Senior Research Manager

3 days ago


Twickenham, United Kingdom NIHR Full time

About the Role

This is a fixed-term position that reports to the Assistant Director. The successful candidate will oversee some of the team's commissioning and/or monitoring activities, requiring strong leadership skills and the ability to work collaboratively with other Senior Programme Managers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Overall responsibility for the team's commissioning and/or monitoring activities, and overseeing the team in these activities.
  • Contributing to and leading strategic programme and departmental initiatives.
  • Drafting standard operating procedures, work instructions, and template documents, and issuing guidelines.
  • Attending regional advisory committee meetings in a supervisory capacity, providing advice to the committee when required.
  • Representing the funder in NIHR cross-cutting working groups as appropriate.
  • Liaising regularly with internal and external stakeholders, including attending, organizing, and leading meetings, representing the funder's perspective at meetings, and promoting and representing funding programs at external events.
  • Identifying enhancements to working practices and defining, implementing, and supporting processes to deliver operational excellence.
  • Developing and maintaining excellent professional relationships with other teams, applicants, and award holders, and with colleagues within NIHR and across customer organizations, and acting as a role model to colleagues at all levels.
  • Operationalizing ad hoc special project work; assisting in the preparation of regular programme reports and papers.
  • Line management of up to three members of staff.
  • Monitoring the quality and timelines of the work of Research Managers within the RfPB team in line with agreed indicators.
  • Staff recruitment and mentoring, training, and supervision of new and existing staff.

Requirements

  • A degree in biomedical, health, or social sciences.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • A track record in successful management of projects and programmes.
  • Able to think strategically, interpreting complex information, putting information in context, and having a clear view of the 'big picture'.
  • Excellent writing skills and meticulous attention to detail.
  • Excellent planning and organizational skills, able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks, working to challenging targets and deadlines.
  • Excellent analytical and complex problem-solving skills, with a solution-based approach.
  • Highly developed communication skills and customer focus, including experience of external liaison.
  • Committed team player with an ability to build effective working relationships.
  • Experience of working in a research management environment, preferably within a healthcare setting.


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