Policy Manager

Location: London / Hybrid minimum of 2 days spent working from the GDC’s office in central London.

Salary: £49,528 – £58,268 pa

Hours: Full time

The General Dental Council has recently announced its Corporate Strategy 2026 – 2028. We have a clear delivery plan to achieve our strategic ambitions and remain committed to protecting the public and maintaining public confidence in the dental profession. This is key to our vision of being a trusted and effective regulator, supporting dental professionals to provide safe and effective care for their patients.

To enable us to deliver our Corporate Strategy we are expanding our policy team. As a Policy Manager, you will work with colleagues to plan and deliver complex policy projects. You will build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and be responsible for keeping parts of the GDC’s regulatory policy framework up to date.

Policy Managers are overseen by Heads of particular policy areas and an Associate Director of Policy and Research who steers the work of the whole team. The team sits within the Strategy Directorate which includes Research, Education and Communications and Engagement teams.

Person Specification

• Policy development within a complex environment.
• Excellent project management.
• Problem solving and communication skills.
• The ability to collaborate and understand the potential impact and implications of emerging strategy and policy, and in developing robust solutions to complex issues.

About us

Our primary purpose is to protect the public and maintain public confidence in dental services. To achieve this, we register qualified dental professionals, set standards for the dental team, investigate complaints about dental professionals\’ fitness to practise, and work to ensure the quality of dental education.

Our work matters and so do our people. We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion by recruiting and strengthening our teams with team members from different backgrounds, life experiences and viewpoints.

Benefits

The GDC is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, that provides an environment that reflects our values and culture and allows employees to flourish.

To support this we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, including flexible working arrangements from day one and employee networks that aid growth and development.

Some of our benefits include:

• 27 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) – rising to 30 days (plus 8 bank holidays) after 2 years’ service
• Flexi-time scheme
• Employer pension contributions up to 10%
• Buy/Sell annual leave
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave from 1 years’ service.
• Life assurance, income protection plan and enhanced sick leave policy
• Staff discounts including eye care contributions and discounted gym membership

We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.

How to apply

As part of your supporting statement, please provide examples of your work experience that align to the role and person specification below, using the STAR format:

• Policy development within a complex environment.
• Excellent project management.
• Problem solving and communication skills.
• The ability to collaborate and understand the potential impact and implications of emerging strategy and policy, and in developing robust solutions to complex issues.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on 8 February 2026.

Interviews w/c 16 February 2026.

Please note that we reserve the right to bring this recruitment campaign to an end without notice, and we encourage all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Please no agencies unless otherwise instructed.