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Reference: 98201

Date Added: 19 December 2025
Closing Date: 2 January 2026

Job Title: Policy and Public Affairs Manager

Working For: Yorkshire Cancer Research

Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Salary: £43,097.63 per annum

Length of Contract: Permanent

Job Details

We are currently looking for a Policy and Public Affairs Manager to join our Research, Policy and Impact team.

Reporting to the Head of Cancer Insight, you will continue to develop and deliver a policy and public affairs strategy, including influencing at a local, regional, and national level, with the aim of helping the charity achieve its strategy and bringing benefit to the people of Yorkshire. You will develop evidence-based policy reports and recommendations that can be used to influence a variety of audiences and project manage the development, delivery and evaluation of public affairs campaigns and events. As Policy and Public Affairs Manager, you will also act as a source of expertise across the organisation and externally on key policy areas and the wider policy environment.

To be considered for this role, you will need to have a degree in a relevant subject area, for example public policy, public health, scientific or medicine. The successful candidate will have substantial public affairs experience, show a real passion for policy work, including creating a strong evidence base to influence decision makers, will excel in relationship-building with external stakeholders and have experience of working on impactful campaigns and delivering change.

For further details please refer to the role profile.

Closing Date: 2 January 2026

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Application Details

Before applying, please visit our Careers Page to view the full role profile and find out more about working for Yorkshire Cancer Research.

To apply please submit a CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role to Claire Wooldridge, Head of People, (recruitment@ycr.org.uk) before 2 January 2026. Please read our privacy notice before applying.

https://www.yorkshirecancerresearch.org.uk/job-vacancy/policy-and-public-affairs-manager 

 

Website: http://www.yorkshirecancerresearch.org.uk/

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