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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is the independent regulator of fertility treatment and embryo research. We license and inspect clinics and laboratories to ensure safe, effective services for everyone affected by fertility treatment. We hold the largest database of fertility treatments in the world.
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In November 2024, the HFEA was awarded People Insight’s Outstanding Workplace Award 2024. This award is for organisations that achieve a top-quartile employee engagement score, of 85% percent or higher, in their employee survey.

Senior Research Manager
We are looking for a full-time Senior Research Manager to join our Research and Intelligence team to lead on data research across the HFEA, managing research applications to access large and sensitive datasets for specific research purposes. The HFEA holds the longest running national dataset of fertility treatment in the world keeping a record of every patient, partner, donor, and child born as a result of fertility treatment since 1991. The Senior Research Manager works to ensure applications for data meet requirements set out in our legal framework and ensures projects are compliant with current data protection law.
It is hoped that the successful candidate will be in post by early September and the contract will be for 12 months, however, if a later start date is agreed the contract will still end in September 2026.
Interviews will take place w/c 28th July.
Closing date: Sunday, 20th July 2025
Review date: 10 July 2027