Would you like to play a key part in influencing national decisionmakers across Wales, England and Northern Ireland to drive major, positive change in the dementia policy space? Then this could be the role for you.
Sitting within Alzheimer’s Society’s National Influencing team, as our new National Influencing Officer you would be instrumental in delivering innovative, engaging, collaborative, and evidence-based influencing work. You’d be ensuring that political and health system stakeholders are acting on the biggest issues affecting people living with dementia, working closely with other teams to drive work that is integrated locally and nationally.
While this role is predominantly focused on delivering national influencing activity in Wales, you’ll also be part of a fluid and flexible team that operates across boundaries and supports with our political work in England and Northern Ireland.
This is an exciting time for dementia policy in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We have the chance to ensure that governments are prioritising dementia and the needs of all those affected by the condition. Our National Influencing Officer will be at the forefront of taking on this vitally important challenge.
About the role
Every day, people affected by dementia tell us what matters most to them. We listen, learn, and use what they share, alongside evidence and research, to influence real change.
What would it take to make sure those voices are truly heard by the people making decisions?
As our National Influencing Officer, you will help make sure those voices are heard by the people making decisions. Working across Wales and as part of a three nations team, you will build relationships with politicians, decision makers and health leaders to help improve support and services for people affected by dementia.
In this role, you will:
- Lead or support political engagement across Wales and potentially other UK nations, using your knowledge of parliamentary structures and influencing routes to drive change.
- Provide oversight and coordination of political monitoring and stakeholder engagement activity.
- Plan and deliver impactful public affairs (or similar) events, including parliamentary receptions, breakfast meetings, roundtables, and party conference activity.
- Translate evidence-based policy positions into compelling and effective influencing strategies that achieve real-world impact.
- Build delivery plans focused on meaningful outcomes and measure their success through evaluation and learning.
- Produce high-quality, accessible content to inform and engage stakeholders, using strong presentational and communication skills.
About you
You care about improving the lives of people affected by dementia. You are curious, proactive and enjoy working with others to make things happen.
What motivates you to turn complex issues into clear action that leads to change?
You may already have experience in public affairs, policy, advocacy or a related field. Or your experience may come from a different route, such as community work, lived experience, or another role where you have influenced change.
You will bring:
- Excellent knowledge of the political and health system and how to influence national decisionmakers.
- A strong understanding of the external political environment and a proven track record in political or similar stakeholder management at a national level.
- Experience engaging proactively with national politicians and decisionmakers, acting as the first point of contact for their teams.
- Confidence and credibility in working with both internal and external stakeholders, with the ability to influence across geographical and organisational boundaries.
- A proven ability to operate and thrive in fast-paced, multi-dimensional environments, and to adapt well to change and ambiguity.
- Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex data into accessible, impactful content and recommendations.
- Experience working across multiple UK nations in complex influencing environments.
- A commitment to involving people with lived experience – such as those with dementia or long-term health conditions – in your work.
We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences. You do not need to meet every requirement to apply. If this role excites you and you want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.
Welsh language is not essential for this role, but we welcome applications from Welsh language speakers.
Interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place on the 10th July via MS Teams.
About Alzheimer's Society
Dementia is the UK's biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.
At Alzheimer's Society, we're the UK's leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding groundbreaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.
Together with our supporters, we're working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.
Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.
Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We 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 Alzheimer's Society.
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee forum and Employee Lived Experience network groups help us promote inclusion and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
Our hiring process
During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and can be at your best. We are working hard to ensure our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible, so please do inform us of your experience and anything you think we could do better by completing our candidate survey when you apply. Please also contact Alzheimer's Society Talent Acquisition Team via [email protected] for application support or any adjustments you might need.
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. We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you're considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value it truly adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to showcase them in your own voice.
We try to avoid closing roles early where possible, however if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close earlier than the advertised closing date. Should this occur, we will aim to provide you with at least 48 hours' notice.
We are committed to safer recruitment and ensuring the welfare of those we work with, due to the nature of some of our roles, we might need to carry out a Criminal Record Check at the relevant level. You can read more information via our Website.
Giving back to you
Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.
You can also visit our Working for Us pages, which give you more information about what it's like to be an employee at the Society.
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Are you a payroll professional who loves precision, thrives on responsibility, and enjoys making a real difference behind the scenes? North Hampshire Urgent Care (NHUC) is looking for a motivated and detail‑driven Payroll & Pensions Officer to join our friendly Finance Team in a part‑time role.
Working as part of a supportive job‑share, you’ll help deliver a smooth, accurate monthly payroll for around 275 employees, support GP contractor payments, and ensure compliance with NHS Pension Scheme requirements. Your work will directly support our Same Day Care, TalkPlus and Head Office teams - the people delivering vital care to our communities.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Undertake the following tasks in relation to the monthly payroll process with the support of the Finance Team as required.
- Update employee tax code changes as advised by HMRC.
