operating Procedures and Protocols with regard to the
storage, preparation and disposal of animal tissue, ensuring that health and
safety and infection control risks are minimised.

•  Decontaminate and organise laboratory, tissue preparation and storage areas.
•  Decontaminate, maintain and store all instrumentation and equipment as per

manufacturer’s instructions.

•  Review SOPs and risk assessments to ensure they reflect current practices.
•  Adhere to crisis management protocols to ensure the core business is sustained
during adverse events, executing contingency plans as and when needed.

•  Act as Fire Warden/First Aider for the BSC.

Quality Monitoring and Improvement
Responsible for:

•  Ensure feedback from course evaluations is used to implement improvements to the
administration and management of RCS-managed courses. Evaluate the impact of
any changes to working practices.

•  Record and share any additional feedback communicated verbally or via

electronically with management as appropriate. Plan approved course provider visits
to support ‘first time course’ delivery and associated QA visits.

General

•  The post-holder is expected to represent the College in a professional manner in
relation to their responsibilities and in ensuring their own continuing professional
development.

•  Undertake such duties appropriate to the grade, as required by the Director. This job

description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and may
include other duties and responsibilities as may be determined. It is not intended to
be rigid or inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the
individual works.

.

Person specification

Qualifications

Experience and
skills

Essential

Desirable

•  NVQ Level 3
•  Registered Science

Technician (RSciTech) or
willing to work toward this
qualification

•

 FDSci/HND/BSc in a
relevant subject or
significant, relevant
experience to demonstrate
equivalent skills/knowledge
at this level.

•  Experience of working in a
laboratory environment,
healthcare or educational
setting.

•  Familiarity with the handling
and maintenance of surgical
instruments and medical
devices.

•  Familiar with Health & Safety
within a healthcare setting
and COSHH legislation.
•  Experience of delivering a
customer focused service.

•  Excellent command of

•  Experience of setting up
medical task trainers and
operating medium/high
fidelity manikins.

•  Experience of working with
immersive technologies.

written and spoken English.

•  Working knowledge of

additional Microsoft Office
apps including Planner,
SharePoint, One Note and
Power Automate.

People and
interpersonal skills

•  Ability to work flexibly, as

part of team or
autonomously.

•  Excellent organisational
skills, with methodical
approach to work.

•  High level attention to detail.
Ability to produce accurate
and

•  Working knowledge of Office

365 including Outlook
•  Physically fit and able to

participate in moving heavy
equipment (for which training
and suitable equipment will
be provided).

•  Prepared to work out of

standard office hours and at
weekends determined by the
course schedule.
•  Prepared to travel on

occasion within UK and
Internationally to support
franchised course delivery.
•  Ability to work across teams
to deliver a quality service.

•  Able to work as part of a

multi-disciplinary team in a
dynamic environment.
•  Ability to remain calm when
working under pressure.

•

This role will involve out of hours and weekend working on a rota basis.
This role may occasionally involve travel throughout the UK and internationally.
You should be prepared to handle human and non-human anatomical material.
You should expect to be present within the BSC (or externally hired venue) on all
working days.

The post holder will also need to demonstrate the following values:

Collaboration

Respect

Excellence

We embrace our collective responsibilities working
collaboratively and as one college.

•  We work together, using our collective expertise and

experience to effect positive change

•  We are open, honest and transparent, straightforward in our
language and actions, acting with sincerity and delivering on
our commitments

•  We take our responsibilities to each other, to patient care and
to the environment seriously and we act with this in mind
across our work

We value every person we come into contact with at the College
as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in
life, and seek to understand and meet their physical and
wellbeing needs.

•  We treat everyone we meet with kindness and integrity and

we seek to promote these behaviours in others

•  We actively seek a range of views and experiences across

our work, and we listen to, and make everyone feel, a valued
part of the team

We aspire to excellence and success. We share learning from
our experiences, apply feedback into practice, and commit to
continual improvement.

•  We work hard to be the best at what we do, recognising and
celebrating effort and achievement, and reflecting on our
work, so we can learn and improve

•  We value and invest in research, education and training to
drive excellence and put improvements in surgical practice,
dentistry and patient care at the heart of our work
•  We always seek to learn and discover more, valuing

knowledge and scientific evidence, basing our decisions on
insights, fact and experience

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.

Job description

Job title:

Grade:

Editorial and Learning Innovation Assistant

Department:

Learning: Learning and Innovation Team

Responsible for:  N/A

Learning Innovation Manager (direct report)

Accountable to:

Head  of  Learning  and  Innovation  and  Director  of  Learning
(indirect,  focussing  on  stakeholders  including  the  Learning
Committee and Education Advisory Network

Job summary

The  Learning  and  Innovation  team  work  with  clinical  leads  and  stakeholders  to  develop
educational programmes to support surgeons at all stages of their career. We produce high
quality learning material and courses delivered across the UK and Internationally.

The  post  holder  will  be  responsible  for  planning,  organising,  and  coordinating  tasks  that
support the whole team across a variety of activities.

They will play a key role in supporting the development, editing, and delivery of high-quality
educational content for medical professionals. Working closely with subject matter experts,
project  managers,  educators,  producers,  and  learning  technologists,  the  postholder  will
support the development of learning materials that are accurate, engaging, and aligned with
the Royal College of Surgeons of England’s educational standards.

The  post  holder  will  gain  insight  across  all  learning  innovation  functions,  offering  a  broad
understanding and knowledge as a foundation for growth and progression.

Role weighting

Below indicates the expected amount of time the postholder will spend on the responsibilities
listed, however this will vary depending on business needs.

Material production,
60%
10%
Education Advisory Network
Stakeholder communication and support  20%
10%
Business and financial administration

Specific duties and responsibilities

1.  Material production
Responsible for:

•  Assisting in the development of learning content including eLearning modules, course

materials, handbooks, and assessments for surgical training.

•  Working with project managers, to manage editorial and publishing workflows

•  Working  with  digital  learning  producers  and  educators  to  produce  learning  content
that meet agreed clinical and educational requirements, are branded within corporate
guidelines and are consistently presented

•  Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with volunteer surgeons and

clinical leads with whom we write and create content.

•  Collaborating  with  freelance  content  specialists  such  as  editors,  instructional

designers, graphic designers, medical illustrators and video producers

•  Assisting with the editing and proofreading of written content for clarity, consistency,

grammar, and adherence to house style, maintaining version control.

•  Seeking copyright permissions and maintaining accurate copyright and IP records

•  Sourcing images and media content, including medical images, working with subject

matter experts.

•  Drafting  copy  for  our  Virtual  Learning  Environment  (VLE)  and  website,  including

course descriptions and campaigns to recruit volunteers.

•  Uploading and managing content within our VLE and website.

•  Undertaking quality assurance (QA) testing of eLearning content and courses on the

VLE during production.

•  Supporting development of courses for our new Extended Reality Lab (XRL) involving

immersive simulation technology.

2.  Education Advisory Network
Responsible for:

•  Supporting membership of the Education Advisory Network including becoming the

first point of contact for members and stakeholders

•  Developing and maintaining analytics and statistics of network membership such as
diversity and inclusion data and suggesting actions to improve the diversity profile of
individuals, their employing organisations and sectors

•  Working with the co-chairs and other members of the team to identify and engage

potential stakeholders

•  Managing the proof of concept application process and liaising with marketing and

applicants at all stages of the process

•  Working  with  the  full  team  to  arrange  demos  of  new  technologies  and  supporting

trials and proof of concept studies

3.  Stakeholder communication and support
Responsible for acting as first point of contact around and managing the following activities,

groups and processes:

•  Coordination of meetings/ events as necessary including

o  Planning  and  coordinating  College  governance  committees  (such  as  the
Learning Committee) and strategic stakeholder and sponsor meetings, faculty
development  days,  working  group  meetings,  course  pilots  and  project
meetings; these will be face to face or virtual

o  Supporting the organisation of events including for the Parents in Surgery and

Emerging Leaders Programmes

o  Booking  resources  (a/v,  catering  and  accommodation  etc)  for  faculty  and
others and managing availability, using agreed procedures and processes

o  Producing  briefings,  coordinating  and  finalising  papers,  taking  notes  and

recording decisions

•  Working  group  and  freelancer  records,  including  sourcing  and  validating  potential
freelancers,  sending  and  recording  relevant  consent  forms,  terms  and  conditions
and/or contracts

•  Clinical  lead  recruitment  and  management  processes  including  website  promotion,
collating  applications,  arranging  shortlisting  and  interviews,  coordinating  and
managing  the  appraisals  process  including  collating  and  coordinating  supporting
documentation

•  Collate diversity and inclusion data for clinical leads and volunteers

4.  Business and financial administration
Responsible for:

•

Invoicing and expenses processes, ensuring that

o  our Faculty and volunteers can submit and receive expense claims

o  all costs are invoiced and recorded correctly and have been receipted by month

end

o  Raising Purchase Orders (POs) and receipting orders.

•  Working with the Head of Learning Innovation to support new opportunities including

research and collating funding bids

•  Co-ordinating resources and information to support planning and preparation of new

products as we grow provision in the Bjorn Savern Centre

5.  General
Responsible for:

•  Representing the College in a professional manner in relation to their responsibilities

and ensuring their own continuing professional development.

•  Undertaking such duties appropriate to the grade, as required by the director including
providing cross-team support to trouble-shoot issues arising that may adversely affect
quality or customer service

This  job  description  will  be  subject  to  review  in  the  light  of  changing  circumstances  and  may
include other duties and responsibilities as may be determined.  It is not intended to be rigid or
inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

July 2025

Person specification

Essential

Desirable

Qualifications

•  A levels and a minimum

grade C English and Maths
GCSE, or ability to
demonstrate experience in a
similar role

•  Degree or equivalent

Knowledge

•  Offering stakeholder support

•  Working in, education,

and a customer driven
service

training, or a healthcare
setting with some autonomy

•  Managing and supporting

•  Experience editing or

producing educational or
academic content
•  Experience of image
sourcing and seeking
copyright permissions

•  Experience of digital
learning technologies

committees, working groups
and other meetings

•  Working as a team player

•

and supporting others where
necessary
Identifying and suggesting
opportunities to improve
diversity and inclusion
•  Processing invoices and

expense claims

•  Data input and use of

databases

•  Strong working knowledge
of Microsoft Word, Excel
PowerPoint and Teams

Experience and
skills

•  Excellent written English and

•  Ability to handle difficult

attention to detail

•  Ability to work independently

conversations and situations
effectively and sensitively

People and
interpersonal skills

Other

on tasks with minimal
supervision, demonstrating
initiative

•  Excellent organisational skills
and methodical approach

•  Ability to work to tight

deadlines and competing
priorities

•  Excellent interpersonal skills,
ability to establish trust and
build relationships with
people at all levels

•  Ability to source and
evaluate potential
opportunities to engage in
funding/research bids

Ability to identify, contact
and build new relationships
with potential stakeholders
(organisations and
individuals)

•  May involve out of hours and
weekend work as well as
some UK travel with
overnight stays

•  Annual leave requests may
be restricted where it falls
within key committee or
other meeting dates

The post holder will also need to demonstrate the following values:

Collaboration

Respect

Excellence

We embrace our collective responsibilities working
collaboratively and as one college.

•  We work together, using our collective expertise and

experience to effect positive change

•  We are open, honest and transparent, straightforward in our
language and actions, acting with sincerity and delivering on
our commitments

•  We take our responsibilities to each other, to patient care and
to the environment seriously and we act with this in mind
across our work

We value every person we come into contact with at the College
as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in
life, and seek to understand and meet their physical and
wellbeing needs.

•  We treat everyone we meet with kindness and integrity and

we seek to promote these behaviours in others

•  We actively seek a range of views and experiences across

our work, and we listen to, and make everyone feel, a valued
part of the team

We aspire to excellence and success. We share learning from
our experiences, apply feedback into practice, and commit to
continual improvement.

