Policy Adviser

UCL; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading academic institution in Greater London is seeking a Policy Adviser to extract key insights from research and engage proactively with policymakers. This role focuses on areas such as healthcare, engineering, and manufacturing, and requires excellent communication skills and policy experience. The successful candidate will produce high-quality policy briefs and manage engagement events. The position offers generous benefits including 41 days of holiday and a defined benefit pension scheme.

Benefits

41 Days holiday

Defined benefit pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

On-site gym

Enhanced parental leave

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Proven ability to communicate complex information clearly.
• Experience engaging with policymakers and understanding their needs.
• Ability to identify opportunities for effective policy engagement.

Responsibilities

• Extract key policy implications from research projects.
• Engage proactively with policymakers to identify opportunities.
• Produce high-quality policy briefs and manage engagement events.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Policy experience

Understanding of policy landscape

Experience designing engagement events

Interest in healthcare, engineering, and manufacturing

Job description

About us

Good policy is informed by good evidence. The Policy Impact Unit (PIU) collaborates with researchers in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences (FES) at UCL to design bespoke policy engagement strategies that have real impact. Using innovative and adaptive approaches, the PIU makes policy engagement accessible for researchers and increases the use of UCL research in the policymaking process.

About the role

The Policy Adviser will tease out the 'so what' from research projects and outputs, identifying key takeaways which will be of interest to policymakers or have policy implications. They will engage with policymakers in a proactive way, identifying windows of opportunity in the policy landscape, contributing to government consultations, ARI's and similar vehicles. They will produce relevant, high quality written outputs including policy briefs - and create opportunities for policy engagement including knowledge exchange events. The key policy focus for this role will be healthcare, engineering, and manufacturing, initial areas will include Engineering Biology, advanced healthcare solutions, and quantum technologies for healthcare.

About you

The successful applicant will be an excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing. They will have policy experience and a good understanding of the policy landscape, able to identify opportunities for policy engagement and act on them. They should be able to 'speak the language' of policymakers and be able to understand complex information. They should have experience designing engagement events, and a keen interest in working at the interface of academic and policy - as well as in healthcare, engineering or manufacturing.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are: 41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan, On-Site nursery, On-site gym, Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay and Employee assistance programme.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, to being a place where we all belong and to ensure a safe, welcoming and inclusive working environment for all. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality. We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within UCL at this level.

Closing date for applications is midnight on 12 January 2026.