We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.
Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things.
We employ 900 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world.
About the role
This exciting new role will form part of a small, agile and effective Policy Unit being set up with an emphasis on using scientific evidence to inform and influence policy decisions.The policy unit will be critical in shaping our ambitious strategy to ‘create advocates for the planet’, by using the voice of the Museum to influence public attitudes and policy-makers to help shape effective policies to protect the natural world and restore it to health.
The role will work to a new Director of Policy working across the organisation to provide expert analysis, reports and project management to progress the Museum’s strategy with policy and decision-makers.
About you
With experience of policy and advocacy work in science/environmental settings you will have researched and prepared policy outputs using information from a variety of sources. Having worked across an organisation to identify and bring together different needs you will have demonstrated excellent communication and analytical skills to support policy outcomes. Delivering presentations or policy advice to decision makers in complex environments, using stakeholder management and relationship building, you will be a confident, creative, proactive and highly motivated.