•  We work hard to be the best at what we do, recognising and
celebrating effort and achievement, and reflecting on our
work, so we can learn and improve

•  We value and invest in research, education and training to
drive excellence and put improvements in surgical practice,
dentistry and patient care at the heart of our work
•  We always seek to learn and discover more, valuing

knowledge and scientific evidence, basing our decisions on
insights, fact and experience

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.

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Culture and Governance

Welcome

Dear Candidate,

Thank you for your interest in the role of Executive Director of People, Culture and Governance at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. RCS England has been a
cornerstone of professional excellence for over two centuries, representing tens of thousands of surgeons, dental professionals, trainees and students across the UK and
internationally.

This is an exceptional moment to be joining us. With a strong executive team in place and a new strategy being developed for launch in 2026, we are shaping a modern,
progressive College - one that honours its proud heritage while building for the future.

As one of four Executive Directors, this role will sit at the heart of that transformation. It brings together our people, culture, governance, and heritage functions to create a
more unified, connected organisation, one in which every colleague, volunteer, member and visitor feels a genuine sense of belonging and purpose.

You will already be an established executive leader with a proven track record of shaping high-performing cultures, leading complex change and delivering through others.
You will bring confidence in navigating governance and organisational design at scale, with the emotional intelligence and authenticity to inspire trust across a diverse
community. Ideally you could come from a people and culture and governance background and we are open to people from a diverse range of professional backgrounds.
Above all, you will share our belief that people and culture are central to achieving excellence, and you will have the strategic vision to translate that belief into tangible
impact.

The College’s culture is in a strong place, but we know that excellence requires continual attention. This role will be central to that journey, enabling us to build capability,
deepen engagement, and model inclusive leadership in everything we do. It is also a rare opportunity to influence the way a historic institution connects with people today,
from our staff and volunteers to the surgeons and dental professionals we serve.

If you are excited by the opportunity to work at the intersection of heritage and innovation to help define what a truly modern professional body can be then we would be
delighted to hear from you.

Best wishes,

Jackie Weller
Chief Executive

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Candidate Pack for the Executive Director of People, Culture and Governance The Royal College of SurgeonsAbout us

The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) is a world-leading
professional membership body and registered charity founded to advance the art
and science of surgery. Our purpose today remains firmly focused on improving
patient care and supporting the surgical profession at every stage of its journey.

We represent a diverse community of more than 30,000 members in the UK and
around the world, including surgeons, dental professionals, trainees, students and
the wider surgical care team. Our staff of over 300 colleagues, working alongside
more than 1,100 volunteers, deliver a wide portfolio of education, training,
assessment and support.

Education and training remain central to our role. Each year, we deliver hundreds
of courses to thousands of participants, supported by an extensive faculty of expert
practitioners. Our examinations define the standards of surgical training in the UK,
while our continuing professional development programmes and fellowships equip
surgeons and surgical leaders to thrive throughout their careers.

Alongside training, our charitable purpose extends into research and advocacy. In
2022/23, we raised nearly £5 million for surgical research and learning initiatives,
awarding fellowships that promote innovation in areas such as robotics, clinical
diversity and global health. We also play a significant role in influencing healthcare
policy. Our leadership engages directly with government, the NHS and regulators
to shape the national agenda, and our authoritative voice is regularly cited in the
media, helping to inform public understanding of surgical issues.

To learn more about our organisation, please use the links below.
•  Annual Report
•  Current Strategy
•  Our Commitment to Diversity
•  Our Commitment to Sustainability

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Our Vision
We want to see excellent surgical care for everyone.

Our Mission
We will achieve our vision by enabling our members, in all their diversity, to deliver
excellence in everything they do.
Our Values
Collaboration - We embrace our collective responsibilities working collaboratively
and as one college.
•  We work together, using our collective expertise and experience to effect

positive change

•  We are open, honest and transparent, straightforward in our language and

actions, acting with sincerity and delivering on our commitments
•  We take our responsibilities to each other, to patient care and to the

environment seriously and we act with this in mind across our work

Respect - We value every person we come into contact with at the College as an
individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in life, and seek to understand
and meet their physical and wellbeing needs.
•  We treat everyone we meet with kindness and integrity and we seek to promote

these behaviours in others

•  We actively seek a range of views and experiences across our work, and we

listen to, and make everyone feel, a valued part of the team

Excellence - We aspire to excellence and success. We share learning from our
experiences, apply feedback into practice, and commit to continual improvement.
•  We work hard to be the best at what we do, recognising and celebrating effort
and achievement, and reflecting on our work, so we can learn and improve
•  We value and invest in research, education and training to drive excellence and
put improvements in surgical practice, dentistry and patient care at the heart of
our work

•  We always seek to learn and discover more, valuing knowledge and scientific

evidence, basing our decisions on insights, fact and experience

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Candidate Pack for the Executive Director of People, Culture and Governance The Royal College of SurgeonsDiversity and Inclusion
At RCS England, we believe we are only as good as the people we hire. We
know that the people we hire come from all walks of life and with that comes
different perspectives. Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging are at the heart of
everything we do.

Our commitment to fostering an inclusive environment is evident through the
active engagement of our employees in the Staff Council, where their voices play
a crucial role in shaping work life for everyone within the College. Additionally,
our staff networks cultivate a strong sense of belonging, while social clubs create
a vibrant community spirit. We actively encourage our team members to openly
share their professional and personal experiences, contributing to the evolution
of our mindset and organisational culture.

We firmly believe that embracing diversity goes beyond a moral obligation; it
serves as a catalyst for both individual and collective growth. Our unwavering
dedication ensures that our profession and the College lead the way in
advancing patient care for future generations. However, we recognise that
achieving this goal demands a collective effort. That is why we are on the lookout
for individuals like you. Your unique talents and diverse experiences, acquired
through both life and work, are invaluable contributions that will enhance and
complement our existing team. Join us on this journey towards a more inclusive
and pioneering future in healthcare.

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Organization chart

CEO:
Jackie Weller

Executive Director of People,
Culture and Governance:
Vacant

Executive Director of
Finance:
Sean Fox

Executive Director of
Professional Development
Services:
Stephen Hills

Executive Director of
External Affairs and
Engagement:
Lucy Davies

Areas of responsibility
Areas

§ HR
§ Governance and Compliance
§ Faculty of Dental Surgery
§ Visitor Management
§ Museums
§
Library and Archives
§ Diversity and Inclusion
§ Volunteer Management

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Candidate Pack for the Executive Director of People, Culture and Governance The Royal College of SurgeonsJob description

Job title:

Executive Director, People, Culture and Governance

Reports to:

Chief Executive

Responsible for:

People and Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Volunteer Management, Governance; Faculty of Dental Surgery, Museums, Library and
Archives, Visitor Management

Role purpose:
As one of four Executive Directors forming the College’s collective corporate leadership alongside the Chief Executive, this role holder works in close partnership with the
President, Officers, Trustees and Council to deliver exceptional experiences across every aspect of the organisation.

This strategically reimagined position unifies People, Culture and Governance functions spanning HR, DEI, volunteer management, governance, FDS, museums, library
and archives, and visitor management under cohesive leadership.

It is an investment in breaking down traditional silos and creating an integrated approach where every interaction matters, whether with employees, volunteers, visitors, or
stakeholders.

The postholder will drive the College’s inclusive agenda through strategic vision and operational excellence, ensuring that anyone engaging with the organisation as a team
member, collaborator, or member of the public encounters a culture that genuinely values their contribution and prioritises their experience.

Accountable for the effective leadership of all directorate staff, the Executive Director will deliver ambitious annual objectives that transform every touchpoint from
recruitment and onboarding to public engagement and governance, embedding a unified people centred culture throughout the College.

Main responsibilities:
Corporate Leadership and Executive Accountabilities
•

Lead college wide strategic projects and foster a unified “One College” culture focused on delivery and growth, inspiring staff to achieve the College’s vision while
building trust with Council and Board Members.

•  Provide strategic leadership to create efficient, value for money services and embed a strong performance culture through effective target setting and robust

management systems.

•  Challenge and support fellow Executive Directors and leaders to develop high performing teams, driving accountability and excellence across the organisation.

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•  Engage as an active member of the Executive Director Team, contributing to collective leadership, strategic decision making, and across college governance.
•  Contribute to College wide business planning, budget oversight, and cost improvement initiatives.
•  Share accountability for identifying, mitigating, and monitoring organisational risks, ensuring adherence to governance standards and regulatory requirements.

Directorate Leadership and Strategic Responsibilities
•  Provide strategic direction and leadership for HR, DEI, Volunteer Management, Governance, FDS, Museums, Library and Archives, and Visitor Management, ensuring

•

these functions are aligned to deliver organisational impact, foster an inclusive culture, and enhance stakeholder experience across all touchpoints.
Lead the preparation and management of directorate budgets, ensuring optimal allocation of resources to maximise people development, cultural transformation, and
public engagement while supporting long term sustainability.

•  Drive directorate business planning and implement improvement plans that deliver measurable outcomes in employee engagement, volunteer retention, visitor

•

satisfaction, and governance effectiveness.
Identify, assess, and manage directorate specific risks, implementing mitigation strategies and monitoring controls to ensure compliance with employment law,
safeguarding requirements, data protection, governance standards, and regulatory obligations.

Lead the development of a comprehensive people strategy aligned with organisational priorities.

People and HR Leadership
•
•  Provide strategic leadership for all HR functions.
•
•  Ensure HR services deliver high quality, responsive support that enables managers to lead effectively and staff to perform at their best.
•  Oversee compliance with employment law and best practice HR standards, maintaining policies and procedures that protect both staff and the organisation.

Lead organisational development initiatives that build capability, enhance productivity, and support cultural transformation across all directorates.

Culture & Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
•  Drive the College’s inclusive agenda by developing and implementing comprehensive DEI strategies.
•

Lead organisational culture change initiatives that break down silos, enhance cross functional collaboration, and build a connected, high performing workplace that
reflects the College’s values

•  Develop and monitor DEI metrics to ensure progress and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Volunteer Management and Engagement
•  Drive a strategic direction for volunteer engagement by developing and implementing a comprehensive volunteer strategy that aligns with College priorities.
•  Oversee end to end volunteer lifecycle management including attracting high calibre professional volunteers.
•

Lead the establishment of governance structures and support systems for volunteer committees and working groups, while monitoring volunteer satisfaction and
impact to coordinate good practice and continuously enhance volunteer experiences across all College activities.

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Candidate Pack for the Executive Director of People, Culture and Governance The Royal College of SurgeonsGovernance Leadership
•  Provide strategic leadership for governance functions, ensuring the College maintains the highest standards of corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
•  Ensure the Trustee Board, Council, and committees are provided with high quality governance services including meeting administration, decision making processes,

and records management.

•  Ensure compliance with Charity Commission requirements, company law, and governance best practice standards.
•

Lead governance reviews and improvements, ensuring structures and processes remain fit for purpose.

FDS
•  Represent FDS on strategic planning, ensure corporate governance compliance, represent the Faculty at external meetings, and manage organisational performance

and risk.

•  Manage the Faculty budget, oversee service agreements and funded partnerships.
•  Ensure dental representation is embedded in membership growth initiatives, communications and marketing strategies, publications and awards processes, and

Patient and Lay Group engagement.

Museums, Library and Archives
•  Oversee strategic direction for the College’s heritage assets, ensuring the Museum, Library, and Archives contribute to the College’s mission and public benefit.
•  Support and enable Directors to ensure collections are preserved to professional standards, regulatory compliance is maintained.
•  Support and enable Directors to ensure the development and implementation of strategies for collection development, digitisation, public engagement, and innovative

approaches to showcasing surgical history.

•  Support and enable Directors in securing external funding and partnerships to support collection care, development, and public programmes.
•  Develop and monitor metrics to measure the impact and value of heritage services.

Visitor and Experience Management
•

Lead the transformation of visitor experiences across the College, developing and implementing strategies that optimise space utilisation, enhance accessibility, and
ensure every interaction reflects the college’s values and commitment to excellence.

