425 Political Science jobs in the United Kingdom

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

The Community You Will Join
Airbnb's public policy team exists to further the interests of our community of hosts and guests with politicians, regulators, opinion leaders and others who shape the political and legal context for our business, helping them to understand the significant social and economic contributions of our platform. Across the EMEA region, we are engaged in well over a hundred local conversations and negotiations with governments big and small. We engage governments at local, regional and national levels directly and also use innovative advocacy and partnership strategies that actively involve our community and our stakeholders in making the case for fair, progressive home sharing rules and travel affordability.

A Typical Day
The Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy Campaigns (NEMEA), is responsible for developing and executing fully integrated policy strategic engagement plans in the region and leading the local team, under the direction of the Director of Public Policy and Campaigns, EMEA. The successful candidate will use all available strategies, informed by data and insights, that aims to protect and further the legitimacy of Airbnb and our community.

Leadership and Empowerment:
Your primary responsibility is team leadership - line managing an energetic, passionate and diverse group of campaign experts who deliver complementary strands of work to serve the overall strategy. You inspire others to get behind a common vision and you deploy first-rate organisational skills to ensure that your strategy is executed, targets are set, and projects are delivered, on time and on budget.

You create and maintain an inclusive culture and ways of working for your team, in line with Airbnb's Core Values, and you are committed to embracing diversity and fostering belonging. You are accountable for performance management and feedback, and also recruitment and succession planning. You empower members of your team to work on local and regional projects that develop their professional, operational and strategic skills.

Strategy Development:
You determine an appropriate strategy for each priority geography in the region, as determined through close collaboration with the business leader in the territory. You define the ultimate policy goals and priorities, and develop operational plans that deliver measurable progress towards those goals in partnership with your local team. These plans and strategies are always founded on high-quality insights and data analysis, and are well aligned with Airbnb's global approach. You also develop these strategies in close collaboration with colleagues on the wider EMEA team who have expertise in the core campaign functions, and have a regional perspective on best practices and learnings.

Communication and Accountability:
You work with your local Airbnb Leadership (e.g. Country Manager, marketing lead, legal counsel, Comms, etc.) to align Government engagement and campaign plans with other critical business priorities and outcomes. You ensure that internal stakeholders understand the campaign strategy and plans, and that information is flowing smoothly to everyone with a "need to know". You ensure that progress is being reported regularly, and that roadblocks and successes are being flagged appropriately. You are able to confidently communicate with senior leaders about your campaign's priorities, to manage expectations where required and to coordinate with other teams to achieve greater goals.

External Advocacy:
you represent Airbnb at the most senior political levels in your geography, and with the media. You ensure that Airbnb builds and maintains relationships with the widest possible network of contacts in local, regional and national legislative, executive and administrative offices, and also with coalitions who can advance Airbnb's advocacy initiatives.

Your Expertise

• At least 15 years experience working with complex political or regulatory issues in relevant business or non-governmental organisation, or in a political, governmental or regulatory context. Ideally, this experience has been built in travel, urbanism or technology.
• Ability to navigate a complex political or regulatory environment. Advanced knowledge of the political landscape and legislative processes in the UK, the EU and Middle East Africa, is essential.
• Ability to quickly get up to speed on complex technical and regulatory issues, and understand how these can be managed using a broad range of campaigning strategies;
• Senior leadership experience, with track record of managing, supporting and developing diverse multidisciplinary teams; Proven ability in core management skills - effective delegation, empowerment, performance management, coaching and talent development;
• Experience of managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders. Ability to multi-task by prioritizing work and coordinating required support across various functions to achieve project goals and objectives
• Excellent strategist, creative thinker and expert communicator (spokesperson) , with great interpersonal, writing and presentation skills;
• Self-starter with a good sense of humor and the ability to thrive in a fast moving and sometimes stressful environment.
• Candidates must speak fluent English. An additional European language would be an asset. You must submit your application in English.
• This role is located in London but can involve working from home, with frequent travel to countries in EMEA but also our global headquarters in San Francisco.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging
Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

Overview
We are excited to announce an opportunity for an EU Government and Public Affairs Manager.

The EU Government and Public Affairs Manager, based in Brussels, is responsible for supporting our advocacy efforts with the European Union (EU) institutions. The primary policy focus will be EU electrification policies and regulation. Additional policy responsibilities will include: connected and autonomous vehicles, consumer policy, tax and insurance issues.

