Senior Manager, Cancer Research
Insight & Evaluation, Communications
£53-56k
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office (Stratford, London )
Cancer prevention, awareness and research charity
Be an early applicant
Cancer prevention, awareness and research charity
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£53-56k
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office (Stratford, London )
1001+ employees
Company mission
To prevent, control and cure cancer through ground-breaking research.
Role
Who you are
- Significant experience delivering rigorous insight, research and evaluation projects in the field of communications
- Strong understanding of communications insight and evaluation methodologies
- Experience using traditional communications measurement tools and frameworks, as well as a working knowledge of social listening, audience segmentation and digital engagement tracking
- Proficiency in using evidence to inform communications planning
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
- Outstanding communication skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks
What the job involves
- Directorate: Public Information & Communications (PIC)
- Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)
- Data, insight and evidence are at the heart of great communications. We are looking for an experienced insight and evaluation professional to join our growing team and help Cancer Research UK to deliver more impactful communications and campaigns
- Deliver high-quality insight, research and evaluation projects that deepen understanding of key audiences and support effective communications and campaigns
- Provide clear, compelling and actionable analysis that enables evidence-based decision making
- Act as a subject matter expert on audience insight, evaluation approaches and measurement methodologies
- Support effective communications planning by identifying opportunities to integrate data and evidence into our strategies and grids
- Promote a culture of insight by coaching and upskilling colleagues on best practices of communications measurement
- Lead on the use of social listening, audience analysis and evaluation tools across the communications department and wider charity
- Build strong relationships across Cancer Research UK and influence stakeholders to adopt insight-led approaches
Application process
- Closing date: 9 August 2026 at 23:55
- Recruitment Process: Two-stage interview process
- Interview Dates: First stage: Week commencing 17 August 2026 | Second stage: Week commencing 31 August 2026
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The world’s largest independent cancer research charity, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) was founded from a merger between the Cancer Research Campaign and the Cancer Research Fund in 2002. CRC and ICRF had been long-standing pinnacles of the British medical institution, their work dating back to 1902 and 1923 respectively, and the merger signalled a strong step forward for UK medical institutes’ global influence.
A multi-armed charity, CRUK uses both grant-funded researchers and its own employed staff to research the treatments and causes of cancer, whilst its striking advertising and marketing campaigns are responsible for influencing public policy on the causes, prevention, and treatment of the disease. An example of a significant public campaign was Stoptober, which appeared to have triggered a third of a million smokers at the time to try quit tobacco throughout the month of October.
Alongside its pharmaceutical efforts, in 2023 CRUK funded clinical trials for the first-ever proton beam therapy for breast cancer, indicating a focus on technological innovations in the fight against cancer. On this subject, CRUK has also taken part in a billion-pound investment in the Francis Crick Institute, a biomedical research institute that is aiming to make England an international leader in the industry.
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Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Stratford, London, UK
Leadership
Michelle is a Trustee at the Francis Crick Institute and an Advisory Council Member at The King's FUnd. Previously, she served as a Non-Executive Director at NHS England and as CEO at the MS Society.
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