•  Oversee front of house operations to deliver professional, welcoming, and efficient service for all visitors; ensure health and safety compliance and risk management;

and drive continuous improvement.
Integrate visitor management with broader customer service goals to create seamless experiences across all touchpoints, and develop commercial opportunities.

•

The post holder will be expected travel throughout the UK and possibly overseas and make overnight stays. There will also be a requirement to attend some meetings and
events out of normal office hours.

This job description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and may include other duties and responsibilities as may be determined. It
is not intended to be rigid or inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

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Person specification

Knowledge and experience
•  Substantial senior management experience with evidence of making high-level

strategic decisions affecting organisational operations beyond immediate areas of
expertise, role modelling and empowering inclusive leadership.

•  Proven experience working as a strategic People and Culture leader at executive
level, covering talent management, organisational development, employment law,
and HR systems with data-driven decision-making.

•  Demonstrated capability leading multi-functional directorates, promoting and

embedding a strong performance culture and building strong relationships with
senior stakeholders across complex organisational structures both internally and
externally.

•  Significant experience of successfully leading strategic change, with strong change
management understanding, and experience of working with specialist colleagues
to assess change impacts and ensure effective and sustainable implementation.
Experience of supporting large-scale technology transformation within an
organisation is an advantage.

•  Strong charity governance expertise with experience supporting Boards of

Trustees conducting governance reviews.

•  Proven ability to develop and implement DEI strategies that deliver measurable
cultural change and regulatory compliance. Evidence of leading organisational
culture change initiatives that break down silos, enhance cross-functional
collaboration, and build a connected, high-performing, values led workplace.
•  Comprehensive knowledge of safeguarding, GDPR, health and safety legislation,

and policy implementation.

•  Educated to degree level or equivalent.
•  Professional qualification in HR/governance, or related field, or equivalent senior

leadership experience in complex functions.

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Skills and Abilities
•  Ability to deliver strategic leadership on achieving first-class services within a

value-for-money framework

•  Ability to work collaboratively with fellow Executive Directors, ensuring business
and stakeholder needs are consistently integrated and acting as a trusted
advisor to colleagues in relation to People, Culture and Governance issues.
•  Proven ability to develop and motivate teams, with high emotional intelligence

and the ability to inspire people behind a values driven vision.

•  A compelling communicator, fluent, clear and concise in both oral and written
communication, including perceptiveness and presentation skills in formal,
informal and public settings.

•  Proven ability to influence, convince and negotiate with others in a way that

results in acceptance and agreement.

•  Highly numerate, with the analytical skills to use data and insight to inform
planning and decision making, improve processes and assess impact.

The post holder will also need to demonstrate the
following values

Collaboration
We embrace our collective responsibilities working collaboratively and as one
college.
•  We work together, using our collective expertise and experience to effect

positive change

•  We are open, honest and transparent, straightforward in our language and

actions, acting with sincerity and delivering on our commitments
•  We take our responsibilities to each other, to patient care and to the
environment seriously and we act with this in mind across our work

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Respect
We value every person we come into contact with at the College as an
individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in life, and seek to
understand and meet their physical and wellbeing needs.
•  We treat everyone we meet with kindness and integrity and we seek to

promote these behaviours in others

•  We actively seek a range of views and experiences across our work, and we

listen to, and make everyone feel, a valued part of the team

Excellence
We aspire to excellence and success. We share learning from our
experiences, apply feedback into practice, and commit to continual
improvement.
•  We work hard to be the best at what we do, recognising and celebrating
effort and achievement, and reflecting on our work, so we can learn and
improve

•  We value and invest in research, education and training to drive excellence
and put improvements in surgical practice, dentistry and patient care at the
heart of our work

•  We always seek to learn and discover more, valuing knowledge and

scientific evidence, basing our decisions on insights, fact and experience

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.

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Salary
The salary for this role is c£120,000 per annum on a full-time permanent basis.

Location
Hybrid: 2-3 days in London.

Our excellent benefits package includes:
•

27 days paid holiday + bank holidays and up to 4 college closure days
over the festive period & other leave entitlements (carers leave, fertility
treatment leave, etc.)
•  Hybrid and flexible working
•  Enhanced contributory pension scheme
•  Equal access to enhanced parenthood leave
•  A range of staff and peer networks
•  Employee health and wellbeing committed (Healthcare cash plan,

menopause friendly, disability confident employer, mental health first
aiders, EAP etc.)

•  Retail discount platform
•  Sabbatical and volunteering opportunities
•  Variety of learning and development opportunities

Further information around our benefits can be found here.

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How to apply

We hope you will consider making an application. To make an application, please go
to https://starfishsearch.com/jobs/rcs-exe-dir-people-culture-governance/ and
click on the apply now button, with the following prepared:
•  Your CV (no more than three sides).
•  A supporting statement (no more than two sides) that sets out why you think this
role is the right move for you and how you meet the knowledge and experience
criteria.

We would also be grateful if you would complete the Equality and Diversity
monitoring form on the online application process. This form is for monitoring
purposes only and is not treated as part of your application.

Closing date:

9.30 Monday 1st December

Preliminary interviews:

early w/c 15th December

Final Panel interviews:

w/c Monday 12th January 2026

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Job description

Job title:

Grade:

Examinations Officer

2b

Department:

Examinations

Responsible for:

Staff as assigned

Accountable to:

Surgical Examinations Manager
Senior Lead Examinations Officer

Job  summary

To undertake day-to-day administration of examinations activity within specified time
constraints. To support examiners, related groups and their examination-related activities.

Specific duties and responsibilities

Examination Preparation and Administration
•  Undertake the preparation and dispatch of examination materials, including

clinical props and equipment, as directed by the relevant Senior Examinations
Lead/ Manager

•  Support the preparation and collation of assessment material for specified

examinations in adherence with identified deadlines

•  Arrange examiners for clinical examinations and their associated arrangements,

eg hotel, travel, as directed

•  Arrange and coordinate accommodation for examiners as required for UK exams,

liaising with appointed travel agents as necessary

•  Candidate administration for online written and practical examinations including

eligibility checks, assistance on the day and post-exam quality assurance
•  Check expense forms and apply budget codes for subsequent authorisation
•  Correspond with examiners and respond to queries accordingly
•  Provide administrative support and deputise for examinations manager

and senior officer as required

Examination Centres
•  Liaise with external centres to ensure the effective preparation for the running of

examinations

•  Confirm accommodation bookings and make changes as required
•  Participate in the set-up of examinations, checking that equipment and all

administrative arrangements are in order

•  Supervise examinations at the College and remotely coordinating temporary or

local staff and acting as College representative as required

•  Provide guidance to examiners and candidates
•  Ensure that candidates adhere to the examination timetable
•  Confirm candidate identity by checking appropriate documentation
•  Compile and ensure accuracy of raw examination scores as required

Committee meetings and Examiner Training Days
•  Support the administration of committee meetings and examiner training days
•  Book accommodation, refreshments and facilities
•  Attend committee meetings, take and produce minutes where required
•  Produce and dispatch attendance certificates as required

General
•  Attend and support the dental or surgical Diplomates’ days as required
•  Maintain the office filing system
•  Maintain office supplies, examination materials and stock as requested
•  Maintain the integrity of examinations and related data
•  Undertake such other duties, in contribution to other areas of departmental

activity and appropriate to the grade, as required

The incumbent will be expected to provide his/her own secretarial and clerical
assistance and assist other colleagues within the Department, as and when
necessary

Please note that this position includes travelling to centres within the UK and also
overseas. It may involve weekend travel and staying away for one or two weeks at a
time.

During examinations, the post holder will be expected to work outside normal
working hours and that includes weekends as well as early starts and late finish
times. These will be compensated.

This  job  description  will  be  subject  to  review  in  the  light  of  changing
circumstances  and  may  include  other  duties  and  responsibilities  as  may  be
determined.  It is not intended to be rigid or inflexible but should be regarded as
providing guidelines within which the individual works.

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

All College employees are responsible for records held, created or used as part
of  their  work  for  the  College
including  patient/client,  corporate  and
administrative records whether paper-based or electronic, which also includes
emails. Records should be managed and stored appropriately and should in all
cases  comply with  the  requirements  of  the  Data  Protection  Act  2018  and  the

General  Data  Protection  Regulation.  Employees  should  have  read  and
understood  the  College’s  Data  Protection  Policy  and  Records  Management
Policy and should follow  all agreed records  management  and data  protection
procedures, seeking advice where necessary.

Person specification

Essential

Desirable

Qualifications

•  Good all-round education
(including A Levels)

Experience and
skills

Financial
management and
business planning

People and
interpersonal skills

•  Previous experience
delivering clinical
examinations

•  Previous experience in an

administration role

•  Good written and

communication skills
•  Good numeracy skills
•  Strict adherence to

deadlines

•  Eager to learn new skills
•  Microsoft Office
•  Ability to work in a complex

and fast moving environment

N/A

N/A

•  Ability to work as part of a

team

•  Good organisational skills
•  Good interpersonal skills
•  Well presented
•  Good time-keeping
•  Able to work on own

initiative

•  Attention to detail
•  Able to work to tight

deadlines

The post holder will also need to demonstrate the following values:

Collaboration

Respect

Excellence

We embrace our collective responsibilities working
collaboratively and as one college.

•  We work together, using our collective expertise and

experience to effect positive change

•  We are open, honest and transparent, straightforward in our
language and actions, acting with sincerity and delivering on
our commitments

•  We take our responsibilities to each other, to patient care and
to the environment seriously and we act with this in mind
across our work

We value every person we come into contact with at the College
as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in
life, and seek to understand and meet their physical and
wellbeing needs.

•  We treat everyone we meet with kindness and integrity and

we seek to promote these behaviours in others

•  We actively seek a range of views and experiences across

our work, and we listen to, and make everyone feel, a valued
part of the team

We aspire to excellence and success. We share learning from
our experiences, apply feedback into practice, and commit to
continual improvement.

•  We work hard to be the best at what we do, recognising and
celebrating effort and achievement, and reflecting on our
work, so we can learn and improve

•  We value and invest in research, education and training to
drive excellence and put improvements in surgical practice,
dentistry and patient care at the heart of our work
•  We always seek to learn and discover more, valuing

knowledge and scientific evidence, basing our decisions on
insights, fact and experience

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 race/ethnicity, national origin, religion, pregnancy, marital status,
sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age and disability.

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Director of Philanthropy

Welcome

Dear Candidate,

Thank you for your interest in the role of Director of Philanthropy at the Royal College
of Surgeons of England. RCS England has been a cornerstone of professional
excellence for over two centuries, representing tens of thousands of surgeons, dental
professionals, trainees and students across the UK and internationally.
This is an exceptional moment to be joining us. With a strong executive team in place
and a new strategy being developed for launch in 2026, we are shaping a modern,
progressive College - one that honours its proud heritage while building for the future.

Philanthropy is central to that ambition. Through the power of giving, we can
accelerate surgical innovation, transform training and research, and, through our
museum and heritage collections, we can further excite the next generation of
surgical leaders. We are redefining how we inspire, engage and steward our most
significant supporters — and how we unlock the potential of philanthropy to achieve
lasting impact.

As our new Director of Philanthropy, you will play a pivotal role in this transformation.
Working closely with our Chief Executive, Executive Leadership Team, Trustees
and Development Board, you will lead a renewed culture of strategic giving, shaping
a coherent and strategic approach that reflects both the scale of our vision and
the impact of our mission. You will bring clarity, creativity and pace to the role —
identifying new opportunities, building meaningful relationships, and ensuring
philanthropy is embedded as a shared organisational priority.

If you are inspired by the idea of shaping modern philanthropy within one of the UK’s
most respected professional bodies, and by the impact your leadership could have on
generations of surgeons to come, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Best wishes,

Jackie Weller,
Chief Executive

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Candidate Pack for Director of Philanthropy Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandAbout us

The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) is a world-leading
professional membership body and registered charity founded to advance the art and
science of surgery. Our purpose today remains firmly focused on improving patient
care and supporting the surgical profession at every stage of its journey.

