Policy Projects Officer

• Contract: Fixed term for 18 months - ideally starting May 2025.
• Hours: Full time (35hrs per week).
• Location: We are London based (Farringdon). Our staff have the option to work part of the week from home.
• Closing: 09:30am (GMT), Thursday 27^th March 2025

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) is recruiting a Policy Projects Officer to provide support to our research, engagement and consultative activities. 

We are on a mission to place ethics at the centre of decisions regarding biomedicine and health so that we all benefit. In this new role, your main focus will be working across the team to provide administrative support and assistance with our research, engagement and consultative activities and the organising of events.  

The role will mainly be based in the Research and Policy directorate with a particular focus on assisting with two projects: a genomics stakeholder network and deliberative research on the 14-day rule for embryo research.  

With regard to the genomics network, you will support a network of stakeholders and the organisation of a series of workshops to prioritise areas of ethical and regulatory uncertainty and facilitate knowledge exchange. You will also support with desk-based research and stakeholder engagement which aims to develop good practice in the area.  

In relation to providing project on embryo research and the 14-day rule, you will be expected to support the organisation of workshops and events and support colleagues leading the research and engagement workstreams. 

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with interest in policy and the high-profile area of bioethics, supporting our ambitious policy-influencing agenda. 

You will have some experience of working in a policy or research (or similar) setting, ideally related to health, biological sciences or law/regulation. Knowledge and understanding of bioethical issues would also be particularly welcome.  

You will be able to provide excellent project support across the team, be able to quickly acquire news skills and knowledge and have the ability to summarise complex information clearly and concisely. You will also have excellent administrative and organisational skills, particularly in the context of supporting projects and organising workshops and events. 

This is an excellent opportunity to use your research skills to make a difference to people’s lives.

About us

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) is a leading independent policy and research centre, and the foremost bioethics body in the UK. We are on a mission to embed ethics in decisions regarding biomedicine and heath so that we all benefit. 

For over thirty years we have tackled some of the most complex and controversial bioethical issues facing society. We are funded jointly by the Nuffield Foundation, Wellcome and the Medical Research Council.  

We aim to inform policy and public debate through timely consideration of the ethical questions raised by biological and medical research so that the benefits to society are realised in a way that is consistent with public values. Our work has led to shifts in public understanding and policy change on topics ranging from assisted reproduction and genome editing to managing the disagreements that arise in the care of critically ill children. 

Find out more at: www.nuffieldbioethics.org   

Further information and how to apply

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