Research + Innovation Advocacy Manager

Closing date is 23:59pm on Sunday, 29 November 2026.  

Location: Hybrid working between the Aldgate, London office and home.

A great opportunity has arisen for a Research + Innovation Advocacy Manager to join our Research + Innovation Advocacy team. This senior, hybrid role is based in London. You’ll lead our advocacy with UK research funders, using a deep understanding of how they work to secure greater investment in respiratory research and innovation.

Asthma + Lung UK stands up for everyone with a lung condition, so they can live their best lives. We provide vital support through our Helpline, offering expert advice on symptoms, medicines and managing lung conditions, while funding groundbreaking research to transform how conditions like asthma and COPD are prevented, diagnosed and treated. With the help of our supporters, we’re driving breathing breakthroughs that revolutionise treatments and save lives.

Your focus will be influencing NIHR, UKRI and other major research funders. You’ll develop and deliver our advocacy plans, own our existing partnerships with funders and lead our intelligence on their strategies and decision-making. You’ll spot change early and turn it into opportunities aligned with our Lung Research Grand Challenges, using new evidence to strengthen the case for investment ahead of government spending decisions. As the role grows, you’ll also help the research community form consortia to bid for large funding opportunities.

You’ll have a track record of advocacy that helped secure funding, investment or partnership commitments, and a strong understanding of how the UK research funding system works. Senior stakeholders trust your judgement, and you bring diplomacy and clear communication to those relationships. Keeping several large projects on track at once comes naturally to you.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for parttimers), membership of a health cash plan, employee assistance programme, cycle-to-work scheme, interest-free annual season Travelcard loan and pension scheme. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation committed to being the driving force behind the transformation of lung health.

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