Policy Officer - Salisbury, United Kingdom - The Health Foundation

The Health Foundation

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Salisbury, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

£38,873 per annum plus excellent benefits

Permanent contract

Full-time role and hybrid working with a minimum of 2 days in our London office

The Health Foundation is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK.

We want national policies on health and social care to be informed by better evidence and analysis.

The policy team supports this by analysing, understanding, and informing national policies on health, social care and public health in the UK, with a particular focus on the overall direction and performance of the health system in England.

Our work ranges from understanding integrated care systems in the NHS, how to improve access to primary care, and strategies to improve public health and prevention.

We also assess the overall performance of the health system (for example, through public polling and international comparisons).

We use a mix of approaches to achieve our aims, including:

Scanning policy developments on health, social care, public health and related areas of social policy.
Generating research and analysis to understand how national policies impact on the NHS, social care and population health in different contexts.
Making sense of and synthesising existing evidence to identify implications for policy.
Providing an independent voice on the direction of health, social care and public health policy in the UK and the quality of care, including how it compares to health and public health systems in other countries.
Convening policymakers around relevant evidence, analysis, and questions for the future.

The policy officer will work on a mix of projects, supporting in-house policy analysis and research, as well as helping to scope and develop ideas for externally commissioned research.

The role will include supporting our programme of public polling.

The policy officer will support policy analyses, including synthesising qualitative and quantitative research evidence; analysing policy documents and grey literature; and supporting policy research.

The policy officer will help write and contribute to external publications, including briefings, blogs, and longer Health Foundation reports.

Everybody in the policy team contributes to our written work—so the ability to write with clarity about complex issues is essential.

The policy team works closely with other teams in the Health Foundation—for example, with those carrying out more in-depth quantitative analysis—on projects and to exchange ideas.

The policy officer will therefore work collaboratively, engaging with colleagues to make best use of the Health Foundation's skills and assets to produce effective policy analysis.

The policy officer will also play an important role in supporting our response to new policy developments and government announcements and helping to inform our media statements.

They will also play a role in scanning policy developments and identifying areas for responsive work.

Application deadline:23:59, Sunday 23
rd June 2024**
Interview date:Scheduled to take place w/c 8
th July 2024****Our commitment to you