External Affairs Officer
Closing date: 15 Apr 2025
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Website The Health Foundation
We are an independent charitable organisation working to build a healthier UK
Our Foundation
We are an independent charitable organisation working to build a healthier UK.
Health is our most precious asset. Good health enables us to live happy, fulfilling lives, fuels our prosperity, and helps build a stronger society.
Yet good health remains out of reach for too many people in the UK and services are struggling to provide access to timely, high-quality care.
It doesn’t have to be like this. Our mission is to help build a healthier UK by:
- Improving people’s health and reducing inequalities
- Supporting radical innovation and improvement in health and care services
- Providing evidence and analysis to improve health and care policy.
We aim for excellence across our work and will achieve this by producing research and analysis, shaping policy and practice, building skills, knowledge, and capacity, and acting as a catalyst for change.  Everyone has a stake and a part to play in improving our health. By working together, we can build a healthier UK.
About the role
The communications team directly contributes to the delivery of the Foundation’s objectives by ensuring effective communication of our work to influence the ongoing development and improved delivery of healthcare policy and practice in the UK. The remit of the communication team’s external affairs function includes public affairs, stakeholder relations, media relations, integrated communications, and corporate communications.
We currently have an opportunity for an External Affairs Officer to join the team on a 6-month fixed term basis. This role will contribute to the achievement of the Health Foundation’s overarching influencing and communications strategies by supporting the external affairs team in effectively delivering high-quality public affairs, stakeholder relations, media, and integrated communications activity.
The successful candidate will have proven experience in public affairs and stakeholder relations. With strong communication and interpersonal skills, you will have the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines. This role will be required to provide some additional support to our media and press work – experience in media relations is desirable but not essential. A knowledge of the healthcare policy landscape within the UK would be advantageous.
You can find the job description for this role Here.
To apply for this job please visit lde.tbe.taleo.net.
How to apply
Our priority is to find the right individual for each opportunity. We are dedicated to building an inclusive workplace that values diversity and invite you to find out more. you would like to apply, please submit your CV, and using no more than 900 words answer the following application questions:
- Describe your experience in managing public affairs and stakeholder relations
- Provide an example of a successful communication project that you have worked on, which had public affairs impact. And, if applicable, please also provide examples of media work.
Our commitment to Inclusion and Diversity
We are committed to an inclusive hiring process, where every candidate has the chance to showcase their unique skills and experience in an accessible, and supported environment, to ensure that we can make the best appointment for each job on merit.   We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage those from underrepresented groups in this field to apply to us.
We have identified three diverse groups, In particular, we want to achieve a better balance across our organisation between men and women, increase representation of people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds and recruit more people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we particularly welcome applications from these groups.  Apply to join our team and let’s work towards building a diverse and inclusive workplace together.
If you require any support through this process, please contact recruitment@health.org.uk.  Help us work together to make the recruitment process and potential future employment more accessible and enjoyable for you.
Closing date:Â Â Â Â 15 April 2025 23Â :59
Interview date:   29 April 2025
  *Note as part of the interview process you will be required to conduct a presentation
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Job Details
Organisation: The Health Foundation
Location: London
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 (Up to £43,852 pro rata, plus excellent benefits.)
Closing date: 15 Apr 2025 (23:59 )
Contract type: (6 months)
Full-time/part-time: Full Time
Remote working: Hybrid - with a minimum of two days per week in our London office - in line with our hybrid working model,
About the Organisation
We are an independent charitable organisation working to build a healthier UK
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