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Join the mission to improve global health as a Senior Funding Policies Advisor at the Wellcome Trust
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Salary £62600
Location London, UK - Hybrid
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The Wellcome Trust is a pioneering global charitable foundation dedicated to improving health through funding scientific research, policy advocacy, and fostering partnerships. With an ambitious plan to invest £16bn over the next decade, the Trust tackles critical challenges in mental health, infectious disease, and the intersection of climate with health.
- Lead policy development projects with autonomy.
- Engage with high-level stakeholders and partners globally.
- Provide policy expertise and training to Wellcome colleagues and the wider community.
- Contribute to global health research with an understanding of international funding policies.
- In-depth knowledge of national and international funding policies.
- Skilled in policy operationalization, documentation, and implementation.
- Proven experience in policy writing, reviewing, and cross-departmental collaboration.
- Capability to engage with external stakeholders effectively.
To apply, upload your CV and fill out a brief application. For more details, visit the Wellcome Trust's career page and explore the comprehensive benefits offered to employees. Embrace the flexibility of our hybrid work model, with a focus on diversity and inclusion.
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships. We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.
As a Senior Funding Policies Advisor, you will be expected to lead on and independently drive policy development projects, engage with senior internal stakeholders and our external partners in the UK and overseas to inform policy development and governance, and provide expertise and training to colleagues at Wellcome and beyond. You will be engaging with global health research and will ideally have expertise in the international funding policy landscape.
We are looking for someone who understands the national and international funding policy landscape, knows how to operationalise policies through process development and implementation, has experience in writing and reviewing policies and governance documentation, and has experience collaborating across departments and with external stakeholders.
To apply please upload your current CV and complete our short application. Interview dates: Week commencing Monday 3 February 25. You can view the full job description on our website. You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our website.
Our Hybrid Way of Working: We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best. At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.
Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition.
