Senior Research Engagement and Involvement Manager (Fixed Term)

Everyone wants safe and high-quality healthcare. At THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute), we believe efforts to improve care should always be based on the highest quality evidence. We bring together healthcare staff, patients, policymakers, and academics to provide clarity on what works in improving healthcare, what doesn't and why.

The Senior Research Engagement and Involvement Manager will provide specialist expertise and leadership on all aspects of research engagement and involvement. You will help us to address the real concerns of patients and healthcare staff by bringing people together to understand problems, create shared visions, co-design solutions, and evaluate them.

You will work closely with THIS Institute's research team and a network of external collaborators to design and deliver creative, accessible, and respectful research engagement and involvement activities. You will play a lead role in embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion best practices into our communications, engagement, and involvement activities. And you will manage a small team responsible for delivering the institute's events programme and arts-based engagement activities.

We are looking for a strategic thinker who can grasp complex academic ideas and communicate effectively. You will have experience and knowledge of research engagement and involvement policies, practices, and evaluation methodologies. You will also have experience in building strategic partnerships with individuals, communities, and organisations to deliver organisational objectives.

The funding for this post is available until 31 March 2027. 

The position is full-time, part-time applications will be considered for a minimum of 0.8 FTE. 

The post holder will be based at the University of Cambridge, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN (approximately 2 miles south of the city centre) with the option of hybrid working.

Informal enquiries can be made to Danielle Doyle via danielle.doyle@thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk 

Interview date: 1 March 2023 

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter and a CV in the Upload section of the online application. The covering letter should outline how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Please include details of your referees, including email address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager.

Please quote reference RH35059 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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