- Update the Sage 50 payroll system for changes in respect of Same Day Care employees. This includes starters, leavers, changes in pay rates, personal details etc.
- Process extra hours claims and variations as advised by the HR team
- Update salaried staff Same Day Care RotaMaster schedules for any changes, prepare import schedule and import pay data into Sage 50 payroll.
- Review, retrieve and reconcile pay data from RotaMaster (RM) and import Same Day Care pay data into Sage 50 Payroll.
- Check and reconcile payroll data and produce associated reports
- Issue payslips to North Hampshire Urgent Care staff and monthly and annual Earnings Reports to self-employed GPs
- Process Same Day Care leavers and distribute any related documentation
- Submit North Hampshire Urgent Care staff FPS and EPS to HMRC
- Process North Hampshire Urgent Care staff Net Payments to Bank
- Reconcile and pay North Hampshire Urgent Care staff PAYE
- Reconcile Government Gateway account for North Hampshire Urgent Care staff
- Maintain Same Day Care dual role records.
- Process monthly payroll journal into Sage 50 Accounts software.
- Maintain RM to Sage payroll link
- Process payroll year end in Sage 50 Payroll / Government Gateway
- Keep up to date with payroll legislation
- Be the main point of contact, internal and external, for all payroll queries.
- Update Same Day Care Hourly Payrates in line with the annual North Hampshire Urgent Care Pay Award
- Maintain Same Day Care Hourly payrates on RotaMaster
- Communicate Same Day Care payrates to the HR team
- Process Self Employed GP payments including payments for supervision to contractual deadline
Job Share interchangeable roles
- To be able to provide cover of the TalkPlus and Head Office during any absence of your job share partner – specifically their payroll responsibilities below in respect of the TalkPlus and Head Office payroll.
- To periodically rotate monthly payroll responsibilities with your job share partner three times per annum to enable each job share partner to understand each partner’s respective role and responsibilities, remain up to date with any developments in each partner’s responsibilities and ultimately to be interchangeable in the event of an absence of one partner.
- Update the Sage 50 payroll system for changes in respect of TalkPlus and Head Office employees. This includes starters, leavers, changes in pay rates, personal details etc.
- Process of TalkPlus and Head Office extra hours claims and variations as advised by the HR team
- Update salaried staff of TalkPlus and Head Office schedules for any changes, prepare import schedule and import pay data into Sage 50 payroll.
- Review, retrieve and reconcile pay data for of TalkPlus and Head Office employees and import of TalkPlus and Head Office pay data into Sage 50 Payroll.
- Process TalkPlus and Head Office employees leavers and distribute any related documentation
- Maintain TalkPlus and Head Office dual role records.
- Update TalkPlus and Head Office Salaries and pay in line with the annual North Hampshire Urgent Care Pay Award
Pensions
- Ensure compliance of auto-enrolment and three yearly re-assessment
- Keep up to date with NHS Pensions scheme employer and member compliance
- Re-assess all part-time staff for NHS pension purposes monthly
- Maintain NHS Pension Online (POL) - joiners, leavers and changes
- Manage and resolve NHS Pensions and Employees queries
- Pay and report monthly NHS and Nest contributions
- Pay and report monthly GP Solo pension contributions
- Produce, collect and submit annual GP Solo forms
- Process NHS Pensions SD55 Annual Returns and reconcile North Hampshire Urgent Care data to payroll / Sage 50 Payroll
- Process NHS Pension retirements with support from external consultant as required
- Investigate GP requested pay and pension queries
- Investigate NHS Pensions (PCSE) requested pension queries
Key Skills
Qualifications, Education, Training
Good standard of education (Minimum 5 GCSEs at grade 4 or above) or significant equivalent previous proven experience - Essential
Member of CIPP - Desirable
Experience
3+ years working in payroll team or bureau working with monthly payroll input, deadlines, monthly reporting and compliance with HMRC / Pensions Regulator - Essential
Experience running a payroll which includes variable pay data and data import into the payroll system - Essential
Ability to operate both independently and collaboratively in the team – working physically/remotely as required by the company - Essential
Familiar with operating payroll software to generate monthly payroll - Desirable
Experience working with Sage 50 Payroll software - Desirable
Experience of NHS Pensions requirements - Desirable
Ideally experience within a charity, nonprofit or public sector environment - Desirable
Experience working in a growing company - Desirable
Knowledge, Communication, Inter-personal and Personal Skills
Proficient in using standard office software (e.g., Microsoft Office, email, databases) and role-specific systems or platforms.- Essential
Flexible in approach to the needs of the service and responsive to change- Essential
Understands and supports principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. - Essential
Self-motivated, able to work independently, organising and prioritising own workload to changing and often tight deadlines - Essential
Works effectively as part of a team, supports colleagues, and contributes to shared goals. - Essential
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to work collaboratively, manage time effectively, and maintain professionalism. - Essential
Ability to build effective working relationships, demonstrate professionalism, and maintain confidentiality. Shows initiative, reliability, and adaptability. - Essential
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