Health Systems Engagement Officer (Devolved Nations)

HEALTH SYSTEMS ENGAGEMENT OFFICER (DEVOLVED NATIONS)

Salary: £37,000 - £41,000 per annum

Reports to: Head of Health Systems Engagement

Department: Policy, Information and Communications

Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract

Hours: 35 hours per week

Location: Home-based anywhere in the UK. Please note that there will be moderate national travel, and overnight stays. Requests to be based in a Devolved Nation Office, or our Head Office in Stratford, London will be considered.

Closing date: Wednesday 12 March 2025, 23:55

Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Health Systems Engagement Officer. We need your project management skills and knowledge of the health system, to ensure our work in CRUK has the best possible impact for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. This will involve working alongside expert teams across CRUK, using your project management skills help us join up the way we engage and create outputs for health systems, as well as patients, public, and politicians. Further to this, you'll take a leading role in analysing, synthesising, and communicating information about healthcare in the devolved nations. You'll be joining a friendly and enthusiastic team, responsible for keeping CRUK in touch with how health systems, and working closely with our two Senior Managers for Devolved Nations insight.

We welcome applicants from a broad range of backgrounds. This role might suit those with project management skills, and a background in health system topics, particularly those with understanding of health systems in Scotland, Wales and/or Northern Ireland.

What will I be doing?

• Supporting the two Senior Insight Managers for Devolved Nations, managing projects that support delivery of HSE's and the wider directorate's strategic objectives

• Identifying, distilling, synthesising and sharing key insights gained from devolved nations health systems on key cancer topics, such as rollout and optimization of screening programmes, and how health organizations work together to diagnose and treat cancer.

• Building effective relationships with expert teams across the Policy, Information and Communications directorate as well as senior management within the Evidence and Implementation department

• Producing effective internal communications to disseminate work

• Contributing to the management of the overall health systems engagement programme, including acting as lead for designated workstreams as required

• Working with colleagues across different teams to develop, manage and deliver external-facing projects

• Leading and supporting project teams of CRUK staff and external stakeholders and partners to develop and deliver the above projects.

What skills will I need?

• Ability to manage projects, prioritise work and meet deadlines

• Relevant knowledge of, or experience working within, a health system, ideally within one or more of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Experience working with published evidence, data and grey literature to develop insights

• Good interpersonal skills, with experience of building relationships and influencing a broad range of stakeholders at all levels

• Ability to rapidly appraise, assimilate and distil key messages from information from a range of sources

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with good attention to detail.

• Able to make decisions and take actions quickly to keep projects on time.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.