Policy Adviser

UCL Eastman Dental Institute; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research institute is seeking a Policy Adviser to transform research outputs into actionable insights for policymakers. The role emphasizes proactive engagement with stakeholders in healthcare, engineering, and manufacturing. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and a solid understanding of policy landscapes. Benefits include generous holiday, pension scheme, and additional perks such as gym access. This is an exciting opportunity to influence policy at a significant research institution.

Benefits

41 Days holiday

Defined benefit pension scheme

On-site gym

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• Proven ability to engage with policymakers effectively.
• Experience in creating high-quality written outputs like policy briefs.
• Familiarity with healthcare, engineering, and manufacturing sectors.

Responsibilities

• Tease out key takeaways from research for policy implications.
• Engage proactively with policymakers and contribute to consultations.
• Produce policy briefs and organize knowledge exchange events.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Understanding of policy landscape

Experience in designing engagement events

Ability to understand complex information

Interest in healthcare, engineering, or manufacturing

Job description

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.

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