Project Manager - NIHR

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. https://www.nihr.ac.uk/explore-nihr/support/research-infrastructure.htm

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Job Description

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 & Experience

Required Criteria:

• A Masters or PhD degree in biomedical or health sciences research (or significant equivalent sector experience)
• Some experience of working 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

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

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.

Application deadline is 5pm on 6th October, but early applications are encouraged as interviews will be held on a rolling basis.