We represent a diverse community of more than 30,000 members in the UK and
around the world, including surgeons, dental professionals, trainees, students and the
wider surgical care team. Our staff of over 300 colleagues, working alongside more
than 1,100 volunteers, deliver a wide portfolio of education, training, assessment and
support.

Education and training remain central to our role. Each year, we deliver hundreds
of courses to thousands of participants, supported by an extensive faculty of expert
practitioners. Our examinations define the standards of surgical training in the UK,
while our continuing professional development programmes and fellowships equip
surgeons and surgical leaders to thrive throughout their careers.

Alongside training, our charitable purpose extends into research and advocacy. In
2023/24, we raised over £5 million for surgical research and learning initiatives,
awarding fellowships that promote innovation in areas such as robotics, clinical
diversity and global health. We also play a significant role in influencing healthcare
policy. Our leadership engages directly with government, the NHS and regulators to
shape the national agenda, and our authoritative voice is regularly cited in the media,
helping to inform public understanding of surgical issues.

To learn more about our organisation, please use the links below.
•  Annual Report
•  Current Strategy
•  Our Commitment to Diversity
•  Our Commitment to Sustainability

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Our Vision and Mission

Our Vision
We want to see excellent surgical care for everyone.

Our Mission
We will achieve our vision by enabling our members, in all their diversity, to
deliver excellence in everything they do.

Our Values

Collaboration
If you are inspired by the idea of shaping modern philanthropy within one of the UK’s most respected professional bodies, and by the impact your
leadership could have on generations of surgeons to come, we would be delighted to hear from you.
•  We work together, using our collective expertise and experience to effect positive change
•  We are open, honest and transparent, straightforward in our language and actions, acting with sincerity and delivering on our commitments
•  We take our responsibilities to each other, to patient care and to the environment seriously and we act with this in mind across our work

Respect
We value every person we come into contact with at the College as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in life, and seek to understand
and meet their physical and wellbeing needs.
•  We treat everyone we meet with kindness and integrity and we seek to promote these behaviours in others
•  We actively seek a range of views and experiences across our work, and we listen to, and make everyone feel, a valued part of the team

Excellence
We aspire to excellence and success. We share learning from our experiences, apply feedback into practice, and commit to continual improvement.
•  We work hard to be the best at what we do, recognising and celebrating effort and achievement, and reflecting on our work, so we can learn and

improve

•  We value and invest in research, education and training to drive excellence and put improvements in surgical practice, dentistry and patient care at the

heart of our work

•  We always seek to learn and discover more, valuing knowledge and scientific evidence, basing our decisions on insights, fact and experience

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Candidate Pack for Director of Philanthropy Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandDiversity and Inclusion
At RCS England, we believe we are only as good
as the people we hire. We know that the people we
hire come from all walks of life and with that comes
different perspectives. Diversity, Inclusion and
Belonging are at the heart of everything we do.

Our commitment to fostering an inclusive
environment is evident through the active
engagement of our employees in the Staff
Council, where their voices play a crucial role
in shaping work life for everyone within the
College. Additionally, our staff networks cultivate
a strong sense of belonging, while social clubs
create a vibrant community spirit. We actively
encourage our team members to openly share
their professional and personal experiences,
contributing to the evolution of our mindset and
organisational culture.

We firmly believe that embracing diversity goes
beyond a moral obligation; it serves as a catalyst
for both individual and collective growth. Our
unwavering dedication ensures that our profession
and the College lead the way in advancing
patient care for future generations. However, we
recognise that achieving this goal demands a
collective effort. That is why we are on the lookout
for individuals like you. Your unique talents and
diverse experiences, acquired through both life and
work, are invaluable contributions that will enhance
and complement our existing team. Join us on this
journey towards a more inclusive and pioneering
future in healthcare

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Organogram – outlining how this role connects to the overall College

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Candidate Pack for Director of Philanthropy Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandJob description

Job title:

Director of Philanthropy

Grade:

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Directorate:

Commercial and Infrastructure Directorate

Department:

Fundraising

Reports to:

Chief Financial Officer

Responsible for:

Team of three initially, expected to grow over time

Role purpose:
The Director of Philanthropy will work closely with the Executive Leadership
Team, Board of Trustees and other senior stakeholders to identify and
access new and existing networks of wealth, opportunity and influence to
grow the portfolio of the organisation’s most significant supporters.

The post holder will be a highly skilled and experienced relationship
manager, who will manage a limited portfolio of their own donors and
prospects at the highest level and support the team in maximising the
potential of theirs. They will also establish and manage a Development
Board of senior volunteers, committed to peer-to-peer fundraising.

Together with their team and other Directors they will develop the
philanthropy strategy and play a leading role in advocating and promoting
the philanthropy agenda both internally and externally to maximise all
opportunities and grow income.

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Main responsibilities:

Strategy and Leadership
•  Actively contribute to the overall College strategy development process;
•  Develop and implement a comprehensive College-wide fundraising

transformation programme aligned with organisational priorities that positions
philanthropic initiatives as a strategic enabler, embedding and cultivating a
culture of donor centric and stewardship excellence.

Fundraising Operations and Delivery
•  Design and execute transformational campaign strategies for major projects,
positioning the College as a leading destination for philanthropic investment.
•  Cultivate and secure breakthrough major gifts from high-net-worth individuals,

foundations, and corporate partners through sophisticated relationship
management and compelling case development.

•  Define and embed industry-leading fundraising standards across all revenue-

generating functions including major gifts, corporate partnerships, legacies, and
individual giving

•  Demonstrate the strategic value of how effective fundraising can fundamentally
drive the successful delivery of RCS objectives while significantly increasing
donor satisfaction, retention, and lifetime value

•  Oversee the strategic cultivation of major donor relationships and complex gift
negotiations with professionalism and impact, turning prospects into committed
long-term partners.
Lead cross-functional collaboration with communications, marketing, delivery
and programme teams to create integrated campaign approaches that
maximise donor engagement and campaign success.

•

•  Participate, and play a positive and engaged role in, the wider College Senior

•  Prepare strategic reports and actionable insights for senior leadership on

Leadership Team (SLT).

fundraising performance that inform organisational transformation and strategic
planning.

People and Management
•  Provide professional advice and guidance to the College Executive, Boards and

Committees, managers, staff, and volunteers.

•  Develop, engage and lead, by example, the team in a culture of customer

service;

•  Facilitate comprehensive training, mentoring, and professional development

Finance & Reporting
•  Establish comprehensive metrics showing how fundraising activity can be
systematically measured and leveraged to inform continuous improvement.
•  Manage the preparation and adherence to the annual and multi-year budgets,
and all new proposals that will require resources (financial or otherwise).

programmes for team members that build deep expertise.

•  Ensure that if approved, there are appropriate monitoring procedures in place to

•  Engage, and maintain good relations with SLT colleagues across the College
and encourage the team to do likewise with appropriate colleagues in their
areas of responsibility.

ensure visibility, control, and value recognition of individual initiatives.

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Candidate Pack for Director of Philanthropy Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandGovernance, Risk & Compliance
•  Review, redesign and implement fundraising policies and procedures across
the organisation that support donor experiences and exceptional stewardship
practices.
Identify and establish ambitious yet achievable fundraising KPIs and targets
that drive breakthrough improvements in donor acquisition, retention and overall
revenue generation.

•

•  Develop, measure and monitor a schedule of ongoing departmental risks.

Identify and implement mitigating actions. Escalate any high and critical risks to
the CFO for potential inclusion in the Corporate Risk Register.

•  Develop and continuously maintain effective communications with Board &

Committees, and other stakeholders.

•  Ensure compliance with best practise guidance from the Fundraising regulator

and maintain the highest ethical standards.

Other
•  Any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job, the title

of the post and its grading as may be assigned by the CFO.

•  A flexible approach to work including occasional out of hours work.
•  The post-holder is expected to represent the College in a professional manner

and ensure their own continuing professional development

The post holder will be expected travel throughout the UK and possibly overseas
and make overnight stays. There will also be a requirement to attend some
meetings and events out of normal office hours.

This job description will be subject to review in the light of changing
circumstances and may include other duties and responsibilities as may be
determined.  It is not intended to be rigid or inflexible but should be regarded
as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

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Person specification

Knowledge and experience
•  Extensive experience of philanthropy fundraising, with a demonstrable track record of securing high value gifts.
•  Extensive experience of working with senior ambassadors, stakeholders and trustees to solicit donations.
•  Experience as a member of a senior leadership team with strong experience of leading, managing, motivating and developing high performing teams.
•  A thorough understanding of the UK philanthropy market.
•  Knowledge of the changes in charity legislation, (including GDPR requirements) and how it impacts on philanthropy fundraising.
•  Demonstrable experience of developing team/department strategies and managing significant budgets and operating plans, setting and achieving fundraising targets

for a team.

•  Experience of developing effective relationships across an organisation to achieve mutual objectives and of working across functions, to maximise income generation

opportunities.

Skills and Abilities
•  A leader with a strategic orientation and an ability to see the big picture .
•  A self-starter who has initiative and drive to deliver results and make a difference .
•  An excellent influencer and negotiator with both internal and external stakeholders.
•  A proven communicator who takes the time to listen, understand, and communicate constructively, and is able to present complex data simply and provide focused

feedback in a clear manner.

•  A problem-solver with commercial acumen, intellectual curiosity and a desire to find better ways of achieving our goals.
•  A truth-teller who acts with courage, integrity and authenticity.
•  An inclusive team player who treats everyone with respect.

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.

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Candidate Pack for Director of Philanthropy Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandTerms of appointment

Salary
The salary for this role is c£95,000 per annum on a full-time permanent
basis.

Location
Hybrid: 2-3 days in London.

Our excellent benefits package includes:
•

27 days paid holiday + bank holidays and up to 4 college closure
days over the festive period & other leave entitlements (carers leave,
fertility treatment leave, etc.)
•  Hybrid and flexible working.
•  Enhanced contributory pension scheme
•  Equal access to enhanced parenthood leave
•  A range of staff and peer networks
•  Employee health and wellbeing committed (Healthcare cash plan,

menopause friendly, disability confident employer, mental health first
aiders, EAP etc.)

•  Retail discount platform
•  Sabbatical and volunteering opportunities
•  Variety of learning and development opportunities Further information

around our benefits can be found here.

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How to apply

We hope you will consider making an application. To make an application, please go to
https://starfishsearch.com/jobs/rcs-dir-phi/ and click on the apply now button, with
the following prepared:
•  Your CV (no more than three sides).
•  A supporting statement (no more than two sides) that sets out why you think this
role is the right move for you and how you meet the knowledge and experience
criteria.

We would also be grateful if you would complete the Equality and Diversity monitoring
form on the online application process. This form is for monitoring purposes only and is
not treated as part of your application.

Closing date:

Friday 9th January 2026

Preliminary interviews:

w/c19th January 2026

Final Panel interviews:

w/c 9th February 2026

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Hybrid: 2-3 days in London

Circa £95,000 per annum

The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) is a world-leading professional membership body and registered charity founded to advance the art and science of surgery. Our purpose today remains firmly focused on improving patient care and supporting the surgical profession at every stage of its journey.

We represent a diverse community of more than 30,000 members in the UK and around the world, including surgeons, dental professionals, trainees, students and the wider surgical care team. Our staff of over 300 colleagues, working alongside more than 1,100 volunteers, deliver a wide portfolio of education, training, assessment and support.

Philanthropy is central to that ambition. Through the power of giving, we can accelerate surgical innovation, transform training and research, and, through our museum and heritage collections, we can further excite the next generation of surgical leaders. We are redefining how we inspire, engage and steward our most significant supporters — and how we unlock the potential of philanthropy to achieve lasting impact.

As our new Director of Philanthropy, you will play a pivotal role in this transformation. Working closely with our Chief Executive, Executive Leadership Team, Trustees and Development Board, you will lead a renewed culture of strategic giving, shaping a coherent and strategic approach that reflects both the scale of our vision and the impact of our mission. You will bring clarity, creativity and pace to the role — identifying new opportunities, building meaningful relationships, and ensuring philanthropy is embedded as a shared organisational priority.

