Professional Lead Workforce Research
| Posting date: | 23 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £71,124 to £80,250 per year |
| Additional salary information: | London weighting of £5,424 per annum if applicable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2026 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Royal College of Nursing |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | REQ000113 |
Summary
The role
As our Professional Lead for Nursing Workforce Research, you’ll make a critical contribution to the Workforce Academy’s programme of research, informing national debate, RCN policy, and advocacy.
You’ll work closely with policy leaders, academic partners, and external stakeholders across health, education, and government to ensure our research is timely, relevant, and influential.
This role sits at the heart of our mission to improve the lives of those in nursing and ensure safe and cost-effective care for patients. This role will play a key part in our mission to demonstrate the value of registered nurse staffing to achieving nursing excellence.
The person
You’ll have a PhD in a relevant discipline, with expertise in mixed methods and / or quantitative methodology and excellent knowledge and understanding of workforce research, data analysis and evidence synthesis.
You’ll have the ability to analyse economic data, familiarity with analysing economic data and an interest in health economic modelling or econometric approaches.
You’ll have experience in working with primary and secondary data, including managing or interpreting complex datasets, alongside an appreciation of different analytical tools or software.
You’ll have excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to interpret numerical and health economics findings and contribute to data-informed insights for research or policy.
As our Professional Lead for Nursing Workforce Research, you’ll make a critical contribution to the Workforce Academy’s programme of research, informing national debate, RCN policy, and advocacy.
You’ll work closely with policy leaders, academic partners, and external stakeholders across health, education, and government to ensure our research is timely, relevant, and influential.
This role sits at the heart of our mission to improve the lives of those in nursing and ensure safe and cost-effective care for patients. This role will play a key part in our mission to demonstrate the value of registered nurse staffing to achieving nursing excellence.
The person
You’ll have a PhD in a relevant discipline, with expertise in mixed methods and / or quantitative methodology and excellent knowledge and understanding of workforce research, data analysis and evidence synthesis.
You’ll have the ability to analyse economic data, familiarity with analysing economic data and an interest in health economic modelling or econometric approaches.
You’ll have experience in working with primary and secondary data, including managing or interpreting complex datasets, alongside an appreciation of different analytical tools or software.
You’ll have excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to interpret numerical and health economics findings and contribute to data-informed insights for research or policy.
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