Senior Policy and Campaigns Adviser London £37,734 £41,000
Working hours full time (35 hours a week) - youll agree your working pattern with your manager (core working hours are 10:00 - 16:00). Start date January 2026 Location London and homeworking (minimum 6 days a month in the London office, anchor day in the office every Wednesday)
Purpose and scope Are you looking for a policy role where you can make a difference? Were looking for a senior policy and campaigns adviser at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) to translate our members views and experiences into robust policy positions that effectively influence the national agenda. Youll be part of the policy and campaigns team, responsible for ensuring the RCP maintains its position as a credible, influential stakeholder in the eyes of government, NHS systems and our physician members. Youll join the organisation just as it finalises its new strategy and decides its new areas of policy focus for the coming year. Youll play a critical role in developing and delivering policy work on a range of high-profile topics to ensure we influence healthcare policy and the implementation of the 10 Year Health Plan. Youll need a sharp eye for detail and be able to quickly and accurately interpret and communicate complex information. Youll use your enthusiasm, skills and experience to work with members to explore and turn their views into coherent policy positions. You will have strong experience of analysing policy developments in the external landscape and making recommendations for how to evolve our policy positioning in response. You will be as comfortable speaking to officials and other stakeholders as you are writing policy reports, consultation submissions and briefings. You will brief the president, senior officers and senior staff for meetings and play an active role in engaging external stakeholders in NHS systems and the wider sector. You will provide lead support to an RCP advisory group, working closely with the chair to set and deliver a workplan. The RCP represents around 40,000 members and fellows in the UK and internationally. Our members and fellows work across over 30 medical specialties such as cardiology, neurology, infectious diseases, geriatric and respiratory and acute internal medicine - working in hospital and community settings. The policy and campaigns team which is part of the wider communications, policy and research directorate is a fast paced, collaborative and innovative environment. You will help us shape our objectives and continuously improve how we work.
Responsibilities Developing and delivering policy work across a range of topics within the RCPs policy portfolio.
Delivering robust horizon scanning and policy monitoring to proactively identify key issues and opportunities to evolve our policy positioning and further our aims.
Developing proactive and reactive policy positions on high-profile issues relating to the RCPs work, working in partnership with senior officers, RCP members, communications colleagues and other staff and organisations as appropriate.
Workingflexibly and proactively, undertaking a range ofworksuch as writing briefings, policy positions, reports, committee papers, consultation responses.
Supportingsenior officers and staff in stakeholder meetings, including researching and drafting briefings and yourself representingthe RCP at meetings and events.
Building and owning relationships with sector stakeholders, NHS systems and other organisations relevant to the RCPs policy and campaigns aims.
Contributing policy advice to the media team to underpin media releases, comments, statements and opinion pieces.
Supporting RCP committees and advisory groups to develop and deliver policy work.
Anyother duties commensurate with your post,including deputising for the Head of policy and campaigns and other staff as required.
Experience You will have a strong background in policy development andeffective influencing, with a demonstrable understanding of the policy development process and how to influence national and/or arms-length body policy processes.
be able to quickly and accurately analyse and interpret complex information to aid understanding and decision making.
have excellent writing skills and strong experience of producing briefings, consultation responses and other communications on behalf of an organisation.
have experience of successfully managing competing views, priorities and interests to achieve your aims.
be able to quickly develop positive and effective working relationships with a diverse range of people, including those in senior positions.
be able to act on your own initiative to develop new work, proposing reasonable and realistic solutions.
understand the importance of and be committed to involving a diverse range of organisations and people in developing and delivering influencing work.
Closing date: 30 November 2025 Interviewing date: 11 December 2025
The RCP positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity. The RCP is all about our people our members, staff, volunteers and leaders. We educate, influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know we can only do this by being inclusive, encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. Welcoming into our community people who represent the 21st-century medical workforce and the diverse population of patients we serve is a priority for us.
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