This position includes analysis of proposed and forthcoming legislative actions to assist the Assistant Vice President of European Government & Public Affairs and the business in assessing the potential impact on the organization, developing appropriate positions and strategies, and implementing them. This position supports all EU advocacy efforts through the prioritisation, planning and preparation of outreach activities whether as Enterprise Mobility or through our sectoral and horizontal business associations, as well as ensuring consistent follow-up to engagements.

The EU Government and Public Affairs Manager is a key member of our Brussels-based team and shall work closely with our Government and Public Affairs teams in our European Corporate Markets, and selected partner markets, to maximise the value of the Brussels-national capital-Brussels engagement programme. The role will also help systematise the sharing of best practices across the European and global GPA teams.

Organization Overview
From a fleet of seven cars, more than six decades ago, to a global network serving consumers, businesses and governments, Enterprise Mobility is a leading provider of mobility solutions including car rental, fleet management, flexible vehicle-hire, carsharing, vanpooling, car sales, truck rental, vehicle subscription, luxury rental, technology solutions and more, to help make travel easier and more convenient.

Privately held by the Taylor family of St. Louis, Enterprise Mobility manages a full portfolio of brands including the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo brands. Together with its affiliate Enterprise Fleet Management, Enterprise Mobility accounted for $38+ million in revenue for FY '24 through a network of more than 9,500 locations and over 90,000 employees.

Responsibilities

• Advise the business on key political and legislative developments, and support efficient and effective formation of company positions, strategies and action plans.
• Support the EU-Brussels engagement programme on above key strategic initiatives with a particular focus on priority electrification issues.
• Support leadership/executive level engagement activities.
• Support "regular" advocacy activities with scheduling meetings, development of briefings, messaging & materials.
• Develop relationships and progressively lead advocacy efforts with "working level" officials in the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of Ministers.
• Lead day-to-day Enterprise engagement in our industry associations and in relevant working groups and fora within our horizontal business associations.
• Attend association working group meetings, reporting key developments back to the business and ensure Enterprise's positions are clearly understood and advanced.
• Take a day-to-day lead in building out our Brussels-national capitals and MEP constituency programme in 2-3 of our Corporate Markets.
• Ensure methodical follow-through on priority engagements in national capitals and constituencies and ensure impact back into Brussels decision-making.
• Take day-to-day lead on a wider issue portfolio including inter alia Connected and Autonomous Vehicle initiatives, consumer policy, tax and insurance issues.
• Support the coordination of European Government and Public Affairs activities on a regional basis, including the sharing of best practices.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years' experience of working with the European Union institutions in an advocacy role.
• Experience of working directly or indirectly with vehicle rental, automotive and mobility industries preferred.
• Direct experience of policy work with the following Directorate Generals: DG MOVE, DG GROW, DG CONNECT, DG ENER and DG CLIMA preferred.
• Direct experience of policy work with the following European Parliament Committees: TRAN, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO and ECON preferred.
• Must have full competency in spoken and written English.
• Second language: (especially French / German / Spanish) preferred.

Competency-based Qualifications

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with ability to concisely communicate complex issues to both the business and policymakers.
• Excellent interpersonal relationship skills.
• Ability to develop relationships with individuals from multiple cultures and social backgrounds.
• Ability to develop strategy collaboratively with business partners, plan advocacy campaigns/programmes, deliver, recalibrate as necessary, measure and report.
• Methodical approach to relationship-building, engagement and follow-up.
• Ability to consistently provide high quality work product.
• Ability to self-motivate and work with minimal oversight.
• Ability to prioritize work-flow to achieve maximum results.
• Consistently demonstrates honesty and integrity in all work contexts.
• Supports diversity and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

Additional Information
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Location
: Brussels, Belgium

Salary
: Competitive

£40,031 - £2,033

London Weighting

Working from home allowance

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Other

Band C

Permanent

TEC - Regulation

Other

Full-time

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Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London

About the Electoral Commission

The Electoral Commission is the UK's independent body overseeing elections and regulating political finance. Everything we do is about ensuring trust, participation, and integrity in the democratic process.

As we enter a bold new chapter under our five-year Corporate Plan, we are increasing our workforce and transforming how we plan and deliver core services. This post plays a central role in that journey.