If you are inspired by the idea of shaping modern philanthropy within one of the UK’s most respected professional bodies, and by the impact your leadership could have on generations of surgeons to come, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Download the candidate brief to find out about the role.

To make an application, please click on the apply now button below, with the following prepared:

• Your CV (no more than three sides).
• A supporting statement (no more than two sides) that sets out why you think this role is the right move for you and how you meet the knowledge and experience criteria.

Closing date
Friday 9th January 2026

Preliminary interviews
w/c19th January 2026

Final Panel interviews
w/c 9th February 2026

Job description

Job title:

Grade:

Governance Officer

2b

Department:

Executive Office, within External Affairs and Engagement

Responsible for:

n/a

Accountable to:

Governance and Risk Manager

Job summary

This role forms part of the Governance, Compliance and Risk team. The role plays a key part in the
team providing confidential, professional and high-quality central governance and secretariat services
to the College. The role will also provide a professional secretariat and governance service to the
Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) and will work in close liaison with the FDS Registrar and the FDS
team.

Given the nature of the role, the ability to manage time and workload is essential. This role also
requires a highly motivated strong team player able to communicate at all levels.

The post holder will be expected to contribute to continuous improvement of the team’s processes
and procedures whilst offering excellent customer focus and service.

Specific duties and responsibilities

1.

College Governance, Compliance and Risk

•  Support the Senior Governance Officer and Governance and Risk Manager in planning,
arranging and monitoring a schedule of meetings for the Council, Board of Trustees and
committees and the FDS.

•  Provide secretariat support for College Committee meetings, collating and distributing

agendas, drafting minutes and follow up of actions, and maintaining a record of decisions
taken.

•  Maintain accurate and up to date contact lists for the Council, Board of Trustees and other

key stakeholders as required, as well as an accurate record of attendance and responsibilities
at Committee meetings.

•  Monitor the team inbox, responding to inquiries appropriately and redirecting as required.

•  Assist in the preparation of mailing lists and documents for the election/appointment process

for Board and Council Members, Trustees and committee members, to help meet the
College’s ambition of achieving a diverse and inclusive College leadership.

•  Support the arrangements and development of programmes of induction, recruitment and

training for Council Members and Trustees.

•  Coordinate the process for awarding College medals, including liaising with engravers.

•  Support the Head of Governance, Compliance and Risk and the Governance and Risk
Manager in the development and embedding of good governance practices across the
College.

2.

Faculty of Dental Surgery

•  Working with the FDS Registrar, provide secretariat support for the FDS Board including

collating and distributing agendas and drafting minutes. Ensure that all actions required of the
Board are carried out in an effective and timely manner, briefing and consulting the Dean and
Registrar as appropriate.

•  Assist in the preparation of mailing lists and documentation for the annual election process to

the FDS Board, compliant with Standing Orders.

3.

General

•  Provide administrative support to the Governance, Compliance and Risk Team, including

financial processes, diary management, and record keeping.

•  Provide support in the absence of the Executive Assistant, to ensure a consistent level of

service for the President and Chief Executive.

•  Assist with projects and other duties commensurate with the status of the post, as required by

the President or Chief Executive.

•  Undertake any other administrative tasks as appropriate, including arranging board,

committee and other meetings on behalf of the team.

•  Support the Governance and Risk Manager and Head of Governance, Compliance and Risk

with additional projects.

•  The post-holder is expected to represent the College in a professional manner in relation to
his or her responsibilities and in ensuring their own continuing professional development.

4.

Key skills, experience and competencies

•  Experience in a Governance and Secretariat Role
•  Experience of governance administration including minute writing or willingness to develop

these skills

•  Excellent organisational skills
•  Demonstrable understanding of and commitment to customer service
•  Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the organisation
•  Attention to detail
•  Strong IT skills

Desirable:

•  Experience of working in a similar environment i.e. medical arena, academic institution or

membership organisation.

•  Previous supporting role to a Board/Council.

This  job  description  will  be  subject  to  review  in  the  light  of  changing  circumstances  and  may
include other duties and responsibilities as may be determined.  It is not intended to be rigid or
inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

November 2025

Person specification

Essential

Desirable

Qualifications

•  Educated to Degree level or
equivalent experience.

•  Governance/secretariat

qualifications

Experience and
skills

Technical
competencies

•  Governance and administrative

•  Experience of, or interest in,

experience

•  Experience and demonstrable
understanding of dealing with
confidential and sensitive
information

•  Experience of working with
senior level boards and
committees, drafting agendas
and taking accurate minutes
•  Experience of establishing and
maintaining administrative
records, including
electronically.

•

Intermediate knowledge of MS
Office, particularly Word, Excel
and Outlook

•  Excellent organisation and time
management skills with good
attention to detail

risk and compliance
•  Experience of developing
accurate electronic record
systems, capable of
information retrieval, analysis
and dissemination to relevant
parties.

•  Experience of Microsoft

Dynamics / CRM systems

Financial
Management and
Business Planning

•  Understanding of the need to

find cost effective solutions.

•  Experience of processing
financial information using
systems e.g. Dynamics

People and
interpersonal skills

•  Excellent team player
•  Excellent customer service

approach, working proactively
and sensitively with all
stakeholders including at the
most senior level.
•  Professional and polite

approach

•  Ability to work unsupervised

•  Experience of working in a
similar environment i.e.
medical arena, academic
institution or membership
organisation.

The post holder will also need to demonstrate the following values:

Collaboration

Respect

Excellence

We embrace our collective responsibilities working
collaboratively and as one college.

•  We work together, using our collective expertise and

experience to effect positive change

•  We are open, honest and transparent, straightforward in our
language and actions, acting with sincerity and delivering on
our commitments

•  We take our responsibilities to each other, to patient care and
to the environment seriously and we act with this in mind
across our work

We value every person we come into contact with at the College
as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in
life, and seek to understand and meet their physical and
wellbeing needs.

•  We treat everyone we meet with kindness and integrity and

we seek to promote these behaviours in others

•  We actively seek a range of views and experiences across

our work, and we listen to, and make everyone feel, a valued
part of the team

We aspire to excellence and success. We share learning from
our experiences, apply feedback into practice, and commit to
continual improvement.

•  We work hard to be the best at what we do, recognising and
celebrating effort and achievement, and reflecting on our
work, so we can learn and improve

•  We value and invest in research, education and training to
drive excellence and put improvements in surgical practice,
dentistry and patient care at the heart of our work
•  We always seek to learn and discover more, valuing

knowledge and scientific evidence, basing our decisions on
insights, fact and experience

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.

Job description

Job title:

Grade:

Department:

ISCP Curriculum Officer

3A

JCST

Responsible for:  N/A

Accountable to:

Head of ISCP

Job summary

The post of Curriculum Officer is a key administrative role within the ISCP team, supporting
the ISCP Surgical Director and Head of ISCP in maintaining the surgical curriculum and its
associated online training platform. The postholder coordinates meetings, services webinars,
and manages bulk communications across various media channels. They are responsible for
updating public-facing content, including the ISCP website (using content management
software) and YouTube channel, and for servicing the ISCP Management Committee and its
short-life working groups. The role involves liaising with Specialty Advisory Committee (SAC)
Chairs and Curriculum Leads, providing support for the curriculum approval process, and
ensuring compliance with GMC standards. A strong understanding of the regulatory
frameworks for surgical training in the UK and Ireland is essential, along with excellent
organisational and communication skills.

Specific duties and responsibilities

1.  ISCP committees and working groups

Responsible for:

•  Servicing the ISCP Management Committee and working groups.
▪  Maintaining terms of reference and committee membership.
▪  Drafting  agendas,  supporting  papers  and  correspondence  and  handling  follow-up

actions.

▪  Organising meetings  online  or  in  person  and,  as  required, room  bookings,  catering,
audio-visual equipment and expenses. Attendance at meetings outside London may
be required.

▪  Providing accurate minutes and updates on actions.

2.  ISCP communication and promotion

Responsible for:

•  Acting as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders seeking curriculum-

related advice, providing clear and timely responses to queries.

•  Organising and supporting promotional activities such as development days,

presentations, video creation and webinars, including scheduling, logistics, and
where necessary attendance at events outside London.

•  Managing bulk communications using email, automated marketing software (such as

Dotdigital) and other media platforms.

▪  Training stakeholders on the use of the ISCP as required.
▪  Drafting guidance and training materials for user groups and the ISCP website.

3.  ISCP development and content management

Responsible for:

•  Maintaining and updating the ISCP public web pages to ensure accuracy and

relevance.

•  Uploading and editing curriculum content according to release dates.
•  Overseeing and refreshing content on the JCST YouTube channel.
•  Testing new interactive web-based applications tools.

4.  ISCP curriculum review and approval

Responsible for:

•  Developing  and  maintaining  a  good  understanding  of  the  regulatory  frameworks

governing surgical training in the UK and Ireland.

•  Advising SAC Chairs and Curriculum Leads of the GMC’s standards, working closely

with them on the change process and necessary actions.

•  Maintaining shared folders and files.
•  Arranging  stakeholder  consultation  exercises,  compiling  stakeholder  lists  and
personalised  communications,  collating  feedback  and  theming  responses  to  GMC
standards.

•  Tracking individual specialty changes and providing regular progress reports.
•  Preparing submission documentation in accordance with GMC standards by set

deadlines.

•  Keeping accurate records of approved curricula, decision letters, correspondence and

submissions in both ISCP and GMC systems.

•  Maintaining glossaries of terms, generic text and curriculum templates.
•  Supporting the evaluation of the ISCP.

5.  General

•  The post-holder is expected to represent the JCST in a professional manner in relation
to their responsibilities and in ensuring their own continuing professional development.
•  Undertake such duties appropriate to the grade, as required by the Surgical Director,

the Head of ISCP and the Head of JCST.

This  job  description  will  be  subject  to  review  in  the  light  of  changing  circumstances  and  may
include other duties and responsibilities as may be determined.  It is not intended to be rigid or
inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

October 2025

Person specification

Essential

Desirable

•  Experience of working in a
medical or educational field

•  Formal minute writing
•  Writing papers and reports

Qualifications

Experience and
skills

•  Educated to degree level or
equivalent (or proven record
in a similar role)

•  2 years or more experience
in administrative post(s) in a
busy customer-facing
environment

•  Committee servicing and
ability to produce high
quality formal minutes of
committee meetings
•  Managing an area of work

independently

•  Strong organisational skills
and ability to set up and
maintain effective
administrative systems

•  Accuracy with strong
attention to detail

•  Proven ability to be proactive

and take initiative
•  Ability to work under

pressure

•  Ability to handle
responsibility

•  Ability to assimilate and

interpret complex
information and explain it to
others

Technical
competencies

•  Excellent IT skills
•  Competent in the use of MS

•  Experience of HTML to

present website information

•  Creating and organising

web content and
maintaining websites

Office suite

•  Proven experience in

document version control
and proficient use of track
changes to manage and
review collaborative edits
with accuracy and clarity

•  Maintaining web pages

using content management
software (such as Umbraco)

•  Experience of using digital
tools (such as YouTube)
•  Experience of automated

marketing software for bulk
mailing (such as Dotdigital)

People and
interpersonal skills

•  Ability to work as part of a

team but also independently

•  Excellent communication
skills, written and spoken
with colleagues and
internal/external customers
•  Ability to build relationships
and rapport with customers

•  Experience of working to a
framework promoting
equality, diversity and
inclusion.

The post holder will also need to demonstrate the following values:

Collaboration

We embrace our collective responsibilities working
collaboratively and as one college.

•  We work together, using our collective expertise and

experience to effect positive change

•  We are open, honest and transparent, straightforward in our
language and actions, acting with sincerity and delivering on
our commitments

•  We take our responsibilities to each other, to patient care and
to the environment seriously and we act with this in mind
across our work

Respect

Excellence

We value every person we come into contact with at the College
as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in
life, and seek to understand and meet their physical and
wellbeing needs.

