Research Management Lead - London, United Kingdom - Genomics England

Genomics England

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Company Description
At Genomics England, our mission is to bring the benefits of genomic healthcare to everyone. We partner with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics.

We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments - with patients and participants at the heart of it all.

Following the success of the ground-breaking 100,000 Genomes Project, we are embarking on new and exciting projects to accelerate our impact such as the Newborn Genomes Sequencing Programme, Diverse Data Initiative and Cancer 2.0.

We are growing our diverse workforce and offer uniquely challenging career opportunities at the cutting edge of science and technology.

Use your skills to improve the lives of patients and participants in a role with real impact at Genomics England.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and visionary
Research Management Lead to help shape how we enable and accelerate genomic research.

This role is a 12 Month, Fixed Term Contract, to cover Maternity Leave.

As we embark on rolling out the new Research Network the Research Management Lead will be at the heart of this transformative initiative.

You will lead a team responsible for engaging with the research community, facilitating collaboration and delivering critical improvement programmes to ensure Genomics England continues to be in a position to effectively foster collaboration and enable research progress.

This maternity cover is a unique opportunity for an individual passionate about driving change to join an organisation at the forefront of genomic innovation, with your work directly influencing the future of scientific discovery and healthcare.

Everyday responsibilities include:

Lead the Research Management Team, taking accountability for operationalising the new Research Network and setting it up for success.
Manage and direct crossfunctional projects, ensuring deliverables are held to date and to scope, and these are executed consistently to quality.
Working with colleagues across the organisation from Product Design, Engineering, Architecture, Data, and Bioinformatics to introduce new processes or tools and achieve transformational change.
Engage with network members and work with them to enable knowledge sharing, fostering of collaborations, new research development and patient and participant involvement in research.
Oversee membership management systems and ensure research governance processes are followed and maintained.

Skills and experience for success:

Experience of leading a team, including ability to mentor, coach and create a collaborative environment.
Experience of project management, change management and crossdisciplinary collaboration.
Able to influence a range of stakeholders at a variety of seniorities but also willing to listen and take on board other opinions and ideas.
Highly proactive and a practical problem solver who likes to figure stuff out rather than explaining why it can't be done.
Strong planning and communication skills.
Ideally, a working knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics or another Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software and an understanding of enabling research through data and data access processes.

Qualifications
No specific qualifications are required

Additional Information Salary from:
£60,500**Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we're continually improving our benefits package.

We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including:

30 days' holiday (plus bank holidays), with additional days for long service awards
A generous pension scheme of up to 15% combined contribution
Individual learning budgets for every colleague, a Blinkist account and a wide variety of courses on our portal
A wide variety of wellness benefits including Gympass, a Headspace account, online Yoga classes
Enhanced maternity & paternity benefits
Blended working arrangements

Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence.

We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background.

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work.

Such behaviour is contrary to our virtues, undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties.

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility. We expect most people to come into the office 2 times each month as a