Process Development and Digital Training Fellow (Centre) - Department of Im

at  University of Birmingham

POSITION DETAILS

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health
Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK
Full time starting salary is normally in the range £46,485 to £55,295 with potential progression once in post to £62,098
Grade: 8
Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to March 2026
Closing date: 12th February 2025

ROLE SUMMARY

The post holder will work collaboratively to produce and deliver process development training and outreach programmes to support future medicines such as cell and gene therapies, biopharmaceuticals and vaccines. They will be responsible for building training protocols and delivery of training using hands on methods and digital tools including VR/AR, supporting educators, industry and NHS. They will train diverse cohorts of learners spanning the entire careers pipeline for industry, academia and NHS, sharing best practice with our external partners.
This role is based within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences and plays a vital role in developing and delivering innovative process development training, assessment and outreach approaches for a University Centre working in a UK consortium.
The post holder will possess an understanding of dynamic training needs for diverse learner groups, as well as strong interest in developing new ways of thinking in training delivery and training data analysis, to enable growth of the medicines manufacturing workforce and NHS. They will work with a nationwide consortium across the project, lead on digital strategies for inclusive and accessible learning, and make a major contribution to strategic discussions around digital transformation in education.
The post holder will work on their own initiative and exercise a high level of judgement, skill and understanding to conceive, develop and implement long-term improvements to service delivery and effective ways of working within their areas of responsibility.

MAIN DUTIES

• Deliver training to a range of target audiences including NHS staff, industry and life sciences students.
• Maintain and update content for existing courses run at our National Training Centre.
• Be the Centre lead and contribute to a national strategy for digital course delivery using VR/MR and online tools.
• Work closely with the project team to develop content for future training courses.
• Manage training-related administrative processes, including registration and onboarding of trainees, ensuring they are robust, flexible and operate effectively, interfacing with colleagues within the University, and external.
• Manage a bank of training materials, ensuring that access is granted in line with project terms.
• Act as principal point of contact and maintain relationships with affiliate members and partners involved in training delivery.
• Deliver training content to targeted groups of 10 – 25 and prepare findings for publication, seminars etc.
• Collect performance data; this may be through a variety of research methods, such as participant questionnaire review, and research interviews.
• Analyse and interpret feedback from training sessions to further develop and improve content.
• Oversee students/trainees on the training programme and provide guidance where appropriate to the content being delivered.
• