Health and Care Specialties Manager

Location: Leeds - City Centre

Contract type: Ongoing

The University of Leeds has been chosen by the UK government to lead the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Delivery Network Coordinating Centre (RDNCC), and will be joined by 12 new Regional Research Delivery Networks (RRDNs) hosted by NHS organisations across the country to form the NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN). The new NIHR RDN will operate as one unified organisation across England, balancing regional context, expertise and leadership with national coordination and strategy involving government policymakers. The RDNCC will work across England’s health and care system, with staff in all settings, to support the effective and efficient initiation and delivery of research.

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 Settings Managers to allocate work as appropriate.

You will work collaboratively with colleagues within the RDNCC and, as required, across the RDN and the University of Leeds, and with external stakeholders in a host of settings. You will support the operational delivery of the organisation-wide shift in ways of working and culture that is required to ensure the network functions as a single organisation with a shared purpose and vision across England, as well as mutually supporting colleagues and managing your own team through the period of transformation and beyond.

This role requires national travel.

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.

For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent 

Contact Information

To explore this post further or for any queries, please contact:

Karina Mahiouz, Health & Care Specialties Programme Lead

Email: karina.mahiouz@nihr.ac.uk

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