Project Manager

LGC; Twickenham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health research organization is seeking a Project Manager in Twickenham to manage reporting processes for NIHR funding schemes. The role involves project management support across various activities, requiring strong organizational skills and experience in research funding environments. Full-time, hybrid work model with competitive salary and benefits, including annual bonus and pension scheme.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Enhanced Contributory Pension Scheme

Life Insurance Cover

Healthcare Membership

Training and Development Opportunities

Season Ticket Loan

Qualifications

• Experience in major research funding/management environment.
• Ability to write reports and SOPs with attention to detail.
• Experience in project management within the NHS or related sectors.

Responsibilities

• Manage the reporting and monitoring processes for NIHR funding schemes.
• Develop and coordinate activities with internal and external stakeholders.
• Support the team’s business planning and budget management.

Skills

Project management

Excellent planning

Organizational skills

Team player

Data analysis

Education

Masters or PhD in biomedical or health sciences

Job description

Overview

The NIHR is funded through the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and was established with the aim of creating a health and care research system in which the NHS supports outstanding individuals, working in world-class facilities, conducting leading-edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public. The NIHR Research Infrastructure provides a platform to enable research by creating an environment where early stage and applied research can thrive. Our Research Infrastructure consists of research expertise, specialist facilities, a research delivery workforce and support services. The NIHR invests more than £606 million a year of infrastructure funding through a number of different five-year infrastructure funding schemes.

We are seeking a proactive and experienced Project Manager to play a key role in managing the reporting and monitoring processes for a high-profile National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) portfolio of translational, clinical, and applied health research infrastructure funding schemes. The successful candidate will also provide essential project management support across the team’s wider activities.

Reporting to the Senior Research Manager for Infrastructure Monitoring and Evaluation and working closely with others, the post holder will project manage the infrastructure award reporting and monitoring activities. Infrastructure award holders report to NIHR on the progress of their awards on an annual, or in some cases quarterly, basis. The postholder will plan and ensure delivery of the end-to-end process, including the creation of reporting templates, collection of reports, their review by appropriate NIHR teams and the provision of feedback to award holders.

Working with the Assistant Director of Research Infrastructure, the postholder will also provide project management support for key team activities, including business planning and budget management.

You will liaise with internal and external stakeholders, and interact with teams across NIHR to develop and coordinate activities. We are looking for someone with a broad perspective of academia, funding, and health related policy. You should be confident interacting with your peers and the external scientific community; able to demonstrate critical thinking, and an ability to influence and build productive relationships. Meticulous project management skills, with the ability to deliver multiple priorities simultaneously, is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Management for the Infrastructure Annual Reporting Programme: project manage the end-to-end delivery of the Infrastructure Annual Reporting cycle, including planning, ensuring input from various teams across NIHR and conducting appropriate team briefings. You will work closely with the Senior Programme Analyst, and Senior Research Manager and Research Manager for monitoring and evaluation in the Infrastructure team, who manage the development of annual reporting templates and the use of submitted data.
• Infrastructure Team Project Management: support the team’s forward business planning and monitoring of progress against milestones; support the budget planning; maintain the team’s SOPs and workflows; and provide project planning and management on ad hoc projects.
• Flexible support to team and community: conduct additional administration tasks and provide a high level of support across the team at peak work times.

Qualifications

Required Criteria:

• A Masters or PhD degree in biomedical or health sciences research (or significant equivalent sector experience)
• Experience in one of the following environments: Major research funding/management environment; Project management within the NHS or HEIs or clinical trial/study coordination or applied health areas; Pharma/biotech; Academic environment
• Experience of project management with excellent planning and organisational skills, able to prioritise and manage multiple tasks, working to challenging targets and deadlines
• Evidence of ability to write reports, SOPs and briefing documents, data analysis skills, demonstrating excellent attention to detail
• Team player with an ability to build effective working relationships

Desirable Criteria:

• Current knowledge of the UK’s health and care research and policy landscape
• Formal project management qualifications
• Experience in the research/grants management
• Experience in stakeholder management within and across multiple organisations

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.

Compensation, Benefits & Working Arrangements:

• Salary: £40,300 to £42,600 pa
• Location: Twickenham, London / Hybrid working model
• Contract Type: Full Time, 12 months fixed term contract
• Working Hours: 7.5 hours per day
• Annual Leave: 25 days, plus UK public holidays

Employee Benefits Include:

• Annual bonus, subject to company performance
• Enhanced Contributory Pension Scheme
• Life Insurance Cover
• Benenden Healthcare Membership
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Season Ticket Loan

NB: We offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, flexible working arrangements. This is an office-based, hybrid role with an expectation for all employees to attend our offices a minimum of 4 days a month, usually worked as 1 day per week, and may increase, subject to team requirements.

To Apply

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.

This is a one year fixed-term contract. Application deadline is 5pm on the 6th October, but early applications are encouraged as interviews will be held on a rolling basis.

If you wish to make an informal enquiry about this post, please contact: [email protected]

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