Senior RCN Officer
| Posting date: | 01 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 April 2026 |
| Location: | W1G 0RN |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Royal College of Nursing |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | REQ000095 |
Summary
Senior RCN Officer
RCN UK HQ with hybrid working
Permanent
35 hours per week
Salary range per annum £71,124 - £80,250 plus Inner London weighting
As a Senior RCN Officer you’ll use your positive attitude, your knowledge and your ability to deliver outstanding advice representation and support to members and stakeholders across London.
It's a job full of possibilities as you could get involved in anything from individual support to running industrial action. You’ll deal with a diverse range of members and employers. It's a great way to build your knowledge of our work and develop your potential.
Every day will be filled with possibilities as you find new ways to manage and support the development of your team. Taking care of our members will be your primary role, but you’ll also see the possibilities that new members can bring. A key part of what you do will be to suggest innovative approaches to grow our membership.
The person
As well as exceptional customer service, to join us you’ll need an in-depth knowledge of nursing and employment and professional challenges and how our services respond to this.
The ability to foster strong professional relationships and encourage close collaboration between departments is at the heart of this leadership role.
To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.
What we offer you
We expect you to look after our members. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.
*We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.
We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person.
Our selection process
Please click the ‘apply now’ button to apply and answer the supporting questions online demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t. Any identifying information in your application will automatically be anonymised for shortlisting purposes.
We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We may hold our interviews and assessments in person or by video call. If you foresee any problems, please let us know.
Equal opportunities for everyone
Equity, diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we aim to foster an inclusive environment so our people can bring their authentic selves to work. This is integral to our mission to enable you to support our members and ensure their voice is heard by all UK governments to get the best outcomes for them and their patients.
As proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.
Contact details
For more information or to book an informal discussion about the role please contact Julie Murtagh regional service administrator on 02078413314.
For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk
Opening date: 27th March 2026
Closing date: 20th April 2026
If we receive many applications after a week of advertising, we may close this vacancy earlier.
Assessment centre and interviews on May 7th 2026
RCN UK HQ with hybrid working
Permanent
35 hours per week
Salary range per annum £71,124 - £80,250 plus Inner London weighting
As a Senior RCN Officer you’ll use your positive attitude, your knowledge and your ability to deliver outstanding advice representation and support to members and stakeholders across London.
It's a job full of possibilities as you could get involved in anything from individual support to running industrial action. You’ll deal with a diverse range of members and employers. It's a great way to build your knowledge of our work and develop your potential.
Every day will be filled with possibilities as you find new ways to manage and support the development of your team. Taking care of our members will be your primary role, but you’ll also see the possibilities that new members can bring. A key part of what you do will be to suggest innovative approaches to grow our membership.
The person
As well as exceptional customer service, to join us you’ll need an in-depth knowledge of nursing and employment and professional challenges and how our services respond to this.
The ability to foster strong professional relationships and encourage close collaboration between departments is at the heart of this leadership role.
To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.
What we offer you
We expect you to look after our members. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.
*We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.
We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person.
Our selection process
Please click the ‘apply now’ button to apply and answer the supporting questions online demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t. Any identifying information in your application will automatically be anonymised for shortlisting purposes.
We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We may hold our interviews and assessments in person or by video call. If you foresee any problems, please let us know.
Equal opportunities for everyone
Equity, diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we aim to foster an inclusive environment so our people can bring their authentic selves to work. This is integral to our mission to enable you to support our members and ensure their voice is heard by all UK governments to get the best outcomes for them and their patients.
As proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.
Contact details
For more information or to book an informal discussion about the role please contact Julie Murtagh regional service administrator on 02078413314.
For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk
Opening date: 27th March 2026
Closing date: 20th April 2026
If we receive many applications after a week of advertising, we may close this vacancy earlier.
Assessment centre and interviews on May 7th 2026
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.