Policy Research Manager

We’re Anthony Nolan. We’re here to uncover the answers inside us. Answers for people with blood cancer and blood disorders. Answers that will not only improve lives today but save them tomorrow.

By uniting people and science, we’re growing our world-leading stem cell register, so everyone who needs a transplant, can find their lifesaving match. We’re currently giving four people a day another chance to live.

Driven by patients, backed by stem cell donors, and powered by science, we won’t stop until we’ve unlocked the cures, treatments and transplants that will transform the future for more patients. And together, we can reach the remarkable day where every patient who needs us can not only survive, but thrive.

If you're inspired by this vision, and feel you have the skills and experience we need to help achieve it, we'd love you to join our lifesaving team.

We are looking for a Policy Research Manager to join our   Policy and Public Affairs team.

Title: Policy Research Manager

Salary: £42,000 per annum

Contract: 12-month fixed term

Hours: 35 per week (standard Anthony Nolan working hours)

Location: Hybrid*, with head office in Hampstead, London

The Policy Research Manager is responsible for research and insight projects that support Anthony Nolan’s policy and influencing work.

You will:

• Deliver research projects to generate high-quality evidence in a variety of subject areas within cell and gene therapies, using your knowledge of qualitative research methods and evidence-based policy development.

• Collaborate with colleagues across Anthony Nolan to ensure research and insight projects meet the needs of the organisation, and comply with our research governance policies.

• Communicate the findings of research and insight projects internally and externally, supporting our ambition to generate actionable research evidence and insight that shapes cell therapy services.

• Support colleagues to deliver research and insight generation projects, providing guidance on how research and evidence might best support our influencing objectives, research methods and design, and good practice.

You will bring:

• Experience of project managing and directly delivering research projects, ideally in health and social care and involving patients and carers. These could include projects employing: structured interviews, surveys, literature reviews, and other forms of data collection.

• Experience of qualitative research governance and ethical approvals processes.

• Good qualitative data analysis skills, including in qualitative coding and thematic analysis.

• Experience of generating evidence for policy and influencing campaigns.

• Experience of communicating the results of research projects in writing (for example, posters, abstracts and published manuscripts), and through presentations.

• Knowledge of NHS systems and the general policy context around health and social care.

You will do this role by:

• Building relationships with teams across Anthony Nolan, our patient and family networks, and external stakeholders.

• Developing your knowledge of stem cell transplant and other cell and gene therapies.

• Bringing your expertise and creativity to identify ways to generate high-quality evidence and insight within the scope of the available resources.

• Seeking opportunities to learn, grow and develop, both personally and professionally.

• Adapting and flexing to changing workloads and needs of the team.

• Seeing the wider organisational strategy and how individual and team activities contribute to it.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive salary

• 27 days annual leave (pro rata), pension scheme, childcare vouchers, access to counselling via a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme

• A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop

• Life Assurance of four times annual salary

• Travel season ticket loan, Cycle to work Scheme

• And more! (further details on our Life at Anthony Nolan page)

Please check out the full job description here, and you can read more about what to expect on the Our recruitment process page.

Please note: We encourage you to apply as soon as possible – this advert may close early if we receive a high volume of strong applications.

Release your remarkable, join our team and give someone another chance to live.

Anthony Nolan is a Disability Confident Committed and Living Wage accredited employer.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.