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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary £79,504 – £91,609

Permanent employment

Full-time 37.5 hours per week

Staff health and wellbeing support

Professional training and career dev.

Flexible working arrangements where/as

Job summary

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is seeking a Group Head of Research and Development to provide strategic leadership for the R&D portfolio. You will drive group-wide strategies, ensure regulatory compliance, and work with internal teams and external partners to expand research opportunities and clinical trial participation.

Responsibilities include budgeting, contract negotiation, staff development and effective governance, with multi-site collaboration across partner NHS trusts to achieve

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification or higher in leadership and management.
• Master’s-level qualification or equivalent research-related experience.
• Experience developing and implementing successful research strategies.
• Proven ability to achieve targets across commercial and non-commercial research activities.
• Experience negotiating and managing research contracts.
• Specialist knowledge of clinical research governance, legislation and regulatory frameworks.
• Understanding of NHS R&D Strategy and funding streams.
• Knowledge of NHS clinical research policies locally and nationally.
• Senior NHS management experience.
• Senior-level research management experience.
• Proven ability to lead, manage, train and develop staff.
• Experience managing budgets.
• Ability to interpret national policies and translate them into local procedures.
• Strong presentation and report-writing skills for board-level reports.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Experience building professional networks at local and national levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Group’s R&D portfolio.
• Develop and implement group-wide R&D strategies and business plans.
• Ensure research activities meet performance targets and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee management and administration of research activities.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, quality standards and governance.
• Use data and governance to provide assurance on research performance at board level.
• Manage R&D budgets, including income, staffing and non-staff expenditure.
• Ensure projects are properly costed and contracts established with partners.
• Monitor compliance with funding agreements and obligations.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and represent the Trust externally.
• Promote research participation and recruitment into clinical trials.
• Support collaboration across the four Black Country partner NHS Trusts.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Negotiation

Influencing

Presentation

Report writing

Staff development

Budget management

Education

Degree-level qualification in leadership and management

Master’s-level qualification or equivalent research experience

Job description

Job title: Group Head of Research and Development

Employer: Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Location: Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Birmingham, B66 2QT, Birmingham & The Black Country, UK.

Salary: Advertised at around £79,504 – £91,609 per annum (NHS AfC Band 8c, subject to banding).

Employment type: Not specified in the supplied listing.

Work arrangement: In person, with potential multi-site working across the four partner NHS Trusts.

Job Overview

Provide strategic and operational leadership for Research and Development (R&D) activities across Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust and Dudley Group Foundation Trust.

Prototype Ideas

Lead the development and implementation of group-wide research strategies and business plans.

Ensure research activities meet performance targets, regulatory requirements and organisational objectives.

Work with internal teams and external partners to expand research opportunities and increase participation in clinical trials.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Group’s Research and Development portfolio.
• Develop and implement group-wide R&D strategies and business plans.
• Ensure research activities meet agreed performance targets and organisational objectives.
• Oversee the effective management and administration of research activities.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, quality standards and clinical research governance frameworks.
• Use research data and governance processes to provide assurance on research performance at board level.
• Manage R&D budgets, including income, staffing and non-staff expenditure.
• Ensure research projects are properly costed and appropriate contracts are established with partner organisations.
• Monitor compliance with funding agreements, contractual obligations and research requirements.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders and represent the Trust at external forums.
• Promote research participation and increase recruitment into clinical trials.
• Support collaboration across the four Black Country partner NHS Trusts.

Requirements

• A degree-level qualification or higher in leadership and management training.
• A Master’s-level qualification or equivalent research-related experience.
• Demonstrable experience developing and implementing successful research strategies.
• Proven ability to achieve targets across commercial and non-commercial research activities.
• Experience negotiating and managing research contracts.
• Specialist knowledge of clinical research governance, legislation and regulatory frameworks.
• Detailed understanding of the national NHS Research and Development Strategy and funding streams.
• Knowledge of local, regional and national NHS clinical research policies.
• Previous experience in a senior NHS management position.
• Senior-level research management experience.
• Proven ability to lead, manage, train and develop staff.
• Experience managing budgets.
• Ability to interpret national policies and translate them into local procedures.
• Strong presentation and report-writing skills, including preparing reports for board-level consideration.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Experience building professional networks at local and national levels.

Benefits

• Competitive annual salary of £79,504 – £91,609.
• Permanent employment opportunity.
• Full-time working arrangement of 37.5 hours per week.
• Access to staff health and wellbeing support.
• Opportunities for professional training and career development.
• Flexible working requests considered in line with service requirements and individual circumstances.
• Opportunity to work with experienced healthcare professionals and research partners.
• Opportunity to contribute to clinical research development and improved patient outcomes.
• Supportive working environment built around the Trust’s values of Ambition, Respect and Compassion.
• Opportunity to contribute to research innovation and healthcare improvement across Birmingham and the Black Country.