Analyst, Health & Life Sciences
Please submit application by 12pm on 24 March 2025.
Global Counsel is seeking an Analyst to join the Health & Life Sciences practice.
The successful candidate will work for a range of UK and international clients across the pharmaceutical, medical devices, health-tech and social care sectors.
The ideal candidate:
- Has a keen interest in the politics, policy and regulation and the health and life sciences sector.
- Loves to learn about the political and reputational drivers of policymaking, who can delve into the detail but also understands the bigger picture.
- Has deep intellectual curiosity and energy, able to grasp new issues, scan the horizon for threats and opportunities, and grow to be able to form coherent, well-argued advice for clients.
- Has strong communication skills, can write persuasively, enjoys editing and can present complex data in a visually-appealing way.
- Wants to be part of an exciting, growing specialist consultancy and to work alongside leading experts in their respective fields.
Role & Responsibilities
- Monitor relevant political, policy and regulatory developments in a range of H&LS markets, and judge when and how to brief clients.
- Support the development and implementation of advocacy and thought-leadership campaigns on policy and regulatory issues across the healthcare sector.
- Conduct primary and secondary research, including interviewing policymakers, to produce high quality reports.
- Produce written content and analysis in the form of policy papers, blogs and reports.
- Act as an active ambassador for Global Counsel at relevant industry and policy events, and invest in developing the skills, expertise and reputation of yourself and others.
- Identify key stakeholders in this area across public policy landscape, and help clients plan engagement with them, for example, organising roundtable events.
- Exemplify Global Counsel’s corporate culture and participate in corporate workstreams.
Skills & Profile
- 6-12 months experience in a similar role (e.g., in-house government affairs, consultancy, government, policy think-tank and/or NGO)
- Excellent writing and research skills, with good attention to detail.
- Knowledge and understanding of policymaking in the healthcare sector in the UK and/or other major markets.
- A motivated self-starter who works well independently and as part of a team.
- Presentation skills, both in person and over digital software like PowerPoint, Word, and MS Teams.
- Strong commitment to professional and personal development.
- Commercially-minded and with an interest in understanding how politics, policy and regulations can affect businesses.
- Department
- Health and Life Sciences
- Locations
- London
London
Why join
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An opportunity to work with world-class advisers and political experts in a fast-growing firm, alongside a strong professional development program including a personal training budget.
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A competitive salary and bonus structure, a robust benefits package and opportunities to work from our offices across the world.
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A commitment to work-life balance, with flexible working, 25 days holiday allowance plus public holidays, enhanced parental leave, discretionary winter holiday office closures, and sabbaticals.
Our commitment to diversity
We are committed to equal opportunities, respect and wellbeing for all staff and applicants for employment. We are committed to building a team that genuinely reflects the diversity of the places we work. We are committed to achieving a culture where there is regard for all and there is no place for discrimination and harassment of any type.
Our aim is for GC to be a company where all our colleagues have the opportunity to grow, develop, succeed and be their authentic selves whatever their sex, race, colour, class, religion, age, national origin, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, redundancy, leaves of absence, salary and training.
About Global Counsel
Global Counsel brings together a team with diverse experience across the public and private sectors. Since our establishment in 2010 we have developed a wide range of services and capabilities for corporates and investors.
Global Counsel helps companies and investors across sectors to anticipate the ways in which politics, regulation and public policymaking create both risk and opportunity, and to develop and implement strategies to meet these challenges. We provide them with due diligence support to build compelling, evidence-based campaigns to engage in policy debates.
Our work is supported by high quality analytical content and collateral that is politically and economically informed and which builds quickly into executable strategy.
Our team is led by former public policymakers and political advisors with experience at the highest level of government. We have offices in London, Brussels, Washington DC, Singapore and Doha and are supported by a network of partners in other key markets.
Analyst, Health & Life Sciences
Please submit application by 12pm on 24 March 2025.
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