NIHR North West London Patient Safety Research Collaboration (NIHR NWL PSRC) Centre Manager

Imperial College London; St Mary's; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

43 days off a year

Generous pension scheme

Flexible working policy

Family leave packages

On-site leisure facilities

Cycle-to-work scheme

Job summary

Imperial College London is seeking a Centre Manager for the NIHR NWL PSRC to support project, financial and partnership management. You will monitor progress, manage resources and contracts, and report to funders and senior stakeholders.

The role involves coordinating with researchers and external partners to ensure on-target deliverables and expenditures. This is a full-time maternity-cover position (until 31 March 2028) offering a comprehensive salary package and flexible working options.

Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple complex projects or workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Support project, financial, and partnership management activities for PSRC and the PSRC Network (SafetyNet).
• Develop knowledge of the research portfolio and ensure monitoring and reporting meet external deadlines.
• Oversee the management function of PSRC; be the first point of contact for resource, contractual and finance management.
• Liaise with project stakeholders (funders, collaborators, consultants) to track progress and resolve issues.

Skills

Project management

Financial management

Administrative support

Impact evaluation

Dissemination and reporting

Job description

NIHR North West London Patient Safety Research Collaboration (NIHR NWL PSRC) Centre Manager

This role is perfect for a self-starter who wants to contribute to a wide range research projects focused on improving patient safety across North West London and beyond, by providing, financial management, administrative support, impact evaluation and dissemination and reporting to the funder and other senior stakeholders.

This is an interesting and varied role working to support some deeply impactful work on medication safety, the safety of digital health implementation, using integrated care data to improve patient safety and behaviour change of both patients and healthcare workers to improve patient safety.

What you would be doing

You will support project, financial, and partnership management activities for PSRC, as well as the PSRC Network (SafetyNet), developing an excellent working knowledge of the research portfolio, with responsibility for ensuring effective monitoring and reporting against objectives to meet external deadlines.

Overseeing the management function of PSRC, you will act as first point of contact for internal matters related to resource, contractual, and finance management and with Centre based researchers and theme leads to ensure projects are managed effectively and deliverables and expenditure are on target. You will also liaise externally with project stakeholders (funders, collaborators, and consultants) to track project progress and resolve issues, escalating as appropriate, as well as ensure the centre is adaptive to changes in patient safety priorities.

What we are looking for

Experienced programme, or centre manager who has managed multiple complex projects or workstreams with responsibility for oversight of financial, contractual and logistical resources.

Flexible and proactive, able to contribute new ideas to deliver an efficient and effective service.

Adept at working with a range of stakeholders from across academic and healthcare settings.

What we can offer you

• The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution and be part of our mission to use science for humanity.
• Develop in your role with access to learning and development opportunities.
• Benefit from sector-leading salary and remuneration package (including 43 days off a year and generous pension schemes).
• Gain access to a range of workplace benefits including a flexible working policy from day one, generous family leave packages, on-site leisure facilities and a cycle-to-work scheme.
• Be part of a diverse, inclusive and collaborative work culture with various staff networks and resources to support your personal and professional wellbeing .

Further information

The NIHR PSRC: NWL seeks to address the patient safety challenges of today and tomorrow, by driving uptake of innovations and service transformation by patients, health and social care workers, health systems, policymakers and regulators. We support the development, validation and testing of such interventions.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week).

This role is for a fixed-term maternity cover contract until 31 March 2028.

If you require any further details about the role, please contact: Emma Parnham [e-mail]

Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.

We reserve the right to close the advert before the stated closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications.

If you have any general queries about this vacancy, please contact the hiring manager listed in the ‘Further Information’ section. Alternatively, you can contact the Recruitment Hub at [e-mail], and we will be happy to assist you.

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