Salary: £34,500 per annum plus benefits including 27.5 days annual leave, entry into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and access to the Perkbox benefits portal.
Details: 9-month fixed term contract with possibility to extend up to 12 months. Full-time/part-time (ideally not less than 0.8 FTE) applications and secondment requests (supported by the applicant's seconding organisation) are welcome for this role.
Location: 2 Redman Place, Stratford, London. Applicants can choose to be home or office based. When working remotely, all staff have supported use of IT equipment provided by the HFEA.
Start date: January 2025.
Job Overview
The Scientific Policy Officer will play an active part in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) Policy Team by focusing primarily on projects based in the Scientific Policy side of the team, but will also undertake non-scientific policy work. This post reports to the Policy Manager.
Key Responsibilities
1. Support the Scientific Policy team in carrying out reviews of HFEA policy, including giving scientific policy advice and guidance both internally and externally.
2. Work on various areas of policy including law reform work on future scientific developments and artificial intelligence.
3. Act as secretariat to the HFEA's Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee (SCAAC).
4. Support the HFEA's horizon scanning function.
5. Deal with patient, public and sector enquiries, including queries from the media and parliamentary questions.
Qualifications and Skills
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is proactive, can work effectively as part of a team, and who has good written and verbal communication skills – including an ability to handle sensitive patient enquiries. You will need the scientific understanding and the skills required to undertake scientific literature searches, be confident at reviewing scientific publications, and have the ability to summarise and identify key points from a wide range of evidence. You should be able to demonstrate experience of servicing meetings, particularly minute taking.
Given the varied nature of this role, good time management skills and the ability to prioritise tasks effectively are key. You will be educated to degree level or equivalent in a biological or clinical subject or have equivalent experience.
This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in supporting the Policy team. You will have the chance to make a real and tangible difference to our work and the lives of patients.
Please note that this post is fixed-term, as it is to cover the permanent postholder's internal secondment to another role.
Closing date for applications: Monday 2 December 2024.
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