Deadline: 17 August 2025 (23:59 pm)
Salary: £59,684
About the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled Policy Advisor to join the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) Policy Team on a permanent contract at an exciting time in the world of professional regulation.
With changes to the legislation of the regulators we oversee on the horizon, a new Strategic Plan for the PSA in development and a major review of our Standards for regulators and Accredited Registers well underway, our Policy work is more important than ever. We are doing all this against a backdrop of external policy developments that we need to monitor, respond and adapt to including NHS reform and a plethora of major reviews and inquiries.
You will be joining a small, highly effective team whose role it is to shape the PSA’s policy thinking and thought leadership, contribute to external policy developments, and support significant internal change projects. As a Policy Advisor, you will be working alongside our Policy Managers, current Policy Advisor and Policy Officer on a varied programme of work including project management, policy development, research and stakeholder engagement.
We currently operate a hybrid working policy. In the first sixth months of employment full-time staff working over five days will be expected to attend the office three days a week, after this the requirement is two days a week in the office. However, should you require any reasonable adjustments or wish to discuss the possibility of further flexible working please contact us directly to discuss.
The PSA’s offices are located in Blackfriars, London.
About you
We are looking to recruit a Policy Advisor with the following skills and knowledge (see the Person Specification for the full list):
- able to develop policy proposals from research findings
- able to understand the broader policy context and how the individual work relates to the wider sector
- able to understand qualitative and quantitative research
- strong analytical skills
- able to present policy and research findings clearly for a range of audiences
- strong written, oral and presentation skills.
You will need a strong commitment to protecting patients and the public. You will also need to share our values of integrity, transparency, respect, fairness and teamwork.
About the Professional Standards Authority
The Professional Standards Authority is a strategic organisation with a key role in ensuring high standards of patient safety through excellence in regulation. We promote the health, safety and wellbeing of patients, service users and the public by raising standards of regulation and registration of people working in health and care. We are an independent body, accountable to the UK Parliament. We are a small organisation respected for its expertise.
We help to protect the public by raising standards in the regulation and registration of the health and care workforce.
We are committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our staff can flourish and reach their full potential. We know that a diverse workforce, at all levels, allows for a more creative and productive environment bringing different viewpoints, knowledge and experience. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from everyone irrespective of age, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity and sexual orientation.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will guarantee an interview for people with disabilities who meet all the essential criteria and so if you would like to be considered under this scheme then please let us know.
We will not accept CVs or applications where CVs are attached in place of a personal statement. Please see downloads at the bottom of this page for the job description, person specification and application form.
If you have any questions, or would like reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage of the process, please do not hesitate to contact the HR team on 020 7389 8050 or email us at recruitment@professionalstandards.org.uk.
To apply, you can download the application form or contact our team for a copy by emailing recruitment@professionalstandards.org.uk.
The closing date for applications is 17 August 2025 (23:59 pm)
Interviews (which will include a presentation on the day of the interview) will be held remotely on 2 September. Please note that it is unlikely that an alternative interview date could be offered should you be unable to make this date, however please do contact us to discuss.
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