Senior National System Change Adviser (London)
Employer: Macmillan
Location: Hybrid between home and our London office (1-2 days a month in the office)
Working hours: 34.5 hours, we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Salary: £43,000 - £48,000
Closing date: 23:59 on Sunday 12th April
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At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.
Our new organisational strategy sets out how we’ll fight even harder to make every pound raised count for even more. With your help, we’ll transform cancer care for good.
About the roleThis role is about leading insightful analysis of the national cancer system and wider health service - examining patient experiences, system challenges, and impactful innovations - to identify evidence-based solutions that drive meaningful change. Acting as a thought leader, you'll bring expertise in systems thinking to shape Macmillan’s national influence and help prioritise where and how the organisation can make the biggest difference.
Key responsibilities:
Analyse the national cancer system to understand patient experiences, system challenges, and what’s working - helping to shape evidence-based solutions that drive real change.
Be a thought leader for Macmillan, offering insight and expertise on national health system challenges and opportunities.
Use tools like systems thinking and ‘what works’ evidence to understand problems and identify impactful solutions.
Contribute to big-picture thinking across the organisation, helping Macmillan decide where to focus and how national system change can help deliver its goals.
About you
We're looking for someone who:
Has sound knowledge of health and social care policy, ideally across all four nations of the UK.
Has a strong track record of creating evidence-based solutions that lead to real, national change.
Understands how the healthcare system works as a whole and can apply systems thinking to tackle complex problems.
Brings sharp analytical skills - able to dig into data, uncover root causes, spot gaps, and shape impactful solutions.
Can bring people together - internally and externally - to build shared thinking and drive action.
Knows how to navigate and make an impact across all four nations of the UK, adapting to different political and policy landscapes.
In return, we offer a range of benefits including:25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
Pension matched up to 7.5%
120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more
Recruitment ProcessApplication deadline: 23:59 on Sunday 12th April
Interviews: Virtual interviews will be held on the week commencing 20th April (exact dates TBC)To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
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