About the role

This newly created role will help lead the Commissions strategic intelligence function focusing on threats to democracy and digital transparency. The Senior Analyst will drive innovation, exploring AI applications to shape new regulatory approaches and streamline processes.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading the collection, examination and dissemination of intelligence relating to identified threats to the democratic system, proactively identifying risks that may require the Commission to intervene
• Contributing and leading the interpretation of data, presenting accurate and high-quality insight reports
• Engage with external stakeholders to identify areas of joint work while supporting internal analysts in the efficient delivery of the Commission's monitoring and intelligence function

About the team

The Regulatory Action team is expanding to support the Commissions corporate plan. The team is dynamic, hybrid and committed to regulatory excellence. The team monitors campaigning and other activities by political parties and campaigners where it relates to political finance. The new Senior Analyst will play a key part in the team's regulatory work by leading innovation projects and developing new intelligence capabilities.

Who we're looking for

This role will suit someone with experience in regulatory intelligence, stakeholder engagement and digital innovation. Success will come from strategic thinking, data interpretation, and the ability to lead and mentor others.

You will need:

• Experience in intelligence gathering and analysis
• Experience in stakeholder engagement
• Knowledge or experience in leveraging emerging technologies to innovate processes

Alongside your salary of 0,031, The Electoral Commission contributes 1,596 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Why work for us?

This is a high impact opportunity with the scope to influence policy, collaborate with external stakeholders and mentor analysts. You will gain exposure to a wide range of internal stakeholders at all levels of the Commission.

We offer a strong total reward package, including:

• Flexible working and hybrid model (40% office minimum)
• 28 rising to 30 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Civil Service pension scheme (28.97% employer contribution)
• Study support for professional qualifications
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Ride2Work, eye care vouchers and more

How to apply

We are committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. To reduce unconscious bias and ensure all applicants are assessed solely on their skills, knowledge and experience, we use an anonymous recruitment process.

Please submit:

An anonymised CV, which must not include:

• Your name, address, contact details, date of birth, gender, ethnicity, or any other personal identifiers
• Names of educational institutions or dates of education
• Employment history older than 10 years (unless directly relevant and explicitly required in the person specification)

An anonymised supporting statement, clearly outlining how you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description.

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If the role only asks for general education (e.g. "educated to degree level or equivalent"), simply state this—no further detail is needed.

Failure to comply with these anonymisation instructions may result in your application being withdrawn.

Supporting disabled applicants

The Electoral Commission is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. As part of our commitment, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants. If you have a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria listed in the job description, you will be offered an interview.

To be considered under this scheme, please indicate this when you apply. We also welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or in the workplace.

Key dates

• Application deadline: 19th October (23:59)
• Interviews (1st stage): Week commencing 27th October
• Interviews (2nd stage): Week commencing TBC

Applicants applying for a London-based role should expect to attend interviews in person. For applicants in devolved nations, interviews may be conducted virtually via Microsoft Teams.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Location:

Aston University Main Campus

Salary:

£41,671 to £46,049 per annum

Grade:

Grade 08

Contract Type:

Fixed Term (31/03/2029)

Basis:

Part Time

Closing Date:

23.59 hours BST on Monday 29 September 2025

Interview Date:

Friday 17 October 2025

Reference:

Release Date:

Monday 15 September 2025

We are seeking a part-time (0.5 FTE) Post-Doctoral Research Associate to join the Aston Institute for Health & Neurodevelopment (IHN) and contribute to a Cerebra-funded project focused on delivering and evaluating a novel anxiety intervention for autistic children with rare genetic syndromes and moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. You will:

• Provide project oversight, supporting the PhD student and research team in delivering and evaluating the intervention
• Lead aspects of project management, including monitoring milestones, supporting ethics and governance processes, and liaising with project partners
• Contribute to narrative and systematic literature reviews
• Support data interpretation, dissemination of findings (e.g., co-authoring publications, attending conferences), and knowledge exchange with external stakeholders such as syndrome support organisations
• Actively contribute to the wider strategic goals of the Cerebra Network for Neurodevelopmental Disorders - including collaborative research initiatives and network-wide outputs - and support the development of future grant applications and research opportunities aligned with the Network's aims
• Work with NHS partners to evaluate the impact of ongoing Network work integrated into services
• Attend meetings and dissemination events with project partners at various locations in the UK as required.
• Conduct semi-structured interviews and behavioural assessments with children and families
• Contribute to the broader activities of the Aston IHN as capacity allows

