Cancer Awareness Nurse Manager - Cancer Awareness in the Workplace

Community spirit. Ceaseless ambition. Passion that just keeps growing.   

Nurse Manager – Cancer Awareness in the Workplace

£51,000-£54,000 FTE (£40,800-£43,200 actual) plus benefits 

Reports to: Senior Health Community Engagement Manager - Cancer Awareness in the Workplace

Grade: P3 

Directorate: ​Policy, Information and Communications​ 

Contract: Permanent  

Hours: Part Time 28 hours per week (Monday-Thursday) 

Location: This is a home-based role within England. Applicants must have good access to transport links and hold a full, valid UK driving licence. The role requires a regular and significant level of travel across the UK to deliver workplace health activities and engage with stakeholders in various locations.

Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.  

Closing date: 9 August 2026 23:55

How do I apply?  

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the application questions and work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively. 

If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk as soon as possible. 

Recruitment process: 1 stage interview process consisting of a competency-based interview and presentation task. 

Interview date:  Interview to be scheduled to take place week commencing 17th August 2026.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. 

​​We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you. ​ 

But beating cancer means more than research. It means making sure everyone no matter who they are or where they live has access to life-saving information and support. 

That’s where you come in. 

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced nurse leader to help deliver and shape our Cancer Awareness in the Workplace programme —equipping employees across the UK with the knowledge and confidence to talk about cancer prevention, screening and early diagnosis.

If you're driven by purpose, motivated by reducing health inequalities, and excited to lead and inspire others—we’d love to hear from you. 

You can find out more about cancer awareness in the workplace.

Why this role matters 

Talking about cancer can save lives. But not everyone has equal access to health information. Through our Cancer Awareness in the Workplace programme, we deliver cancer awareness activity to employees in the UK where the need is greatest—helping people feel informed, empowered and able to make a difference. 

What you’ll be doing 

• Lead and manage a Senior Cancer Awareness nurse and team of bank nurses, providing supervision and regular communication both remotely and in person. 
• Deliver engaging cancer awareness activities, including cancer awareness stands, talks and webinars.
• Ensure quality delivery by equipping nurses with the skills, knowledge, and support needed to run effective cancer awareness activities. 
• Contribute to the development, strategy, and continuous improvement of the Cancer Awareness in the Workplace programme. 
• Share insights, promote the programme externally, and support new content/product development. 
• Collaborate with the Senior Manager to ensure quality, compliance, and health & safety standards are met. 
• Provide leadership across the HCE nursing function, including training, recruitment, development, and maintaining professional (NMC) standards. 
• Maintain clear accountability and role clarity across all Cancer Awareness in the Workplace activities.
• Build strong relationships with the Cancer Awareness in the Workplace team, Health Community Engagement team and internal teams.  
• Act as a representative of the programme, sharing updates and insights within CRUK and at internal forums. 

What we’re looking for 

• Must be a nurse, with active NMC registration, and experience in areas such as community nursing, health promotion, practice nursing, health visiting, or similar 
• A confident communicator who can engage and adapt to different audiences with sensitivity and clarity 
• Strong online delivery and presentation skills
• Proven experience of line management, leading and supporting others, with a focus on development and inclusion 
• A strategic thinker who can balance big-picture planning with day-to-day delivery 
• Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively 
• Flexible and adaptable in a fast-changing environment 
• A commitment to tackling health inequalities and improving cancer outcomes for everyone 
• Confidence using digital tools (e.g. Teams, PowerPoint, Excel) 

Our commitment to inclusion 

At Cancer Research UK, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong. 

We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented communities. Your lived experience, perspective and voice matter—and can help us better reach the people who need us most. 

Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. 

Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination   

Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism    

Human: Act to have a positive impact on people   

Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively 

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. 

Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible. 

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.