GRACE Research Programme Manager

About the Role

The GRACE Research Programme Manager will coordinate all phases of this Alzheimer’s Society funded study including co-production and piloting new resources, pilot studies, service planning and implementation. They will set up sites for participant recruitment including those in the NHS, manage Patient and Public Involvement and line manage one or more the GRACE Research Assistants. The post holder will be responsible for liaising with a variety of stakeholders (including people living with dementia, family carers and professionals). The post is based on the Whitechapel Campus at QMUL with occasional travel to research sites across the UK.

About You

We are looking to appoint a Research Programme Manager for GRACE who will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the programme over its duration in collaboration with the PI, Prof Claudia Cooper, Co-PI, Dr Jessica Budgett and other senior members of the team. This is an ideal role for a team player who is looking to transition from a post-doc research role in dementia or a similar progressive condition into research management or someone with a background or interest in dementia and/or intervention studies who has previous experience of research project management.

About the Institute

The Unit of Psychological Medicine, is a part of the Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health. It has a focus on academic discipline, research, the translation of research into public health strategies and their practical implementation – all dedicated to the reduction of disease and disability.

Ranked in the top 10 in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, Queen Mary University of London, is one of the UK's leading research-intensive higher education institutions, delivering world class education and knowledge transfer across a wide range of subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Medicine & Dentistry and Science & Engineering.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

The post is based at the Whitechapel Campus in London. It is full time, fixed term appointment for until 28/02/2030 with an expected start date close to 01/03/2026.

Interviews will be held in person at the Yvonne Carter Building, Whitechapel, London in late January.

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