Senior Education Officer

Hybrid working with regular travel to our London Bridge Office

What the job involves

The Education Team at Prostate Cancer UK is dedicated to developing and delivering high quality education to health professionals involved in prostate cancer care to make a real impact.

We re looking for a Senior Education Officer who will play a lead role in developing and delivering high quality education to health professionals. As a key player in our team, you ll coordinate the development of online learning, including online learning platforms to increase our reach and ensure improved practice and earlier diagnosis in prostate cancer.

You ll support the organisation to stay ahead of the evolving health education landscape and explore new ways of working that maximises impact and raises the profile and credibility of the charity as an education provider.

You ll work with key stakeholders to increase our reach and impact and really ensure that diagnosis, support, and treatment for men with prostate cancer is improved.

What we want from you

We re looking for an excellent communicator who is comfortable in communicating with a range of key internal and external stakeholders. You ll have experience of working with the NHS or with other health organisations.

You ll have a good understanding of both face-to-face and online education and be able to demonstrate course development, design, and delivery. You ll also have experience in working with online learning platforms to meet learning needs.

As a collaborative and proactive team player, you ll able to work well with others across the organisation, have excellent project management skills and be able to manage multiple and competing priorities.

This role is a fixed term contract for 13 months covering maternity leave.

Why work with us?
Every man needs to know about the most common cancer in men prostate cancer. It s a real and present danger that takes over 12,000 of our dads, grandads, brothers and friends each year.

Prostate Cancer UK is the largest men s health charity in the UK. We have a simple ambition to stop prostate cancer damaging lives. We invest millions in research to revolutionise testing, treatment and care. We re blazing a trail to a screening programme that could save thousands of lives with regular, accurate tests for all men at risk. And we work tirelessly to spread the word about risk and offer specialist support to people living with the disease.

Work with us and you ll see your efforts pay off as we give men and their families the power to navigate prostate cancer.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

At Prostate Cancer UK, we believe that equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to building a strong and innovative workplace, that represents, and can advocate for the communities we support. We stand against discrimination and prejudice, and we champion tolerance, fairness and equality in everything we do. This makes us stronger and helps us reach more people. We re all here for the same reason: to give every man the power to navigate prostate cancer.

We're committed to righting health inequalities across the UK, starting with those faced by Black men who are at double risk. This includes ground-breaking research into Black men's risk and working with communities directly to overcome barriers to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.

Therefore, we re particularly interested in applications from those from marginalised and vulnerable communities. This will help us create an environment of inclusion where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work, where personal qualities are as important as professional experience, and our people feel seen and heard.

Ways of working

Our hybrid working approach combines the best of flexible working a positive work/life balance, inclusive and accessible platforms, and online information at our fingertips.

Next steps
More information on what we offer, as well as the role, can be found on our vacancies page. Please download our job profile document (job description) with our How to apply section sharing the key points to refer to in your application and to apply.

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The closing date is Sunday 19th January 2025. Applications must be submitted by 23:45 UK time.

Interviews: By arrangement. Currently scheduled for the week of Monday 27th January 2025.