Research Manager
3 weeks ago
Company Description
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is seeking a skilled and motivated Contracts Manager to join our Innovations and Intellectual Property (IP) team. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the advancement of healthcare and medical research in the UK by facilitating the translation of research findings into tangible products and interventions.
About us
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). We work in partnership with the NHS, universities, local government, other research funders, patients, and the public. The NIHR funds, enables, and delivers world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing and promotes economic growth.
Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Manager to join our Research Programmes Directorate to help drive the strategic development and the delivery of both NIHR and non-NIHR research funding programmes. The successful candidates may play a key role, initially in the Policy Research Programme (PRP), but the appointed person may be deployed to support other Programmes in the directorate, such as RfPB or Wales.
At the heart of these investments is a commitment to reducing health inequalities, reconfiguring the health, social care and public health systems in areas and for populations living with the greatest burden. In order to genuinely deliver on the research investments made by GMG customers, meaningful and sustainable engagement at multiple levels is required. Key stakeholders will include communities, local authorities, industry, regulators, policy makers, academics and clinicians.
The roles will cover the full end-to-end process of research management, from designing new schemes to launching new calls for applications through to the active monitoring of funded projects and will require an ability to work collaboratively with other team members and across organisations. The posts provide the opportunity for exciting external liaison, with interfaces to UK government, academia, industry and the clinical community.
Key Accountabilities:
Project management
Supporting all aspects of research funding, including researching and articulating potential research investment opportunities, advising potential applicants, revising application forms and guidance documents, reviewing applications for funding, coordinating and managing the peer review process, overseeing the funding committees, coordinating and attending funding committee meetings, providing feedback to successful and unsuccessful applicants Undertaking due diligence of proposals based on critical assessment of healthcare-related projects, including:reviewing the scientific, technical and clinical rationaleanalysis of value for moneyevaluation of proposed IP protection and freedom to operate positions and assessment of the proposed dissemination, adoption and/or commercialisation strategy Negotiating funding agreements for projects recommended for funding, including the negotiation of milestones and deliverables, financial arrangements and reporting requirements to enable successful project progression Managing a portfolio of funded projects, including monitoring of scientific, clinical and financial performance, reviewing IP and dissemination plans and managing contractual changes to ensure appropriate strategies are in place leading to patient benefit and/or commercial realisation Liaising regularly with internal and external stakeholders, including attending, organising and leading meetings, representing the funder’s perspective at project meetings to facilitate successful project development, and promoting and representing funding programmes at external meetingsWider activities
Leading (for senior staff) or supporting strategic development initiatives, for example those to enable broad data access to successful applicants Drafting SOPs, work instructions and template documents and issuing guidelines Assisting with the quality control of minutes, outcome letters and other external documentation Assisting in the preparation of regular and ad hoc programme reports, papers and minutes Ad hoc “special project” work Identifying enhancements to working practices and defining, implementing and supporting the processes to deliver operational excellence Organising and attending site visits, advisory panel meetings and relevant external meetings etc. Responding to Parliamentary Questions or briefing requests from DH, often at very short notice Developing and maintaining excellent professional relationships with other GMG teams, applicants and award holders and with colleagues within NIHR and across customer organisations, and acting as a role model to colleagues at all levels
Qualifications
A degree in biomedical, health or social sciences Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrable success in stakeholder management within and across multiple organisations. 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 organisational skills, able to prioritise 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. A PhD in a medical, scientific, technical or social discipline is desirable. Knowledge of the UK’s health and care research landscape is desirable.
Additional Information
Why work for us
Join our team and you’ll be working with an exceptional organisation who manage high quality health and care research for the benefit of patients and the public. NIHR is one of the UK’s largest funders of health and care research.
Salary & Benefits
£37,900 PA Bonus - subject to company performance 25 days annual leave, plus public holidays (UK) Enhanced contributory pension scheme Life Insurance Benenden Healthcare Season Ticket Loan Laptop, IT equipment and remote IT supportNB: This role is a 12 month FTC with the possibility to go permanent.
This is an office-based, hybrid role with an expectation for all employees to attend our offices a minimum of 4 days a month, usually worked as 1 day per week, and may increase, subject to team requirements.
To Apply
If you are interested in working with us and feel you have the appropriate background and skills, please apply with your CV, ( with the cover letter attached in the same document ), outlining your suitability for the role and highlighting your experience against the required criteria.
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