Senior Researcher - Nuffield Council on Bioethics

Senior Researcher (maternity cover) - Nuffield Council on Bioethics Salary: Starting from £53,588 per annum. Contract: 12 month maternity cover contract (starts Sept 2026). Secondments considered. Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week). Location: We are London based (Farringdon). Our staff have the option to work part of the week from home. Closing: 09:30am (BST), Wednesday 1st July 2026. The Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) is seeking an experienced researcher to lead on the design, development and execution of project deliverables under the Mind and Brain priority area work programme. We are on a mission to place ethics at the centre of decisions regarding biomedicine and health so that we all benefit. In this new role, your main focus will be working across our Mind and Brain priority area, but you may also be expected to work on other projects and policy areas as necessary, particularly any complex or time-sensitive research and policy projects associated with NCOB''s priority areas. You will act as an expert on your portfolio within the NCOB and be responsible for elements of project-specific publications (including conception, drafting and delivery) alongside significant stakeholder management, outreach and coordination. This will include working with communications and public affairs colleagues to deploy communications strategies and creating different forms of content, seeing outputs through from inception to publication and evaluation. As an experienced ..... full job details .....