Project Manager - 24 hours per week

Reports to: Head of Publishing

Salary range: £38,251 – £44,000 pro-rata (£29,143.62 - £33,523.81 actual per annum)

Location: London – EC4Y 8EE (Hybrid)

Contract: Fixed term until 31st August 2026

Working pattern: Part time - 24 hours per week

Job Purpose

As Project Manager for the BSR registers you will ensure the continued success of BSR’s biologics and biosimilars registers and support BSR’s Registers and Research Committee. This role requires someone who is highly organised with a keen eye for detail, strong financial and commercial acumen, and the ability to develop relationships with stakeholders from across a range of different sectors.

About the BSR registers

The BSR registers are a vital source of rheumatology data, which we encourage the rheumatology community to access and analyse for research purposes. BSR’s three active patient registers covering rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis are open for recruitment. Our ankylosing spondylitis register, although closed for recruitment, is available to access for academic research and is contributing data to research questions coming out of the EuroSpA research collaboration.

Main responsibilities

Management of the BSR registers

• Hold overall responsibility for management of the BSR registers including all legal, contractual and financial matters
• Work with BSR’s delivery partners and registers funders to ensure that contracts, protocols and other agreements are implemented, upheld and administered effectively
• With support from the Head of Publishing and Director of Practice and Quality, negotiate, agree and manage contractual agreements with partners and funders
• Proactively and diplomatically manage contractual and legal risks and issues as they arise
• Ensure the rights and obligations of the BSR (including intellectual property rights and patients’ data protection rights) are upheld and met
• Monitor emerging issues and changes to policy and regulatory frameworks that impact BSR registers, ensuring that colleagues and partners receive timely updates and that BSR responds promptly, ethically, and transparently

Relationship management and communications

• Develop and maintain strong and productive relationships with BSR’s delivery partners and funders
• Support the delivery partners to maximise recruitment to the BSR registers
• Oversee and facilitate communications about the registers between BSR, partners, funders and stakeholders
• Develop relationships with relevant stakeholders, including regulatory and oversight bodies
• Collaborate with BSR’s communications team to drive registers awareness and engagement and develop content for social media, website and member communications
• Collaborate with other BSR teams to ensure joined up working, share good practice and evidence

Management of BSR’s Registers and Research Committee

• Provide secretariat to the BSR Registers and Research Committee through organising three meetings per year, preparing agendas and papers, note and minute taking and managing the committee membership, working closely with BSR’s membership team
• Support the Committee to develop and deliver its workplan

Person Specification

1. Experience in a programme or project management role
2. Knowledge of the health care and/or life sciences sectors
3. Strong commercial acumen, with experience of contract and supplier management
4. Budget management and financial reporting skills
5. Experience of managing complex stakeholder relationships, including partnerships
6. Strong organisational skills, with the ability to work under pressure to deliver multiple projects with conflicting deadlines
7. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate, present and build relationships
8. Able to understand and interpret academic research for non-academic audiences

Inclusion and diversity statement

BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation by complying with the Equality Act 2010.

We want a working environment free of all of the above, where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued. To do this, we will proactively tackle discrimination and disadvantage and ensure that no individual or group is directly or indirectly discriminated against for any reason. We expect all BSR employees to champion and live our values through their work at every opportunity.

Our values are:

• Celebratory – we celebrate the achievements in rheumatology
• Inclusive – we support everyone in the rheumatology community
• Sustainable – we work to reduce the impact of our activities on the environment
• Leading – we use our profile to drive change and support those working in the specialty
• Collaborative – we always seek to work with others to have a greater impact

About British Society for Rheumatology

The British Society for Rheumatology is a membership organisation which brings together expertise from across the rheumatology profession, harnessing a wide variety of experience and skills to ensure we are supporting our members to the very best of our combined ability. Involving patients and carers at every step, we aim to ensure that physicians and clinicians are equipped to provide high-quality care.

We’re a small organisation with huge ambitions. If you’re looking for an organisation with a one-team feel where you’ll be able to develop professionally and have the autonomy to run with your ideas, we might be a match for you.

We have a great benefits package, and wellbeing is a key part of our People and Culture strategy. We're a 4.5 day week employer, which means full time is 31.5 hours per week, spread over 5 days. We work in a hybrid way, coming together as a whole staff team once a month, and then deciding at team level when and how to work together most effectively in person.

We’re proud to have won several HR awards, to be a Living Wage accredited employer, and are committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity in our workforce. Our values guide our decision making and our behaviours, and we’ll ask you about these at interview stage.

You can find out more about each of the individuals who make up our staff team as well as read more about our vision, mission and values.

Make sure you've had a read through of our 'How to Apply' page before you submit your application, and that you've added your cover letter into the Personal Summary section.

BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equality and diversity in our workforce. We are actively trying to increase the diversity of our staff team. We try to reduce as many barriers as we can for those with a disability, which you can find out more about here. We welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including those from minoritised communities, and those with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.