Director of Policy, Research & External Affairs

The Director of Policy, Research and External Affairs will ensure that Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is the leading local cancer charity voice in effecting public policy and influencing politicians, senior government officials, partner organisations and other key influencers. The role will also oversee the organisation’s research interests and ensure that the activity relates to the programmatic intent.

This is a crucial role which will work closely with other parts of the organisation including the Services and Fundraising & Communications teams. The postholder will work closely with the Chief Executive, Senior Leadership team and wider staff team to develop a high-performing, effective, and ambitious policy, external affairs and research strategy which will bring about improvements for those affected by and living with cancer in Northern Ireland.

For full details of this role, please refer to the attached Application Pack.

To apply, please email your CV and a covering letter outlining how you meet the essential criteria to: hradmin@cancerfocusni.org

Further information about Cancer Focus NI can be found on our website on https://cancerfocusni.org