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Programme Director - Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind

Medical Research Council - Biological Sciences

Location: Work from home
Salary: £75,055 p.a. pro rata
Hours: Part Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 6th March 2023
Closes: 5th May 2023
Job Ref: 23000091
 

Secondment (host employer will be remunerated), 23 months

Part-time (1 day a week)

Travel and subsistence expenses (including family care costs) reimbursed

Based at Polaris House, Swindon. Hybrid/ remote working options available

The £35m UKRI research programme in Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind (AMHDM), is an integrated multi-disciplinary approach to better understand the developing adolescent mind, accelerate innovation in policy and practice, and generate evidence-based solutions for changing models of mental health provision and the education environment for adolescents.

Adolescence is a critical, poorly understood period in the life course, when the brain is highly sensitive to external influences, and a young person’s interaction with his/her social and cultural environment is also changing rapidly in the transition to adulthood. This programme has been established to help provide a better understanding of how genetic, physiological, psychological, social and cultural factors across development shape the adolescent mind, and how they interact to influence, both positively and negatively, lifelong mental health, educational attainment, identity, social relationships and behaviour.

About the Role

As Programme Director, you would drive the programme forward and specifically lead the latter stage community building and stakeholder engagement aspects of the programme to ensure that research evidence is translated into policy and practice. You will also explore options for longer term sustainability of the programme or elements within it. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual to ensure its successful implementation and maximise the delivery of research excellence and real-world impact.

You will need:

  • Leadership skills, with the ability to demonstrate credibility within a field(s) relevant to mental health and/or the developing mind/brain through personal leadership or portfolio management of a significant programme of research.
  • Practical experience in facilitating multi/interdisciplinary working.
  • To demonstrate you can act as a figurehead for the programme in Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind
  • To demonstrate achievement through networking internationally with research partners and stakeholders
  • The ability to form good working relationships and influence others both within a team and at a range of different levels internally and externally

If successful in this role, you will remain an employed by your current contractual organisation, and your time at UKRI will be on a secondment basis. At the point of offer a tripartite agreement will be created to reflect the terms of the secondment.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our organisation. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

How to apply

Applicants are required to provide a CV and include a cover letter providing evidence of how they meet the criteria described.

To apply, and for further details on the role, please visit our job board: Programme Director – Adolescence, Mental Health and the Developing Mind - Careers Portal Careers

The closing date for applications is 5th May 2023

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