- Department: Programme and Project Management
- Undertaking due diligence of proposals based on critical assessment of healthcare-related projects, including reviewing the scientific, technical and clinical rationale of projects. In addition, with support from senior members of the team, evaluation of proposed intellectual property (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, financial arrangements and reporting requirements to enable successful project progression
- Managing a portfolio of funded projects, including monitoring of scientific, clinical performance, reviewing IP and dissemination plans and managing contractual changes to ensure appropriate strategies are in place to achieve impact
- 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 meetings
- Contributing to strategic programme initiatives
- Drafting, 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
- Identifying enhancements to working practices and defining, implementing and supporting the processes to deliver operational excellence
- Supporting responses to Parliamentary Questions or briefing requests from DHSC, often at very short notice
- Developing and maintaining excellent professional relationships with other GMG teams, applicants, award holders, colleagues within NIHR and at the DHSC, and act as a role model to colleagues at all levels.
- A degree in biomedical, health or social sciences
- Experience of working in a research environment
- Excellent and meticulous attention to detail
- Excellent communication, presentation and writing skills
- Excellent planning and organisational skills, able to prioritise and manage multiple tasks, working to challenging targets and deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal skills, from liaising with internal and external stakeholders and communities
- Committed team player with an ability to build effective working relationships
- Well-developed analytical and complex problem-solving skills, with a solution based approach
- Experience of working with government departments and the NHS
- A higher degree in biomedical, health or social sciences
- Experience in research management
- Knowledge of the UK's health and care research landscape
- Bonus - subject to company performance
- 25 days annual leave, plus public holidays (UK)
- Enhanced contributory pension scheme
- Life Insurance
- Season Ticket Loan
- Laptop, IT equipment and remote IT support
Programme Manager - United Kingdom - LGC Group
Description
Company Description
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
What you'll do
We are looking for a Programme Manager to join the Research Programmes team responsible for the management of the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) and Programme Development Grants (PDG) funding schemes.
Reporting to a Senior Programme Manager, the role will cover the full end-to-end process of research management, from 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. The post provides the opportunity for exciting external liaison, with interfaces to UK government, academia, industry and the clinical community.
Key responsibilities
Supporting all aspects of research funding, including researching potential call themes, advising potential applicants, revising application forms and guidance documents, reviewing and short-listing of applications for funding, managing and attending the funding committee, etc.
Qualifications
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
We offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, flexible working arrangements.
This is an office based, home working (hybrid) role with an expectation for all employees to attend our offices a minimum of 1 day a week, 4 days a month, which might increase, subject to team requirements.
Application
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, explaining what you feel you could bring to the company, outlining your suitability for the role.