Project and PPIE Manager (0.6 - 1.0 FTE)

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

The Department of Health Services Research and Policy (HSRP) is seeking to appoint a highly motivated Project and PPIE Manager. The successful candidate will work with Principal Investigators (PI) leading major NIHR funded projects. These projects are of strong policy-relevance, they make use of routine NHS data, they draw on large networks of collaboration in the UK, they intend to find effective and cost-effectiveness of ways to improve the quality of care, and have strong patient and public involvement (PPI) embedded throughout each project. The portfolio of work will include a £2 million NIHR funded study called TACTIC https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR168433 which aims to reduce waiting times for curative cancer treatments. The study is led by LSHTM in close collaboration with the THIS Institute in Cambridge.

Key elements of this role include:

• Working closely with the PIs who are leading health economists, and with other senior staff 
• Providing expert project management support to academic staff 
• Managing contractual and budgetary relationships with the funder and collaborators
• Drafting annual and other progress reports required by the funder with the support of academic staff

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent, or have extensive relevant experience, along with experience of leading and facilitating PPIE activities on research grants and providing high-level administrative support in a Higher Education environment.

The post is available full-time or part-time, 21 - 35 hours per week, 0.6 – 1.0 FTE and fixed term until 31 October 2028. The post is funded by the NIHR and is available from 01 July 2026. Core responsibilities, including the management of complex projects and work on PPIE, will be required regardless of FTE. The number of projects assigned will be adjusted in line with the agreed working hours.

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £45,728 - £51,872 per annum pro rata (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.

Applications should be made by clicking the 'Apply' button above. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk. Please quote reference PHP-HSRP-2026-08. 

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

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