•  We treat everyone we meet with kindness and integrity and

we seek to promote these behaviours in others

•  We actively seek a range of views and experiences across

our work, and we listen to, and make everyone feel, a valued
part of the team

We aspire to excellence and success. We share learning from
our experiences, apply feedback into practice, and commit to
continual improvement.

•  We work hard to be the best at what we do, recognising and
celebrating effort and achievement, and reflecting on our
work, so we can learn and improve

•  We value and invest in research, education and training to
drive excellence and put improvements in surgical practice,
dentistry and patient care at the heart of our work
•  We always seek to learn and discover more, valuing

knowledge and scientific evidence, basing our decisions on
insights, fact and experience

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.

Job description

Job title:

Grade:

Conservation Assistant

2b

Department:

Museums

Responsible for:  Museum volunteers as required

Accountable to:

Conservator

Job summary

The Conservation Assistant works across multiple sites to support the functions of the
Museums Department, part of the Learning and Quality Directorate. The Museum collections
include historically significant ACE Designated collections and modern Human Tissue
Authority (HTA) licenced material.

23,000 specimens and objects from the museum collections are currently housed offsite and
need to be moved to a different store by November 2026.  The Conservation Assistant will
provide conservation support for the Museums’ collections and help to prepare and move the
museum collections. This includes packing objects and specimens for safe transportation
and long-term storage, pest inspecting organic preparations, and assisting in auditing,
monitoring and tracking movements of the collections using Adlib/Axiell Collections
Management System. The post holder will be part of a small team, but will often be required
to work autonomously.  This post involves handling organic specimens, including human
tissue.

Specific duties and responsibilities

1.  Collection Move Preparation

•  To pack the museum collections, including surgical instruments and natural history

preparations for safe transportation and long-term storage
•  To label and photograph the collections in advance of moves
•  To use Adlib/Axiell the Collections Management System to retrieve information and

update locations as needed

•  To assist in the planning, and transport of museum collections
•  To care and treat collections as needed
•  To carry out pest inspections of organic collections

2.  Preventive conservation

•  To assist in auditing, monitoring and recording the integrity of the College museum

collections and stores

•  To clean and maintain the museum collections

3.  Remedial conservation

•  To record conservation activity on the collections management database
•  To order relevant materials and equipment

This job description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and may
include other duties and responsibilities as may be determined.  It is not intended to be rigid or
inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

21 May 2025

Person specification

Essential

Desirable

•  Conservation qualification

•  Experience of handling

human or animal tissues in
a museum or laboratory
context

•  Experience of working with
natural history/medical
collections

•  Experience of working on a
collections move project
•  Experience of work with
heavy objects and
hazardous chemicals

•  Knowledge  of  collections

management

•  Demonstrational knowledge

of Human Tissue Authority
requirements and
experience of working in
licensed premises

Qualifications

Experience and
skills

Technical
competencies

People and
interpersonal skills

•  Relevant degree or level 3
vocational qualification
•  Conservation Training

•  Recent experience in a
museum or similar
environment

•  Museum or heritage

conservation experience
•  Experience of preparing and

packing collections for safe
transportation

•  Experience of using a

Collection Management
System (CMS)

•  Manual handling skills
•  Experience of using

Microsoft Office software,
including Word, Outlook and
Excel

•
•  Demonstrational knowledge
of the requirements for
safely packing museum
collections

•  Proven communication

skills

•  Ability to work

independently and as part
of a multi-disciplinary team

•  Ability to prioritise
workloads to meet
deadlines

•  Ability to work with sensitive

material

The post holder will also need to demonstrate the following values:

Collaboration

Respect

Excellence

We embrace our collective responsibilities working
collaboratively and as one college.

•  We work together, using our collective expertise and

experience to effect positive change

•  We are open, honest and transparent, straightforward in our
language and actions, acting with sincerity and delivering on
our commitments

•  We take our responsibilities to each other, to patient care and
to the environment seriously and we act with this in mind
across our work

We value every person we come into contact with at the College
as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in
life, and seek to understand and meet their physical and
wellbeing needs.

•  We treat everyone we meet with kindness and integrity and

we seek to promote these behaviours in others

•  We actively seek a range of views and experiences across

our work, and we listen to, and make everyone feel, a valued
part of the team

We aspire to excellence and success. We share learning from
our experiences, apply feedback into practice, and commit to
continual improvement.

•  We work hard to be the best at what we do, recognising and
celebrating effort and achievement, and reflecting on our
work, so we can learn and improve

•  We value and invest in research, education and training to
drive excellence and put improvements in surgical practice,
dentistry and patient care at the heart of our work
•  We always seek to learn and discover more, valuing

knowledge and scientific evidence, basing our decisions on
insights, fact and experience

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.

Job Title: Conservation Assistant

Salary: £28, 961

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract -14 months

Location: Southeast and Central London- multisite working

About the role

The Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England cares for 70,000 objects and organic preparations.
23,000 of these are currently housed in offsite storage, including artworks, historic surgical instruments and organic
preparations (including human tissue).  These need to be moved to a new store by November 2026.  To achieve this
RCS England Museums are seeking to appoint a Conservation Assistant to provide conservation support and help in
the preparation and physical move of the collections.

As the Conservation Assistant, you will pack objects and specimens for safe transportation and long-term storage,
carry out pest inspections of organic preparations, and assist in auditing, monitoring and tracking movements of the
collections.

The role requires the post holder to work a five-day week.  This role requires multisite working, at RCS Central London
headquarters, the offsite store in Southeast London, and a future store within England (location tbd). Please note this
job will involve physical work.

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.

Responsibilities

•  Packing museum collections for safe transportation and long-term storage
•  To carry out audits and track and update location changes
•  To carry out pest inspections of organic collections
•  To assist in auditing, monitoring and recording the integrity of the collections and stores
•  To record conservation activity on the collections management database

About you

•  Hold a relevant degree or level 3 vocational qualification
•  Have conservation training
•  Have museum or heritage conservation work experience
•  Have experience of preparing and packing collections for safe transportation
•  Experience of working with natural history/medical collections is desirable
•  Have used a collections management system (CMS)

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

Interested Candidates:

If you wish to apply or if you have any questions about this position please email your CV together with a
cover letter to RCSHR@rcseng.ac.uk.

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
RCSHR@rceng.ac.uk

Closing date: 4 January 2026

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.

Job description

Job title:

Grade:

Collections Officer

2b

Department:

Museums

Responsible for:  Museum volunteers as required

Accountable to:

Senior Curator

Job summary

The Collections Officer works across multiple sites to support the functions of the Museums
Department, part of the Learning and Quality Directorate. The Museum collections include
historically significant ACE Designated collections and modern Human Tissue Authority
(HTA) licenced material.

23,000 specimens and objects from the museum collections are currently housed offsite and
need to be moved to a different store by November 2026.  The Collections Officer will be
responsible for various aspects of collections management and collections care which are
essential to prepare and move the museum collections. This includes location and
movement control, packing and movement of collections, and cataloguing using Adlib/Axiell
Collections Management System. While working as part of a small team the post holder will
often have to work autonomously in collection management.

Specific duties and responsibilities

1.  Collections Management

▪  To undertake location and movement control, including tracking and the updating of

locations using Adlib/Axiell Collections Management System

▪  To carry out audits of the museum collections stores, both offsite and at the RCS

Headquarters

▪  To improve catalogue records, including adding images and descriptions, particularly for

items moving to offsite locations

▪  To help assess and complete the inventory backlog of objects with only Temporary and

Entry Number records

2.  Collections move

▪  Contribute to the logistical planning of moving collections and support the team with

work in preparation for this

▪  Produce, monitor and complete tracking lists and update locations on spreadsheets and

the CMS

▪  Move and where necessary unpack collections in the stores (note this will involve

physical work)

3.  Collection care

Work with the collections and conservation team:
▪  To ensure all specimens and objects are appropriately marked and labelled
▪  To help improve packing of collections
▪  To identify specimens requiring conservation
▪  To undertake condition checks of collections pre and post moves

4.  Use of collections

▪  Assist the curatorial team with answering enquires and facilitating the use of collections

in research, loans and events when required

This job description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and may
include other duties and responsibilities as may be determined.  It is not intended to be rigid or
inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

21 May 2025

Person specification

Essential

Desirable

•  Post-graduate qualification
in museum studies or a
relevant field, e.g.
biological, biomedical,
bioarchaeological, or AMA

•  Training in working with

preserved organic material

•  Experience of working with
natural history/medical
collections

•  Experience of working on a
collections move project
•  Experience in packing of
Museum collections

Qualifications

•  Relevant undergraduate

degree

Experience and
skills

•  Experience in museum

collections work
•  Experience of object

handling

•  Experience of using a

Collection Management
System (CMS)

•  Experience of tracking and
updating museum locations
during moves

•  Manual handling skills
•  Sound administrative

aptitude and experience of
using Microsoft Office
software

•  An understanding of safe
practice in the workplace

Technical
competencies

•  A good understanding of
museum collections
management

•  Demonstrational knowledge

of Human Tissue Authority
requirements

People and
interpersonal skills

•  Proven communication

•

skills

•  Ability to work

independently and as part
of a multi-disciplinary team

•  Ability to prioritise
workloads to meet
deadlines

•  Ability to work with sensitive

material

•  Manual handling

The post holder will also need to demonstrate the following values:

Collaboration

Respect

We embrace our collective responsibilities working
collaboratively and as one college.

•  We work together, using our collective expertise and

experience to effect positive change

•  We are open, honest and transparent, straightforward in our
language and actions, acting with sincerity and delivering on
our commitments

•  We take our responsibilities to each other, to patient care and
to the environment seriously and we act with this in mind
across our work

We value every person we come into contact with at the College
as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in
life, and seek to understand and meet their physical and
wellbeing needs.

•  We treat everyone we meet with kindness and integrity and

we seek to promote these behaviours in others

•  We actively seek a range of views and experiences across

our work, and we listen to, and make everyone feel, a valued
part of the team

Excellence

We aspire to excellence and success. We share learning from
our experiences, apply feedback into practice, and commit to
continual improvement.

•  We work hard to be the best at what we do, recognising and
celebrating effort and achievement, and reflecting on our
work, so we can learn and improve

•  We value and invest in research, education and training to
drive excellence and put improvements in surgical practice,
dentistry and patient care at the heart of our work
•  We always seek to learn and discover more, valuing

knowledge and scientific evidence, basing our decisions on
insights, fact and experience

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.

Job Title: Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre Manager
Salary: £42-51K
Band: 4a
Contract Type: Permanent, full time (35 hours)
Working weeks: 52
Location: Royal College of Surgeons of England, 38-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A 3PE (this role will
be based onsite)

The Royal College of Surgeons of England provides world-class education, assessment, and
development to 30,000 surgeons, dental professionals, and members of the wider surgical and dental
care teams, at all stages of their career. Our vision is to see excellent surgical care for everyone. We
do this by setting professional standards, facilitating research, and championing the best outcomes for
patients. Our recently redeveloped headquarters in Lincoln’s Inn Fields London provides state of the
art education facilities, using evidence-based, technology-enhanced learning (TEL) for the entire
surgical and dental team. The building also includes world-class examination and event spaces,
research facilities and improved member areas – creating a flexible and efficient working environment
for the future.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced clinical skills and simulation professional to manage our
postgraduate education centre. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of high-quality
learning for surgical trainees, will contribute to embedding TEL within our existing offer and assist in
the development of innovative educational products and services.

We are looking for a manager who has:

•  Credible experience in the clinical skills and simulation sector as an operational manager or

supervisor.

•  A level 6 qualification in an appropriate subject or relevant and equivalent experience to

demonstrate these skills.

•  Enthusiasm for, and experience of, TEL and evidence of professional development in this

area. Experience with immersive technologies is an advantage.

•  Ability to lead and support individual colleagues and a team, acting as a mentor and fostering

an inclusive team culture.

•  Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to nurture positive relationships with internal and

external stakeholders.

•  Ability to work flexibly, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends on a rota basis.
•  Confidence using Microsoft Office tools and a willingness to learn new applications.

