Policy & Health Influencing Manager

Our client, a spinal injuries charity are looking for a new manager to lead their healthcare policy and Health Influencing work; to champion best practice, influence the national standards of the NHS and influence long-term transformational change.

Policy & Health Influencing Manager
Location: Based in Milton Keynes - They offer hybrid working with the expectation of three days per week in the office.
Salary: £39,690 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday - Friday

About the role

As part of the academy team, you will manage their new healthcare policy and Health Influencing work; you will use your knowledge and skills to champion best practice, influence the NHS’s national standards and to influence long-term transformational change to help them achieve their strategic goal of a health and care system that works for people living with spinal cord injury.

You will be responsible for the following areas:

• Develop evidence-based policy positions that put lived experience at their centre.
• Analyse a wide range of complex policy issues, by monitoring external environments to identify policy developments as they arise.
• Identify NHS policy developments, to influence, change or support the implementation of, to further their strategic aims.
• Develop strategic relationships with key stakeholders. a) Nationally (e.g. NHSE, NICE, GIRFT, CQC, partners and other charities) to influence national policy and b) regionally (e.g. Spinal Cord Injury Centres, Major Trauma Centres, Integrated Care Boards) to support them to adopt that policy.
• Work closely with their communications, campaigns, and parliamentary team to support the delivery of their strategy.
• Make effective use of Freedom of Information requests to track progress against policy objectives and influence stakeholders.

Other teams within the charity

• Work closely with colleagues in research to ensure breakthroughs and developments are adopted and reflected in their policy positioning.
• Advise and support teams around the organisation with information on external policy developments, identifying routes to achieve change.

About the Organisation

This charity is committed to a singular vision: a fulfilled life for everyone affected by spinal cord injury. Everyone has a right to live a fulfilled life and that means the life they choose, a life that has the same opportunities as everyone else. They are the expert, guiding, voice for life after spinal cord injury.

This organisation is the leading national charity supporting individuals who sustain damage to the spinal cord resulting in paralysis. They are a dedicated organisation providing high-impact, quality services for people with spinal cord injury and their families. All of their work is based on the personal experiences of their members.

Being a user-led organisation is important to this charity; more than 11,200 of their members, almost half of their staff and the majority of their trustees live with spinal cord injury.

Closing Date: Monday 8 April at 9am.
Interviews: Wednesday 17 April at SIA House, Milton Keynes or online via Microsoft Teams.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

To find out more information, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form and then redirected to complete your application for this position.

This employer values diversity. They are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment as they believe diversity fosters a more innovative, creative, and caring culture.

They are striving to create a culture that fully represents all the communities they serve. They are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, family or parental status, or disability status.

Disabled candidates who meet the standard job criteria will be offered a guaranteed interview.

No agencies please.