Policy and Health Influencing Officer

£28,000 - £30,450 per year

Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Hybrid working with regular travel to our London Bridge Office

What the job involves

As a Policy and Health Influencing Officer, you’ll be helping deliver impactful changes that measurably improve men’s experience in their access to and quality of prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment, care and support. You’ll be joining a multi-disciplinary team which also includes volunteers and partners all working towards the same aims.

You’ll be supporting complex and politically sensitive projects to drive change across the UK’s health services and other providers at local, regional and national levels. Bringing together your knowledge and experience of engaging with stakeholders, on a one-to-one and mass level basis, you’ll effect change by utilising effective tools and approaches and deliver projects or campaigns achieving our strategic aims.

Through building relationships with health services and systems you’ll be able to understand the obstacles to improving care and work collaboratively with others to help overcome these. As part of your role, you’ll also be developing resources for campaigning, influencing and policy work using a host of digital tools (including social media and online channels). By keeping up to date with health news and the changing environment in all areas relating to prostate cancer will help to influence your work.

What we want from you

We’re looking for an excellent communicator, you’ll be communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, both internal and external at all levels. With an excellent knowledge of UK health services, policy and systems you’ll understand how they operate politically, financially and clinically. Using these skills, you’ll have experience in influencing strategic partnerships and building relationships with those that can influence healthcare matters and bring about change improving the experience of men.

You’ll have project management experience with the ability to gain engagement with health, political and public stakeholders. In addition, you’ll have experience in working on change campaigns which involve public participation using social media and online channels.

Although not essential for the role, it would be beneficial if you have experience in either driving service improvements, interventions to improve health outcomes, developing and influencing local or national policies or engaging with politicians to deliver campaign objectives.

Why work with us?
Every man needs to know about the most common cancer in men – prostate cancer. It’s a real and present danger that takes over 12,000 of our dads, grandads, brothers and friends each year.

Prostate Cancer UK is the largest men’s health charity in the UK. We have a simple ambition – to stop prostate cancer damaging lives. We invest millions in research to revolutionise testing, treatment and care. We’re blazing a trail to a screening programme that could save thousands of lives with regular, accurate tests for all men at risk. And we work tirelessly to spread the word about risk and offer specialist support to people living with the disease.

Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we give men and their families the power to navigate prostate cancer.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

At Prostate Cancer UK, we believe that equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to building a strong and innovative workplace, that represents, and can advocate for the communities we support. We stand against discrimination and prejudice, and we champion tolerance, fairness and equality in everything we do. This makes us stronger and helps us reach more people. We’re all here for the same reason: to give every man the power to navigate prostate cancer.

We're committed to righting health inequalities across the UK, starting with those faced by Black men who are at double risk. This includes ground-breaking research into Black men's risk and working with communities directly to overcome barriers to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.

Therefore, we’re particularly interested in applications from those from marginalised and vulnerable communities. This will help us create an environment of inclusion where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work, where personal qualities are as important as professional experience, and our people feel seen and heard.

Ways of working

Our hybrid working approach combines the best of flexible working – a positive work/life balance, inclusive and accessible platforms, and online information at our fingertips.

Next steps
More information on what we offer, as well as the role, can be found on our vacancies page. Please download our job profile document (job description) with our ‘How to apply’ section sharing the key points to refer to in your application and to apply, please visit the website via the apply button.

The closing date is Wednesday 18th September 2024.  Applications must be submitted by 23:45 UK time.

Interviews: By arrangement. Currently scheduled for the week of Monday 23rd September 2024.

Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887.