Policy Advisor

The Royal Academy of Engineering is harnessing the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. In collaboration with the nation's leading engineers from business and research, we are growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation, and building global partnerships, influencing policy and engaging the public. Together we are working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.

The Engineering Policy Team at the Royal Academy of Engineering drives forward and delivers public policy with a strong engineering dimension. We have excellent networks operating across government, industry and academia and we work closely with our Fellowship, with policymakers, in partnership with the professional engineering community through the NEPC and with leading engineers across all disciplines from software and technology, energy and decarbonisation, infrastructure and resilience, AI and more. We deliver engineering policy with a deep and sustained policy impact.

We are looking for a high-calibre Policy Advisor to work with us in this exciting mission to lead, develop and deliver evidence-based engineering advice which will shape and influence government policy in areas of national importance that impact upon our daily lives, our economy and our society.

To be successful in this role, you will be someone who:

• Can collaborate across professional boundaries, proactively develop and nurture networks which span government, industry and academia, bringing a diversity of perspectives and expertise to strengthen our advice.
• Is dynamic and who can lead on the collection, analysis and synthesis of data and evidence from multiple sources.
• Can confidently work at pace and translate these engineering insights, evidence into credible, impactful and independent policy advice.

You will have opportunities to lead, develop, test and deliver exciting, new and engaging ways to share our work with policymakers from workshop design, creative use of social/digital media, producing thought-provoking visuals, writing briefing notes/primers/explainers, and running networking events and convening expert roundtables.

You must have:

• Strong analytical skills.
• A passion for public policy.
• Excellent written and verbal skills with a proven ability to deliver high quality evidence-based work at pace.

We welcome creative and critical thinkers who are open to new ideas and enjoy collaborative ways of working.

In return, we offer a fantastic package of benefits including a non-contributory pension scheme, BUPA cash plan, private medical insurance, subsidised restaurant, regular social activities, health and wellbeing programmes, as well as significant investment into your personal and professional development.

We regularly update our working practices in response to COVID-19. All staff are currently working remotely. We welcome all applications irrespective of background. We support and encourage flexible working and would be happy to discuss working patterns with candidates. We would be open to offering this post as a secondment opportunity for a minimum of 12-18 months.

If you would like to know more, please visit the careers page of our website here .

Closing date: 2 May 2021. First interviews: w/c 10 May 2021 (via video conference).