Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) is seeking to appoint a Policy Officer who is educated to degree level, ideally with a relevant postgraduate qualification, with demonstrable knowledge of public health issues and specifically Scottish alcohol policy.
The Role
The Policy Officer will help guide SHAAP advocacy and educational activities through identifying and analysing relevant policy, providing advice and guidance re-evidence-based positions, carrying out research, monitoring media and policy activity, responding to consultations, organising events and providing administrative support.
Based at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and representing the Medical Royal Colleges in Scotland and the Faculty of Public Health in Scotland, SHAAP provides a co-ordinated, coherent and authoritative medical and clinical voice on the need to reduce the impact of alcohol related harm on the health and wellbeing of people in Scotland and how to do this. SHAAP aims to raise awareness and understanding of alcohol-related health problems with health practitioners, policy makers and the public, reviewing research and recommending evidence-based policies and practices. We work in close collaboration with key organisations in the alcohol field in Scotland, the rest of the UK and worldwide.