What we offer:

•  Opportunity to work with outstanding senior clinicians from a variety of surgical and medical

specialties.

•  27 days paid holiday + bank holidays and up to 4 college closure days over the Christmas

period.

•  Enhanced contributory pension scheme & other leave entitlements.
•  Variety of learning and development opportunities.
•  Wellbeing programme & Employee Assistance Scheme.
•  Season ticket loans (after successful completion of probation).

Interested Candidates:

If you have any questions please get in touch with Michèle Pool, Learning Operations Manager on
mpool@rcseng.ac.uk.

If you wish to apply please email your CV and cover letter (no more than 750 words)
RCSHR@rcseng.ac.uk.

Please make sure your cover letter includes reference to the following:

•  Your strengths as an operational manager/supervisor, with examples of how these

strengths have resulted in positive change in your workplace.

•  Professional development activities you have undertaken in medical simulation which

were above and beyond business requirements and how you applied the
knowledge/skills gained to improve educational delivery in current or previous places
of employment.

•  How you have used your mentorship skills to guide the professional development of

direct reports/mentees.

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 RCSHR@rcseng.ac.uk

Closing Date: Sunday 4 January 2026

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if it is deemed enough applications have
been received.

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.

Job description

Job title:

Grade:

Clinical Skills and Simulation Manager

4a

Department:

Learning

Responsible for:  Clinical Skills and Simulation Senior Technician x 2

Accountable to:

Learning Operations Manager

Job summary

The Clinical Skills and Simulation Manager has responsibility for the planning and delivery of all
RCS England internally managed courses. This currently includes 15 different types of course
(across technical skills, simulation, professional development) predominantly delivered in the
Bjorn Saven Centre (BSC) at RCS England HQ, with a small proportion taking place at selected
external venues or via online platforms such as Zoom (collectively referred to as RCS-
managed). In accordance with the Learning Department's 5-year plan, a minimum of 150 RCS-
internally managed courses will be delivered in the 2025/2026 financial year with further growth
expected.

In addition to managing the operational delivery of courses, this role will provide a range of
technical services and subject matter expertise to support the development/ redevelopment of
new/ existing educational products and their delivery RCS-managed courses. There will be a
particular focus on the development of an extended reality space (XR Lab) within the BSC in
2026 and integration of upgrades to our existing simulation equipment into existing courses as
we move from the use of low fidelity nursing manikins to higher fidelity, programmable
manikins.

This role will be responsible for line management of 2 senior technicians, who in turn line
manage 2 technicians each (total 6 people).

Specific duties and responsibilities

1.  Course Scheduling

Responsible for:

•  Working with the Learning Operations Manager to produce an internal course

schedule which meets customer demand, financial targets and supports the wider
aims of the department. This includes maximising the commercial value of the BSC
and integrating the XR Lab into ‘business as usual’.

•  Creating and maintaining course records in our CRM.

•  Providing all relevant stakeholders with up to date course schedules and information
that is accurate, timely and meets their requirements to support marketing, customer
queries, course applications and data management purposes.

•  Actively reviewing the course schedule in an on-going basis and adjusting where

needed.

Technical Expertise and Support

Responsible for:

•  Acting as a subject matter expert in high-fidelity and Technology Enhanced Learning
equipment and facilities, including manikins, moulage, mixed reality equipment,
audio-visual systems and simulation environments. Advising the learning innovation
team on integration into new and existing educational products.

•  Overseeing the organisation, maintenance and preparation of teaching spaces and

equipment, including the use of video recording and computerised/technical
equipment, as well as ensuring assistance is provided to participants and faculty
before, during and after sessions.

•  Training and assisting staff, participants and faculty in the use of the simulation

teaching equipment and models, including AV, before, during and after the sessions
as required. Supporting the delivery of feedback to stakeholders through best
practice.

•  Ensuring animal tissue models are prepared to a high standard and that all tissue is
stored and disposed of appropriately. Participating in the improvement of existing
tissue/ simulation models or development of new models as required. Ensuring
specialised surgical equipment/instruments are maintained to a high standard and
providing advice on their usage and maintenance.

•  Ensuring technical requests, problems and queries during the delivery of a course

are promptly and effectively dealt with.

•  Providing technical advice, guidance and an example of best practice to approved
course providers (APCs) who licence our products. This may involve coordinating
training visits for APC staff to the BSC or providing in situ support at an APC.

•  Ensure all RCS-managed courses are delivered using accurate and up to date
technical information and gather feedback from teaching faculty on suggested
improvements.

2.  Planning and logistics

Responsible for:

•  Planning resources (including staff) to support the delivery of RCS-managed

courses.

•  Ensuring all RCS-managed courses are set up and delivered to time, quality

standards (faculty, ratios, equipment, materials, and facilities), budget, comply with
health and safety legislation and HTA requirements (where applicable).

•  Working collaboratively with external venues, course directors and colleagues to

meet resource requirements for individual courses, in line with the relevant contract.

•  Liaising with external venues over specific equipment/ resource needs. Taking action

where problems are identified and seeking solutions to minimise disruption to
courses.

•  Working with the fundraising team to identify opportunities for sponsorship.

•  Promoting through example, the highest standards of customer service and ensuring

BSC staff deliver a customer focussed service at all times.

•  Monitoring the uptake of RCS-managed courses and taking appropriate action to

increase promotion and minimise course cancellations.

•  Providing the marketing team with information to promote RCS-managed courses

with sufficient notice.

3.  Stakeholder management

Responsible for:

•  Ensuring the external venues and the BSC provide the highest standard of customer

service and technical support on all courses.

•  Developing effective professional working relationships with course directors/ faculty.
Becoming their recognised first point of contact for all matters relating to teaching on
RCS-managed courses.

•  Creating an enjoyable, personalised teaching experience for every faculty member

so that they feel their contribution is valued and long-term relationships are
established.

•  Using existing recruitment channels to secure course directors, faculty and instructor
candidates who meet the criteria for the course, in advance to enable the full range of
RCS-managed courses to occur.

•  Ensuring contingencies are in place to limit the impact of course director/ faculty

cancellations or postponement of RCS-managed courses.

•  Suggesting strategies for the generation of new, diverse faculty to Programme

Managers and the Learning Operations Manager and supporting their delivery of
these.

•

Identifying potential course directors from existing faculty in conjunction with
Programme Managers.

•  Maintaining an awareness of workforce issues in the surgical environment and being

aware of developments that may impact upon the delivery of courses. Feeding
insights from faculty back across the wider learning team.

•  Ensuring staff supply participants and faculty with required pre-course information in

a timely manner, including access to VLE resources.

•  Engaging in the faculty development process by supplying relevant information to
instructor candidates teaching on RCS-managed courses and forwarding faculty
recommendations to the Education Programme Assistants.

Quality Monitoring and Improvement

Responsible for:

•  Reviewing evaluation data to ensure courses meet the College standards.

•  Develop simulation standards for new and existing programmes.

•

If indicated, working with APCs/ BSC staff to put quality improvement measures in
place and evaluating the impact of these.

•  Ensure feedback from course evaluations is used to implement improvements to the

administration and management of RCS-managed courses.

•  Providing timely course feedback to all course directors and faculty.

4.  Financial and Commercial

Responsible for:

•  Contributing to the business planning process and the development of the annual
budget for RCS-managed courses sales and growth targets; monitoring KPIs.

•  Understanding the commercial/business model and key surplus drivers.

•  Delivering sales activity reports and sales forecasts.

•

Identifying potential opportunities to market RCS products.

•  Effective management of relationships with private hire clients to maximise customer

satisfaction and potential for repeat business/upselling.

•  Assisting the Learning Operations Manager in securing new business partnerships

with the NHS and commercial organisations. Monitoring all course delivery
expenditure to provide sound and knowledgeable commentaries on a monthly basis
for management accounts, highlighting variances as they occur.

5.  Leadership and Management

Responsible for:

•  Providing inspirational leadership and acting as a role model/mentor to less

experienced staff. Encouraging and guiding their development as clinical skills and
simulation professionals.

•  Setting SMART objectives and managing the performance of team members.

•  Giving staff support and opportunities to meet their professional development

objectives, e.g. achieving science council accreditation.

•  Delegating authority to staff and monitoring them against agreed outcomes.

•  Agreeing with staff appropriate courses of action to address any issues with their

work.

•  Recruit and select team members to meet organisational needs consistent with

legislation, policies and procedures.

•  Supporting staff to work flexibly across roles within the Learning Directorate.

General

•  The post-holder is expected to represent the College in a professional manner in
relation to their responsibilities and in ensuring their own continuing professional
development.

•  Undertake such duties appropriate to the grade, as required.

This  job  description  will  be  subject  to  review  in  the  light  of  changing  circumstances  and  may
include other duties and responsibilities as may be determined.  It is not intended to be rigid or
inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

Person specification

Qualifications

Experience and
skills

Essential

Desirable

•  FDSci/HND/BSc in a
relevant subject or
significant, relevant
experience to demonstrate
equivalent skills/knowledge
at this level.

•  Postgraduate qualification in
education or management

•  Qualification in clinical

simulation

•  Membership of clinical

simulation organisations

•  Significant and

•  Experience of Microsoft

•  Science Council
accreditation

Dynamics

•  Experience of using Power

Apps

•  Experience of working with
unembalmed cadaveric
tissue

•  Training in debriefing/

feedback

•  An understanding of the
Human Tissue Act.

demonstrable experience of
working in the higher
education sector within a
clinical simulation
environment

•  Experience of providing

leadership and operational
management or completion
of a significant work based
leadership/management
project

•  Familiar with Health & Safety
within a healthcare setting
and COSHH legislation.
•  Experience of developing
and delivering clinical
simulation programmes.

•  Delivering a customer
focused service.

•  Confident in Programming
simulation manikins for use
in simulation scenarios,
changing parameters on
request as well as in the use
of video recording and
associated
computerised/technical
equipment

•  Managing and motivating
self and others to deliver
results.

•  Strong IT skills including a

working knowledge of Office
365.

Financial
management and
business planning

•  Experience of Customer

Relationship Management
(CRM) systems.

•  Experience of working in an

environment with
challenging targets.
•  Experience of working to
tight timeframes and
achieving clear and
measurable goals.

•  Experience of planning and
monitoring annual budgets,
meeting financial targets and
longer-term planning of
resources including
equipment replacement
programmes

People and
interpersonal skills

•  Ability to work across teams
to deliver a quality service.

•  Ability to take charge of

situations and gain support
or actions from others.

•  Able to work as part of a

multi-disciplinary team in a
dynamic environment.

•  Experience of networking

and relationship
management across teams
and organisations

•  Excellent communication
and presentation skills,
spoken and written.
•  A systematic approach to

planning, managing and
evaluating processes and
activities.

•  Demonstrate ability to

remain calm when working
under pressure.

•  Ability to deliver training to

staff and other stakeholders
– clinical and non-clinical.

This role will involve out of hours and weekend working on a rota basis.
This role may occasionally involve travel throughout the UK and internationally.
You should be prepared to handle human and non-human anatomical material.

You should be physically fit and able to participate in moving heavy equipment (for
which training and suitable equipment will be provided).
You should expect to be present within the BSC (or externally hired venue) on all
working days.

The post holder will also need to demonstrate the following values:

Collaboration

Respect

Excellence

We embrace our collective responsibilities working
collaboratively and as one college.

•  We work together, using our collective expertise and

experience to effect positive change

•  We are open, honest and transparent, straightforward in our
language and actions, acting with sincerity and delivering on
our commitments

•  We take our responsibilities to each other, to patient care and
to the environment seriously and we act with this in mind
across our work

We value every person we come into contact with at the College
as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in
life, and seek to understand and meet their physical and
wellbeing needs.

•  We treat everyone we meet with kindness and integrity and

we seek to promote these behaviours in others

•  We actively seek a range of views and experiences across

our work, and we listen to, and make everyone feel, a valued
part of the team

We aspire to excellence and success. We share learning from
our experiences, apply feedback into practice, and commit to
continual improvement.

