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*Arthritis Research UK **Policy Officer* http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/about-us/work-for-us/policy-officer.aspx Arthritis Research UK currently has an exciting opportunity for a Policy Officer, following a period of significant organisational growth and transformational change we are looking to recruit a Policy Officer. Working within our Policy and Public Affairs team, the focus of this new role is to develop and promote evidence based policy, and to engage with stakeholders, to deliver better health outcomes for people with arthritis. *Salary:* Up to £30,000 depending on experience + Benefits *Hours:* 35 per week *Position type:* Permanent *Closing date:* Monday, 21 January 2013 View job description<http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/%7E/media/Files/Job-descriptions/JOB%20DESCRIPTION%20-%20Policy%20Officer%20as%20uploaded%20onto%20HR%20evolution%20071212.ashx> (Word 80.4KB) The successful candidate will: - Be educated to degree level in a scientific or health science discipline and/or can consistently demonstrate degree level outcomes - Have recent experience working within public policy, in the development of policy positions and in responding to consultations - Have knowledge and recent experience working within health and social care policy - Have good understanding of NHS, health and public policy issues - Have sound knowledge of research methods used in policy development and influencing understanding of how each programme is used - Have strong project management skills and ability to work with others to deliver results *Benefits include:* Contributory Pension Scheme, Free Life Insurance, Private Medical Trust and Child care voucher salary sacrifice scheme. *Application Process:* Applications should consist of a current CV and supporting statement of at least one side of A4 summarising how you meet the criteria outlined in the person specification. Applications received without a supporting statement will not be considered. Please email your application to [log in to unmask] Keywords: job, jobs, vacancies, recruitment, ********************************************************************** Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html You may also change your settings and subscribe/unsubscribe to psci-com from the web site. Psci-com is part of the National Academic Mailing List Service, known as 'JISCMail'. It adheres to the JISCMail Acceptable Use Policy: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/acceptableuse.html and to the JISCMail guidelines for etiquette: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/etiquette.html Email commands: 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] Please allow up to 24 hours for these commands to activate. Remember that you will need to send commands using the same email address that you used to register on psci-com. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] **********************************************************************