Health and Care Specialties Manager

Do you want to be part of a national network supporting the delivery of health and care research across England?  Are you an experienced Project Manager ? Can you support coordinators, officers and assistants to deliver high quality events to promote research activity? Do you have a creative flexible approach to work?

You will be responsible for managing the engagement activities with the National and Local Specialty Leads. Working with various external stakeholders, undertaking projects to enhance specialty engagement, developing communications materials, running meetings and events,including agenda setting and action management, and responding to queries, including those from DHSC. Managing the coordinators and administrators, working with the Health and Care  Specialty Managers to allocate work as appropriate. 

You will work collaboratively with colleagues within the RDNCC, wider RDN and across the NIHR and liaise with other stakeholders as required. You will support the operational delivery of organisational change, providing mutual support to colleagues and will be positive and flexible in the way you approach your work and manage your direct reports.

This role will be based in the RDNCC office on Queen Street, Leeds. We work in a hybrid way with an expectation that all RDNCC staff spend at least 40% of their time in the office. We are also open to discussing other flexible working arrangements. 

Salary Requirements of the Skilled Worker Visa Route

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance– the University contributes 14.5% of salary
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• All Faculty of Medicine and Health staff are entitled to ten days staff development per year (pro rata). Please speak to your line manager about how you can utilise these.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

If you are looking for a role that will support research development and progress in a wide variety of clinical specialties , and give you the opportunity to work alongside enthusiastic and supportive colleagues

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: 

Louise Atherton, Head of Health and Care Specialties 

louise.atherton@nihr.ac.uk

Application process

As part of the RDNCC’s commitment to inclusion and equity of opportunity, our shortlisting stage is undertaken with names removed from job applications. Please do not include identifiable information in uploaded documents, file names or free text fields (e.g., names, photos, contact details) other than those specifically requested in the personal details section of the application form.

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