•  We work hard to be the best at what we do, recognising and
celebrating effort and achievement, and reflecting on our
work, so we can learn and improve

•  We value and invest in research, education and training to
drive excellence and put improvements in surgical practice,
dentistry and patient care at the heart of our work
•  We always seek to learn and discover more, valuing

knowledge and scientific evidence, basing our decisions on
insights, fact and experience

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 race/ethnicity, national origin, religion, pregnancy, marital status,
sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age and disability.

Job Title: Collections Officer

Salary: £28, 961

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract -14 months

Location: Southeast and Central London- multisite working.

About the role

The Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England cares for 70,000 objects and organic preparations.
23,000 of these are currently housed in offsite storage, including artworks, historic surgical instruments and organic
preparations (including human tissue).  These need to be moved to a new store by November 2026.  To achieve this
RCS England Museums are seeking to appoint a Collections Officer who will be responsible for various aspects of
collections management and care.

As the Collections Officer, you will work to prepare the collections for safe transportation, and controlled movement,
including tracking, location updates, and associated documentation work using the Collections Management System.
You will also label, photograph and assess the collections and help to pack, move and unpack as needed.

The role requires the post holder to work a five-day week.  This role requires multisite working, at RCS Central London
headquarters, the offsite store in Southeast London, and a future store within England (location tbd). Please note this
job will involve physical work.

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.

Responsibilities

•  Updating records on the collections management system (CMS)
•  Auditing collections
•  Tracking of museum collections
•  Labelling, photography and assessment of museum collections
•  Physical movement of collections

About you

•  A relevant undergraduate degree
•  Experience in museums collections work and object handling
•  Experience of working with natural history/medical collections is desirable
•  Experience of using a collections management system (CMS)
•  Experience of using Axiell/Adlib is desirable
•  Experience of tracking and updating museum locations during moves

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

Interested Candidates:

If you wish to apply or if you have any questions about this position please email your CV together with a
cover letter to RCSHR@rcseng.ac.uk.

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
RCSHR@rceng.ac.uk

Closing date: 4 January 2026

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.

Job Title ICBSE Systems and Data Coordinator
Salary £29,250 per annum
Contract Type  Permanent
Location - We fully support flexible working, from our superb offices in Holborn and from home.  We do require staff
to spend 20% of their time in the office.  This is subject to role requirements.

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

The Royal College of Surgeons, intercollegiate body is looking for someone to support the work of the Data and
Systems Manager. Coordinating intercollegiate surgical examinations for the four Surgical Royal Colleges in the UK
and Ireland. Oversees candidate data, test-centre logistics, and result consolidation, ensuring accuracy, quality
assurance, and efficient processes to maintain the integrity of surgical education and professional standards. They will
liaise with software providers, ensure data accuracy, support quality assurance, and provide statistical input for
reports. The role will maintain CRM integration and collaborate effectively to uphold high standards in examination
delivery.

Responsibilities

•  Coordinate intercollegiate surgical examinations across the four Surgical Royal Colleges.
•  Manage test-centre logistics and liaise with delivery partners.
•  Prepare candidate lists and ensure accurate database uploads.
•  Consolidate examination results and support quality assurance processes.
•  Analyse candidate and question performance, providing statistical input for reports.
•  Maintain effective data systems and CRM integration for all exam-related information.

About you

•  Strong experience with databases, large datasets, and Microsoft Excel.
•  Excellent organisational skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
•  High level of numeracy and attention to detail.
•  Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
•  Office experience including report and spreadsheet preparation.

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

Interested Candidates:

If you wish to apply or if you have any questions about this position please email your CV together with a
cover letter to RCSHR@rcseng.ac.uk.

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
RCSHR@rceng.ac.uk

Closing date: 4th January 2026

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.

Job description

Job title:

Grade:

Senior Digital Content Editor (12-month fixed-term contract)

3a

Department:

External Affairs and Engagement

Responsible for:

n/a

Accountable to:

Digital Manager

Job summary

This is a key role in an exciting project to relaunch the Royal College of Surgeons of
England’s website. We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised content specialist with
excellent writing and editing abilities to independently deliver several content creation
workstreams, working with stakeholders across the College. This is a 12-month fixed-term
role that will cover a critical phase of project delivery, from content production through to the
website build and into post-launch reporting and optimisation.

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of these workstreams. They will report on
progress, write and edit copy, and oversee content owners’ work to create high-quality
website copy that communicates our College brand, products and activities. With the support
of the Digital Manager and wider project team where needed, the person in this role will draw
on their experience of audience-first digital content delivery and data analytics to make
decisions, sign off on content and engage content owners to take ongoing ownership of their
content following launch.

Specific duties and responsibilities

Deliver a high standard of content for the new website

•  Be responsible for the final delivery of content written to a high standard, in line with our new

brand guidelines and the content model developed for the new website

•  Confidently proofread, edit and provide feedback on work from colleagues and other teams

to ensure it meets the standards above

•  Take  ownership  of  some  content  creation  from  start  to  finish:  researching  and  planning,

writing and editing

•  Take a leading role in ensuring our new brand tone of voice is applied consistently across the

website

•  Build and test pages in the new CMS, raising issues and suggesting changes as needed to

ensure excellent user experience and accessibility

Make data-led decisions around content creation

•  Lead  on  keyword research  and  assignation  with a  strong  grasp  of content  SEO  and GEO

principles to ensure our content is developed to answer real users’ search interest

•  Use  analytics  and  SEO  reporting  tools  to  understand  the  performance  of  live  content  and

identify opportunities for improvement

Manage website content production workstreams with colleagues across the College.

•  Work  with  representatives  from  teams  across  the  College  to  coordinate  delivery  of  final,

website-ready content

•  Provide clear, detailed and user-friendly writing briefs that are aligned with the content model

and agreed site architecture for the new website

•  Create and maintain realistic content delivery timelines with content owners and stakeholders

across the College

•  Proactively  follow  up  and  adapt  timelines  as  necessary  to  ensure  the  timely  delivery  of

planned content

Train  and  support  content  owners  in  applying  digital  best  practices,  our  new  brand
guidelines and the content model for our new website

•  Develop positive working relationships with staff and key stakeholders
•  Provide website content creation training, feedback and support as needed to content owners
across the College, with support as required from the Digital Manager and project team
•  Guide  content  owners  on  using  Copilot  or  other  College-approved  generative  AI  tools  to

support the creation of first drafts

•  Advise on UX principles to improve the structure, accessibility and performance of website

content

•  Guide and champion SEO best practice in a clear and accessible format for non-specialists

This job description is subject to review in light of changing circumstances and may include other
duties and responsibilities as determined. It is not intended to be rigid or inflexible but should be
regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works.

Person specification

Qualifications

Experience
and skills

People and
interpersonal
skills

Essential

Desirable

•  Digital content marketing qualification

or equivalent experience

•  UX qualification
•  SEO content qualification

•  Familiarity with Umbraco

CMS

•  Prompt writing for
Microsoft Copilot
•  Experience creating

written content for higher
education or healthcare
organisations

•  Delivering training or
workshops in a group
setting for stakeholders

•  3+ years’ experience planning, writing
and delivering search-optimised
website content

•  Excellent English writing ability and a

meticulous eye for detail

•  Experience coordinating others to
deliver website content production
projects

•  Training junior colleagues or others
less experienced with digital content
on best practice

•  Extensive website content writing and

editing experience

•  Excellent organisational skills
•
•  Experience researching complex

In-depth experience with website CMS

concepts and communicating them in a
clear written format

•  Experience reporting on website

content performance using Google
Analytics four

•  Experience in SEO reporting and

keyword research

•  Excellent verbal and written

communication skills, including the
ability to present complex information
clearly and to adjust delivery to suit
audiences

•  Ability to manage a complex workload

with multiple workstreams

•  Ability to manage relationships with a
range of people of varying seniority
•  Team player, with the confidence to
share expertise and ideas with
stakeholders

The post holder will also need to demonstrate the following values:

Collaboration

Respect

Excellence

We embrace our collective responsibilities working
collaboratively and as one college.

•  We work together, using our collective expertise and

experience to effect positive change

•  We are open, honest and transparent, straightforward in our
language and actions, acting with sincerity and delivering on
our commitments

•  We take our responsibilities to each other, to patient care and
to the environment seriously and we act with this in mind
across our work

We value every person we come into contact with at the College
as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in
life, and seek to understand and meet their physical and
wellbeing needs.

•  We treat everyone we meet with kindness and integrity and

we seek to promote these behaviours in others

•  We actively seek a range of views and experiences across

our work, and we listen to, and make everyone feel, a valued
part of the team

We aspire to excellence and success. We share learning from
our experiences, apply feedback into practice, and commit to
continual improvement.

•  We work hard to be the best at what we do, recognising and
celebrating effort and achievement, and reflecting on our
work, so we can learn and improve

•  We value and invest in research, education and training to
drive excellence and put improvements in surgical practice,
dentistry and patient care at the heart of our work
•  We always seek to learn and discover more, valuing

knowledge and scientific evidence, basing our decisions on
insights, fact and experience

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  race/ethnicity,  nationality,  religion,  pregnancy,  marital  status,
sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age and disability.

Job Title: Senior Digital Content Editor
Salary: £ 31,453– £35,000
Contract Type – Fixed term (12 months), full time
Location - We fully support flexible working, either from our offices in Holborn or from home (subject to role
requirements). At least one day per week will be spent on-site to promote collaboration and interaction.

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

The Senior Digital Content Editor is a key role in an exciting project to relaunch the Royal College of
Surgeons of England’s website. We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised content specialist with
excellent writing and editing abilities to independently deliver several content creation workstreams,
working with stakeholders across the College. This is a 12-month fixed-term role that will cover a critical
phase of project delivery, from content production through to the website build and into post-launch
reporting and optimisation.

As the Senior Digital Content Editor, you will be responsible for these workstreams. You will report on
progress, write and edit copy, and oversee content owners’ work to create high-quality website copy that
communicates our College brand, products and activities. You will draw on your experience of audience-
first digital content delivery and data analytics to make decisions, sign off on content and engage content
owners to take ongoing ownership of their content following launch.

Responsibilities

•  Work  with  representatives from  teams  across  the  College  to  manage  the  delivery  of  final,  website-ready

content; confidently proofreading, editing and providing feedback

•  Create and maintain realistic content delivery timelines with content owners and stakeholders across the

College

•  Ensure our content is optimised for search engines and generative AI, using SEO and performance reporting

tools and leading on keyword research

•  Take ownership of some content creation from start to finish: researching and planning, writing and editing
•  Build and test pages in the new CMS, raising issues and suggesting changes as needed to ensure excellent

user experience and accessibility

•  Proactively follow up and adapt timelines as necessary to ensure the timely delivery of planned content
•  Provide website content creation training, feedback and support as needed to content owners across the

College

•  Guide content owners on using Copilot or other College-approved generative AI tools to support the creation

of first drafts

•  Advise on UX principles to improve the structure, accessibility and performance of website content
•  Guide and champion SEO best practice in a clear and accessible format for non-specialists

About you

•  3+ years’ experience planning, writing and delivering search-optimised website content
•  Excellent English writing ability and a meticulous eye for detail
•  Experience coordinating others to deliver website content production projects
•  Training junior colleagues or others less experienced with digital content on best practice
•  Extensive website content writing and editing experience
•  Excellent organisational skills
•
•  Experience researching complex concepts and communicating them in a clear written format
•  Experience reporting on website content performance using Google Analytics four
•  Experience in SEO reporting and keyword research
•  Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present complex information

In-depth experience with website CMS

clearly and to adjust delivery to suit audiences

•  Ability to manage a complex workload with multiple workstreams
•  Ability to manage relationships with a range of people of varying seniority
•  Team player, with the confidence to share expertise and ideas with stakeholders

What we can offer you

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

If you would like to apply, or if you have any questions about this position, please email your CV together
with a cover letter to RCSHR@rcseng.ac.uk.

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 RCSHR@rceng.ac.uk

Closing date: 10 January 2026

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.