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London, Greater London (Hybrid)
Glasgow, Glasgow City
Shipley, West Yorkshire
£43,000 - £48,000 per year
Full-time
Permanent
Job description

Senior External Affairs Adviser
Contract type: Permanent
Full time: 34.5 hours, we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Location: Hybrid to our London, Shipley or Glasgow offices (typically once a month in office)
Salary range: £43,000 - £48,000

About us

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 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 role

Join Macmillan Cancer Support as a Senior External Affairs Adviser, where you will play a vital role in shaping and delivering impactful change and external affairs strategies across the UK. Your work will focus on delivering at-scale change for people with cancer, particularly the most marginalised groups.

The External Affairs team is central to Macmillan’s work shaping change and influencing decision makers across the UK, and a key part of your role will be building and stewarding relationships with our external stakeholders.

As a Senior External Affairs Adviser you’ll work flexibly across a whole range of influencing projects to shape the political agenda, which might be in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, at a regional level in England and in Westminster, reflecting our ambitious plans to deliver change for people with cancer across the whole of the UK.

Key responsibilities:

  • Provide senior-level advice to develop external affairs strategies aligned with Macmillan’s mission.
  • Lead cross-functional external affairs projects that are evidence-based and impactful.
  • Develop and manage relationships with political stakeholders, policymakers, civil servants and healthcare providers.
  • Provide high-quality insight and briefings to senior colleagues on the political landscape, and what the external opportunities and risks are.
  • Anticipate shifts within the external environment and adapt approaches to maintain our relevance and influence.
  • Collaborate with teams to ensure policy positions are strategic and evidence-based.
  • Represent Macmillan at external events, advocating for improvements in cancer care.
  • Coordinate campaigns to influence public policy and funding decisions.

About you

The successful candidate will have...

  • Proven ability to manage complex and sensitive external contexts, making sound judgements on tone and messaging.
  • Strong understanding of operating within a four-nations context and engaging with diverse stakeholders, including senior politicians and civil servants.
  • Expertise in analysing complex policy issues and developing impactful, evidence-based policy positions.
  • Strong organisational skills and flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances and emerging issues.
  • Excellent communication skills which are adaptable for external and internal audiences.
  • Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams or on multi-disciplinary projects.

Recruitment process

Application deadline: 23:59 on Monday 31st August
1st stage interview dates: Virtual interviews will be held on the week commencing 7th September
2nd stage interview dates: Virtual interviews will be held on the weeks commencing 14th or 21st September

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.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team for advice and reasonable adjustments.

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 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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Organisation
Macmillan Cancer Support View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size More than 1000

At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer.

Posted on: 13 August 2026
Closing date: 31 August 2026 at 23:30
Tags: Policy, Cancer, Health / Medical, Politics, Public Affairs

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