Policy and Public Affairs Manager

BioIndustry Association

About the Organisation

Bioindustry Association is the UK’s trade association for innovative life sciences and biotech. We work with incredible entrepreneurs, scientists, business leaders, regulators, policy makers and advisors in a fascinating, vital and booming sector that spans global connections and the entire life sciences ecosystem in the UK. We have 600+ members at the BIA from a broad spectrum of biotech and life science companies, including university spinouts, start-ups, scaling biotech to big pharma, and those that support the sector, such as service providers, consultancies, law firms, and universities.

About the role

This role will lead on delivering our work to support biosolutions and engineering biology companies by influencing Government policy, running our member community and ensuring BIA delivers membership value for non-health biotech companies. The holder will deliver a comprehensive programme of work including supporting the implementation and development of BIA’s biosolutions policy recommendations, growing the biosolutions community, and providing the secretariat to our Engineering Biology Advisory Committee. This will involve close collaborative working with civil servants, CEOs and senior leaders from member companies, the wider engineering biology community, and parliamentarians.

Responsibilities

Community, Events and Communications:

• Monitor and act as a knowledge repository on the biosolutions and engineering biology sectors
• Help identify and onboard potential new members
• Help plan and deliver the core programme of BIA events that raise the profile of biosolutions and provide networking opportunities for BIA members
• Lead on the BIA’s biosolutions community events with the Policy Team Coordinator and BIA Events team
• Represent BIA at external events to showcase BIA’s biosolutions and engineering biology work
• Working with BIA colleagues, help develop online (website and social media) content to make the BIA the go-to organisation for the biosolutions and engineering biology industry
• Working with BIA colleagues, support the production of authoritative and impactful reports to promote the sector and BIA’s influencing work
• Build and manage the biosolutions community

Policy:

• Monitor, evaluate and communicate government and parliamentary announcements and activity relevant to biosolutions and engineering biology, particularly regarding innovation, finance, infrastructure and regulation
• Work with BIA colleagues, members and external stakeholders to develop sector positions on innovation, infrastructure, finance and regulation policies, and produce a strong evidence base to support advocacy
• Provide secretariat support to the BIA Engineering Biology Advisory Committee and other member/stakeholder meetings, preparing agendas and papers, and producing minutes
• Working with the Head of Biosolutions & International Policy, support the development of new policy initiatives to increase the growth and scale of the UK’s biosolutions industry and BIA’s membership

Public Affairs:

• Support the work of the policy team to deliver BIA’s annual Parliament Day and Party Conference events, driving biosolutions stakeholder meetings
• Build BIA’s engagement with parliamentarians on biosolutions
• Develop and deliver effective engagement campaigns to influence political, civil service and industrial biotech stakeholders

Skills, Competencies, Experience & Attributes

Essential:

• A demonstrable working understanding of UK Government and Parliament; the life sciences and biotech industry; or engineering biology
• Persuasive communication skills adaptable for a variety of audiences
• Excellent written skills with an ability to grasp complex issues quickly and to distil these for a variety of external audiences
• Excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrative ability to develop good working relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Proven project management skills to drive projects through from conception to output
• Collaborative team-player who is flexible to changing business needs and supports colleagues effectively
• Ability to represent the BIA and its members in person and through oral and written communication

Desirable:

• Experience working in or with government
• Network of stakeholder relations in the non-health biotech sector
• Event management experience
• Understanding of the engineering biology sector and biosolutions companies' needs to scale and grow across finance, regulation, and infrastructure

Required Qualifications

• Degree-level education or equivalent

Conditions of employment

• You need to be eligible to work in the UK.

Working locations

• Hybrid model, working in the London office and remotely.
• We are currently working in a hybrid pattern, whereby we work 3 days in the office and 2 from home. If the successful candidate is located within 40 miles of the London office, we expect them to adhere to this pattern.

How to apply

• Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume/CV and a cover letter detailing their relevant experience, with reference to the job description, outlining their approach to the role.
• Please email your application to [email protected] with the subject line "Policy and Public Affairs Manager (BioSolutions) Application - [Your Full Name]." The deadline for applications is Monday 2nd November 2026 at 11 am. There may be an accelerated recruitment process, so interested applicants are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible ahead of this closing date.
• Please note that all offers of employment are subject to two satisfactory references and proof of eligibility to work in the UK. Applications written using an AI generator will not be accepted.
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Interviews

• Regrettably, only successful candidates will be contacted.
• Initial interviews will take place around the week of 26th October, depending on availability.

Policies

Building a thriving, diverse workplace is a priority across all industries. The BIA is committed to providing a fair and equitable working environment to attract and nurture people from all backgrounds. We value the individuality and diversity that employees bring to the company throughout our activities. We are committed to providing equal opportunities and creating an accessible workplace. If you require any reasonable accommodations during the application, interview, or assessment process, please let us know when you apply.

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