Planning Lead

We are seeking a Planning Lead to join the Academy's newly established Strategy and Planning team. This is a new role with real scope to strengthen how the organisation plans, coordinates and delivers its work.

You will support organisation-wide planning and delivery by developing and maintaining shared plans and forward looks, tracking progress across programmes and projects, identifying risks and dependencies, and producing clear reporting for senior leaders and governance groups. Working collaboratively across teams, you will help embed effective planning disciplines and improve ways of working over time.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys bringing structure, insight and momentum to a complex, mission driven organisation.

The Academy of Medical Sciences sits at the forefront of UK health and biomedical research by bringing together leading expertise to shape policy, drive innovation and improve lives.

We are now building for the future. Through a bold and carefully planned transformation, we are aligning our structure, roles and resources with our ambitions to ensure we are sustainable, focused and ready to deliver even greater impact in the years ahead.

At the heart of this is a new Chief Operating Officer (COO) Directorate, designed to strengthen how we plan, collaborate and deliver across the Academy. Alongside this, we are reshaping parts of our organisation so that our people and resources are focused where they matter most - supporting our Fellowship and the wider medical sciences community.

This is a rare moment to join. You'll be part of an organisation with real momentum, working alongside outstanding colleagues and partners, and helping to shape how a respected national institution evolves.

If you want your work to be purposeful, visible and impactful - and to play a role in advancing medical science and improving health - we would love to hear from you.

Benefits

We provide our staff with a comprehensive benefits package outlined as follows:

• Generous pension scheme with flexible contributions - we contribute between 8% - 13% of your gross salary (with employee contributions of 3% - 8%)

• Life assurance at three times your salary

• Hybrid and agile working. 50% office attendance

• 26 days annual leave, plus Christmas closure days and bank holidays

• Buying and selling leave

• Family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity and paternity leave (subject to a qualifying period)

• Complimentary subscriptions to Headspace and Classpass to support your physical and mental wellbeing

• Support through tailored learning and development

• A range of enhanced benefits become available once you've completed your probation period

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers page.

Closing date: 5.00pm on 27 April 2026.

Interview date: w/c 4 May 2026.