Central London with hybrid working, 35 hours, 10-month fixed term contract (maternity cover)
Salary range per annum: £71,124.00 - £80,250.00* plus London weighting of £5,424.00 per annum pro rata
There is more to the RCN than you might think. We’re a trade union with a membership of over half a million nurses, midwives, nursing support workers and students. We support their practice, represent them, lobby on their behalf, and develop them. We exist to make a positive difference – to the working lives of our members and ultimately to standards in patient care. Our employees are drawn from many walks of life – we are nurses, marketers and communicators, administrators, IT professionals, policy and finance experts, lawyers… together we are so much more. We couldn’t do what we do without our people.
The role
As International Policy Manager, you’ll use your positive attitude, your knowledge of the external policy landscape and quality standards for policy change and your ability to develop effective policy positioning, solutions and strategies for influencing change.
It’s a job full of possibilities as you will be involved in anything from drafting and developing clear, high quality evidence-based policy reports which include credible policy solutions to managing the RCN’s engagement with international alliances and working within our governance framework to support RCN member committees. We’ll look to you to ensure staff members have clear policy and influencing work plans aligned with key strategic priorities to deliver high quality outputs within deadlines. It’s a great way to build your knowledge of our work and develop your potential.
The person
The ability to foster strong professional relationships and encourage close collaboration between departments is at the heart of this leadership role.
To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.
What we offer you
We expect you to look after our members. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.
*We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.
We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person.
Equal opportunities for everyone
Equity, diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we aim to foster an inclusive environment so our people can bring their authentic selves to work. This is integral to our mission to enable you to support our members and ensure their voice is heard by all UK governments to get the best outcomes for them and their patients.
As proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.
Closing date: 11.59pm on Sunday 7 June 2026
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