Research Project Manager

Campus / location: Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital

About us:

The School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences has attracted multi-million pound research funding and collaborates with other universities and Faculties within KCL, the NHS, charitable trusts and foundations, international Universities and industry.

The post holder will work most closely with the directors of the EPSRC funded programme grant and support academic and research staff and their academic collaborators in other institutions, hospitals and industry conducting this funded research and delivering outcomes that have real-world, life-improving impacts.

About the role:

This post will support an EPSRC Programme Grant with 15 co-investigators in a range of disciplines related to development of PET imaging strategies for the development of nanomaterials for therapeutic and diagnostic applications, including clinical translation to benefit patients. The Programme is mainly hosted by the Research Department of Imaging Chemistry and Biology within the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London (KCL), with major additional contributions from colleagues at Queen Mary University of London and University of Leeds, as well as other Departments within KCL.

About you:
(the candidate)

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills & experience:

Essential criteria

1. Degree, HND, NVQ 4 qualified or equivalent in relevant subject/relevant formal training, plus relevant experience in similar or related roles
2. Experience of managing multi-stakeholder projects
3. Excellent communication (written and oral) & interpersonal skills
4. Excellent IT skills in email, spreadsheets, word processing, databases and the Internet
5. Experience of working without supervision and taking responsibility for setting & meeting targets; to manage own workload and display good organisational ability
6. Ability to negotiate with multiple parties and achieve desired outcomes
7. Experience of working in a higher education or NHS environment
8. Experience of handling confidential information and communications in a sensitive & effective manner in accordance with current Data Protection legislation

Desirable criteria

1. Professional project management qualification (e.g. Prince2)
2. PhD in science / health-related subject
3. Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities
4. Experience of industry/capital/research funding schemes
5. Experience of grant writing and scientific writing
6. Understanding and experience of clinical research ethics and applications

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

Interviews are due to be held: TBC

We are / are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and/or Occupational Health clearances.

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