Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Coordinator (Part Time, Fixed Term)

Department/Location: Department of Psychiatry

This is an exciting new post within the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge. It will provide the post-holder the opportunity to coordinate a PPIE work package within the TIMELY research programme, at the Department of Psychiatry. 

The TIMELY Team is working to build clinically useful digital tools to predict mental health problems in children and young people and support prevention pathways (https://timely.org.uk/). 

PPIE is a crucial package of work for this programme. Including initiatives involving Children and Young People (CYP), parents, carers and guardians. This post will be responsible for working across the programme in a PPIE capacity, to coordinate and support the delivery of PPIE plans delivering to each of the key facets of TIMELY (data curation and federation, digital tools and AI, care pathway design and ethics). 

TIMELY has established a PPIE community in partnership with Anna Freud- https://ca-ring.co.uk/. This role will be responsible for coordinating and fulfilling day-to-day operational activities of the PPIE community, under supervision of their line manager. Such as operational improvements, external researcher access, recruitment drives, communications and engagement.

The PPIE coordinator will work to deliver existing work package plans, report on progress, and raise any necessary escalations. 

The post holder will be responsible to the Digital Research Project Manager and accountable to the Principal Investigator for TIMELY. 

The work will involve engaging with activities supported by numerous funders and partners including, Mental Health Mission, Data Mind, UKRI. 

Funds for this post are available for 12-months. There is a possibility for extension after this date pending future funding approval. 

For further details of the post  and the application process, please read the further particulars. 

Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to Jessica Hunt, Digital Research Project Manager at jy549@cam.ac.uk 

If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact Simon Gurry, HR Coordinator at hradminpsychiatry@medschl.cam.ac.uk 

Deadline for applications is 4th April 2025, with interview to be confirmed. 

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 1 years in the first instance. 

Part Time 21.9 hours per week 0.6 FTE,   Fixed Term 12 months  with possibility to extend. 

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click on the apply button above.

Please ensure that you outline how you match the criteria for the post and why you are applying for this role on the online application form. 

Please include details of your referees, including email address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager. 

Please quote reference RN45314 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy. 

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society. 

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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