* Oversee the provision of high quality, accessible and evidence-based health information including maintaining a good understanding of best practice
* Provide strategic direction for CRUK's health information priority topics to maximise impact across public facing channels including but not limited to health marketing, communications and partnerships
* Act as a senior subject matter expert on health information and use of evidence, advising senior internal and external stakeholders (Executive Board, other charities, researchers)
* Act as a senior media spokesperson and provide expert sign-off for health information content used in a range of external channels (including press and policy influencing)
* Provide functional leadership to the health information team, ensuring that their time is prioritised effectively to focus on the areas of greatest impact - including balancing proactive workload and support for other teams.
* Responsible for managing the team budgets to ensure activity and services are delivered in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
* Build effective relationships with other evidence teams and policy to minimise duplication of effort, ensure consistency of messaging, and maximise our impact on a range of topics in support of CRUK and PIC's wider influencing and engagement strategy, For more updates on our work and careers, follow us on: Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
Excellent judgement of sound research methods, ability to critically appraise qualitative and quantitative evidence and research
* Experience in translation of evidence into targeted, relevant and accessible public information
* A good understanding of either cancer prevention or early detection with the ability to develop expertise in both of these areas
* Strong leadership skills and the ability to effectively manage and motivate a team, and prioritise workload in a complex matrix environment
* Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to sign off health information positions and represent this internally and externally
* Experience of setting strategies and overall team direction that align with department and organisation objectives
* Ability to balance risks and opportunities and advise peers and senior stakeholders appropriately in decision making.
* Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build consensus and instil confidence and credibility of advice and decision making with internal and external stakeholders. Ability to constructively challenge and push back, whilst maintaining good working relationships
* Proven understanding of digital technologies used in content and marketing and the ability to keep abreast of the digital landscape, innovation and application of new initiatives, tools and techniques
* Experience of setting and managing budgets.
* Passionate about leading high performing, empowered, inclusive and diverse teams which represent the communities and people living with and affected by cancer.
Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism, We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Health Information to join us to provide strategic oversight and management of Cancer Research UK's (CRUK) health information to the public, covering cancer prevention, screening and diagnosis. The team is one of a number at CRUK that reviews and synthesises evidence, differing in terms of their audience focus and/or topic focus. The successful candidate will need to work closely with their peers to ensure that CRUK has the maximum impact across all their audiences to improve cancer outcomes.