Head of Policy & Development
Posted by: Webrecruit
Employed By: Human Tissue Authority
Job Title: Head of Policy & Development
Salary: £54,600 - £73,710 per annum, successful candidates can expect to be appointed at the minimum salary
Contract type: Permanent Full-time — 36 hours per week
Location of position: Homebased or Hybrid working (London-based office)
Application deadline: 27/01/2025 at 11:59pm
About the Human Tissue Authority
The Human Tissue Authority’s (HTA’s) primary goal is to protect public and professional confidence in the safe and ethical use of human tissue.
We are the national independent regulator for organisations that remove, store and use tissue for research, medical treatment, post-mortem examination, teaching and public display. We also approve organ and bone marrow donations from living people. With the interests of the public and those we regulate at the centre of our work, we aim to maintain confidence by ensuring that human tissue is used safely and ethically, with proper consent.
Why this could be a great role for you
Are you an experienced policy leader? We are looking for a colleague to join our Policy and Development team. Reporting directly to the Director of Data, Technology and Development and working across HTA activities, our Head of Policy and Development will be responsible for line management and cross-sector regulatory and corporate policy and development activities, ensuring that areas of policy and development are identified and implemented as well as advising the Authority on these matters. You’ll provide leadership and be accountable for the effective delivery of the policy function including the line management of the policy team.
What we can offer you
Your health and wellbeing is important to us and we support you through generous annual leave (32.5 days, plus eight Bank Holidays), a cycle to work scheme, a subsidised gym membership and an eye care initiative. We also offer membership of the NHS pension scheme.
While our office is based in Stratford, London, we offer a flexible office-based contract (requiring a minimum of 1 day a week in the office) or a remote-working home-based contract (requiring you to attend the office when there is a business need). We ensure that our home-based workers are also kitted out with what they need to comfortably work from home.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups. While our office is based in Stratford, London, we offer a flexible office-based contract (requiring a minimum of 1 day a week in the office) or a remote-working home-based contract (requiring you to attend the office when there is a business need). We ensure that our home-based workers are also kitted out with what they need to comfortably work from home.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups.
What you will bring
With credibility in the policy sector, you’ll be an accomplished leader and a strategic thinker with strong influencing skills and a political awareness. An enthusiastic communicator with excellent people skills, you will be motivated by the challenge of taking on this role. You’ll join us with a strong track record of influencing within health and care or a similarly complex environment.
Capable of understanding opportunities, you’ll be able to prioritise, be resilient, apply sound judgement, work well under pressure, and set a compelling vision and direction both internally and externally.
You’ll need to demonstrate a strong ethos of team working and an approach of working in partnership and collaboration with stakeholders and the public and a drive to encourage improvement.
Individual adjustments
We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact the recruitment team.
How to Apply
This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
Date of 1st stage interview: Thursday 13th/Friday 14th February 2025
Date of final panel interview: TBC - Tuesday 25th/Wednesday 26th February 2025