International Policy Officer RCN UK HQ (London) with hybrid working, 35 hours, permanent £35,124 - £39,678 per annum* plus pus inner London Weighting £4,872 As the UK’s largest trade union and professional body for nursing, we support close to half a million members with unwavering loyalty and total commitment. We represent and develop them, support their practice and lobby on their behalf to make a positive difference to their working lives. Imagine a role in which you drive forward advocacy and influencing methods to secure public policy change for RCN members. We're accredited with Investors in People Silver Standard. Our people are our greatest asset, and we want people who can contribute to our purpose in line with our values. As International Policy Officer, you’ll use your knowledge of the UK and international policy landscape to identify and analyse publicly available information, monitor trends and intel to produce reports and briefings related to global nursing and issues impacting the internationally educated nursing workforce. You will support with scoping, planning and delivering projects, and develop relationships with a wide range of external stakeholders. You will collaborate with policy and public affairs colleagues from across the UK countries and wider RCN functions. To join us you’ll need to be able to be able to demonstrate that you have knowledge of the UK and international policy landscape, have an understanding of the lobbying landscape and experience of stakeholder engagement. You will also have experience of carrying out policy or political desk research to produce summaries and briefings, and be able to demonstrate your ability to contribute to stakeholder content on policy issues. Ideally you’ll have knowledge of working with international organisations and experience of undertaking analysis of policies produced by UK Government departments or international organisations. Whatever your background, you'll be efficient, accurate, collaborative and show a real member focus in all you do. 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 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. What we deliver for our members is wide and varied so when it comes to how we work one size doesn’t fit all. We also know that to empower our people to do their best work, they must be able to balance the demands of work and home. 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. Departments and directorates have their own hybrid ways of working which put the needs of the service they deliver – whether that’s to members or to colleagues - at their heart, in alignment with our hybrid working core principles. At the RCN it’s unlikely you will work from home for all of your working time. Equally no one is expected to work solely in the office unless your role requires it. You can find out more by having a discussion with the recruiting manager. Our selection process We are looking for a candidate with knowledge of the UK or international policy landscape and experience of stakeholder engagement. You will need to demonstrate that you have experience of undertaking policy or political desk research to produce summaries and briefings. You will also demonstrate your ability to carry out policy or political desk research to produce summaries and briefings, and experience of collaborating with others to scope, plan and deliver projects. Please submit a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t. Contact details For more information or for an informal discussion about the role please contact Anna Argyrides at [email protected] For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact [email protected] Opening date: Monday 04 September 2023 Closing date: Sunday 01 October 2023 (midnight) Assessment & interview date: TBC