Additional responsibilities include:

• Engaging in continuous personal and professional development aligned with the role's demands
• Ensuring and promoting the personal health, safety and wellbeing of staff and students
• Carrying out duties that promote fairness and engender trust
• Promoting equality of opportunity, supporting diversity and inclusion, and contributing to the University's environmental sustainability agenda

This 0.5 FTE post is ideal for a post-doctoral researcher experienced in working with children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and/or underserved populations. It offers a unique opportunity to be embedded within the Cerebra Network — a pioneering collaborative research network that integrates knowledge, expertise, and resources across four world-leading institutions (Aston University, University of Birmingham, University of Warwick, and University of Surrey), focused on autism, mental health, sleep, and behaviour to improve assessment and interventions for children with rare genetic syndromes and their families — while working within Aston's child-centred, translational research environment at the Aston Institute for Health & Neurodevelopment, which drives impactful "molecules to minds" research to support child development and wellbeing.

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We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic and ambitious postdoctoral Research Associate to join the group of Dr Adam Wilkinson. The Wilkinson Group has recently relocated from the University of Oxford to the University of Cambridge's Department of Haematology and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute where the postholder holder will be based. Our group's research focusses on expanding and manipulating haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) ex vivo. We have pioneered highly influential new methods to expand transplantable HSCs long-term ex vivo (Wilkinson et al, Nature, 2019; Igarashi et al, Blood Advances, 2023; Sakurai et al, Nature, 2023; Bozhilov et al., bioRxiv 2024) which are now in use worldwide. Our group has significant funding from the Wellcome Trust and Krishnan-Ang Foundation.

The postholder will lead a project related to the molecular mechanisms regulating HSC expansion and differentiation. Your research will employ ex vivo HSC expansion techniques developed in the Wilkinson Lab in combination with CRISPR-based gene editing, genetic and small molecule screening, and a range of molecular and single cell assays.

You will have a PhD in a relevant discipline and at least one first author primary research paper relevant to this post. You will have extensive knowledge of HSC biology and experience with relevant ex vivo cellular and in vivo functional assays, and molecular and single cell assays. You will have strong communications and organisational skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

Informal enquiries to Adam Wilkinson at

Fixed-term: Funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance.

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Applicants must have (or be close to obtaining) a PhD.

Appointment at Research Associate level is dependent on having a PhD. Those who have submitted but not yet received their PhD will initially be appointed as a Research Assistant (Grade 5, Point 38 £34,610) moving to Research Associate (Grade 7) upon confirmation of your PhD award.

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter and CV in the Upload section of the online application. The covering letter should outline how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Please include details of your referees, including email address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager.

Closing date: 24th October 2025

Interviews will be held on or after 31 October 2025.

Please quote reference RB46102 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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About the Company

A fast-growing, tech-enabled CRO and global site network that started life within a major biopharma before becoming fully independent. They’ve built a proprietary AI platform now used to run smarter, faster clinical trials — and are expanding rapidly with their own hospitals and trial sites in India, and plans for Brazil, Australia, and China.

Now ~50 people, they’re closing Series A and moving into a Series B raise with a major bio-capital investor already signed. 0

It’s a genuine startup culture — everyone contributes, collaborates, and grows together. They also offer stock options from CRA level up – showing they invest in their people.

As their first UK CRA hire , you’ll have a key role in their European growth. You’ll monitor sites across the UK and EU (Spain, Greece, Italy, France, Germany) , support feasibility/start-up, and help shape the company’s operational foundations.

You’ll thrive here if you:

• Enjoy working autonomously in a small, fast-moving CRO.
• Want to help build something, not just follow a process.
• Can balance hands-on site work with cross-functional input.

What You’ll Need:

• 3 - 5 years CRA experience (CRO or sponsor)
• 5 - 7 years for a Senior CRA
• Proven EU monitoring exposure
• Solid knowledge of ICH-GCP & EU regs
• UK base with willingness to travel
• Startup or small-CRO experience is a big plus
• Oncology Based Experience

What’s on Offer:

• Competitive salary with higher flexibility for Senior CRA's
• Fast-track growth in a scaling, global business
• Exposure to AI-driven clinical operations
• Collaborative culture with true ownership and visibility