Head of Public Affairs and International Policy London (with hybrid working), 35 hours, Permanent Salary range per annum: £84,489 to £94,857 plus London weighting There is more to the RCN than you might think. We''re a professional body and trade union with a membership of over half a million nurses, midwives, nursing support workers and students. We support their practice, represent them, lobby on their behalf, and develop them. We exist to make a positive difference - to the working lives of our members and ultimately to standards in patient care. Our employees are drawn from many walks of life - we are nurses, marketers and communicators, administrators, IT professionals, policy and finance experts, lawyers together we are so much more. We couldn''t do what we do without our people. The role As Head of Public Affairs and International Policy you''ll use your positive attitude, your knowledge of the UK''s political and health and care policy landscape and your ability to utilise a variety of policy development and influencing techniques and lead teams to influence change on behalf of the nursing profession. It''s a job full of possibilities as you could get involved in anything from leading our international policy team (London based) to influence changes to UK immigration policies to overseeing the development of our stakeholder engagement function and updating RCN committees on recent political developments. We''ll look to you for strategic advice on political and policy ..... full job details .....