Health Information Officer

Recruitment process: 1 stage interview consisting of a interview task and role based competency interview. Interview date: Pre interview task from 1 July 2026 then interviews from 16 July 2026 At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. Do sweeteners cause cancer? Why are skin cancer rates on the rise? Does vaping help people to stop smoking? These are the kind of questions that our Health Information team respond to on a daily basis. We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we we're looking for someone talented, someone passionate about public health, someone like you. We are looking for a Health Information Officer to develop engaging evidence-based information for the public and key professionals on cancer risk, prevention, early diagnosis and screening. Cancer Research UK is the most trusted provider of cancer information in the UK and you will be responsible for helping steer what we say and how we say it, ensuring our health information is evidence based, accessible and credible. What will I be doing?

• Developing a sound knowledge base of key research relevant to cancer risk, prevention, early diagnosis and screening
• Taking the lead on appraising and critiquing evidence for specific topic areas, including contributing to team discussions and written summaries for these topics
• Producing internal evidence summaries/briefings on topics related to cancer risk, prevention, screening and early diagnosis, as required
• Producing accurate, engaging and enabling content on cancer risk, prevention, early diagnosis and screening for our audiences through a range of channels, including leaflets, newsletters, websites, blogs and social media
• Developing an understanding of the key audiences for cancer risk, prevention, screening and early diagnosis information and how to address inequalities in people's ability to access, interpret and act upon health information
• Building relationships with appropriate stakeholders - guiding activity and delivering evidence-based, creative health-related content that meets customer needs (e.g. for fundraising / policy / campaigns activity)
• After appropriate training, developing written responses and comments for the media on news stories relevant to cancer risk, prevention, early diagnosis and screening.
  
  Ability to critique epidemiological/public health research papers
• Experience of and passion for explaining complex health information to a non-scientific audience in an engaging way
• Good understanding of cancer and/or public health
• Flexible approach that allows you to balance proactive and reactive tasks, allowing you to manage quickly changing priorities within your usual working day, re-prioritising tasks or asking for support as appropriate
• Able to build effective working relationships with colleagues, researchers, health professionals and other stakeholders
• Able to manage or support specific projects, ensuring that stakeholders are involved, and that the project is completed within allocated timescales and budget (if applicable).
Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism, We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.