Ukfetp Scientific Co-ordinator

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 327819**Salary**:

- £55,799 - £65,089- per annum pro rata- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 2 years from start date**Business area**:

- Health Protection Operations**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- This role will be based in Colindale, with some Home working.About the job

**Job summary**:
The Field Epidemiology Training Programme (UKFETP) is a competency-based 2-year specialist postgraduate training programme aimed at medical, scientific, veterinary and nursing staff who are, or will be, working in a post involving field investigation and epidemiology and who want to further enhance their specialist skills. Training is provided on the job; at least ten percent of time is dedicated to formal training courses. Fellows are based at training locations in England, Northern Ireland and Wales and are supervised day to day by Primary Field Supervisors at these sites. Scientific support, tuition and mentoring is provided by the UKFETP scientific coordinators.

The UKFETP Office is responsible for the development, delivery and ongoing management of the UKFETP and is be based at UKHSA Colindale. The team currently consists of 1 Director, 4 Scientific Co-ordinators, 1 Virtual Learning Designer, 1 Business Change Manager, 1 Programme Manager and 3 Business Support Assistants.

The scientific coordinator will manage and deliver specific scientific aspects of the taught programme and provide mentorship and scientific support to the UKFETP fellows.

This will include review, evaluation and revision of the taught components of the programme as well as development of training materials and delivery of UKFETP training.

**Job description**:
**Main duties of the job**:
**The main duties and responsibilities are**:
Teaching and Training
- Co-ordinate, deliver and evaluate training
- Develop training materials
- Support the review of the UKFETP curriculum
- Manage programme training objectives with both training sites and fellows and ensure outputs are reviewed.
- Promote participation of UKFETP supervisors in training and oversight activities
- Assess and promote additional training opportunities and assignments: identify UK or international investigations or research projects and negotiate the participation of UKFETP fellows.
- Monitor and promote UKFETP training site developments and disseminate information about the UKFETP programme to UKFETP training sites
- Develop training and supervisory skills and techniques among UKFETP supervisors at training sites
- Provide pedagogical support/tutoring to fellows by identifying training needs and aligning these to projects; reviewing protocols, reports, manuscripts, and presentations.
- Oversee programme evaluation methods and ensure they are fit for purpose; update on new methodological developments relevant to the work of the UKHSA.
- Oversee monitoring and progress of UKFETP fellows. Address any issues in progress.
- Ability to travel within the UK and overseas including overnight stays away from base for up to 2 weeks.

Management, Policy and Planning

To work alongside other members of the UKFETP team on:

- The business planning process and the development of the UKFETP programme and activities.
- Ongoing monitoring and quality improvement of the programme.
- Identifying programme risks and methods for remediation.

**Location**

This role will be based in Colindale, with some Home working.

UKHSA offers hybrid working for its employees - Any opportunities for informal hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. This will be determined primarily by business needs and in line with departmental policies for flexible working.

Some occasional business travel will be required as part of this role.

Currently this requires working from an allocated UKHSA base location for 20% of your contracted time as a minimum, increasing to 40% from the beginning of 2023. This will be agreed with the line manager.

The specifics of which day/s of the week you will work from your allocated UKHSA base location, will be agreed with the line manager.

You will be required to work from your allocated UKHSA base location on weekends. This will be determined by your line manager.

**Person specification**:
**Essential criteria**

**Knowledge and Experience**
- Experience of developing and delivering teaching/training material in advanced epidemiological methods (for example multivariable analysis, time series analysis, sampling)
- Experience of educational supervision including review of protocols, reports and abstracts
- Experience o