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    Senior Research Manager - Twickenham, United Kingdom - NIHR

    NIHR
    NIHR Twickenham, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    Fixed Term
    Description

    About the role

    Reporting to the Assistant Director, this fixed term role will involve overseeing some of the team's commissioning and/or monitoring activities and will require a strong leadership style, along with the ability to work collaboratively with other Senior Programme Managers.

    The post provides the opportunity for exciting external liaison, with interfaces to UK Government, academia, industry and the clinical community.

    Key responsibilities

  • Overall responsibility of 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 SOPs, work instructions and template documents and issuing guidelines
  • Attending regional advisory committee meetings in a supervisory capacity, providing advice to the committee when required
  • Act as a representative of RfPB in NIHR cross cutting working groups as appropriate
  • Liaising regularly with internal and external stakeholders, including attending, organising and leading meetings, representing the funder's perspective at meetings and promoting and representing funding programmes at external events
  • Identifying enhancements to working practices and defining, implementing and supporting the processes to deliver operational excellence
  • 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
  • Operationalising 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 the agreed indicators
  • Staff recruitment and mentoring, training and supervision of new and existing staff.
  • What you will bring to the role

    Qualifications

  • 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 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
  • Applications
    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, and quote REF782Z.

    How to apply

    Are you interested in learning more about this exciting position with the NIHR? Please apply directly via our vacancy page.

    This role is with NIHR Coordinating Centre (NIHRCC) and is hosted by LGC.


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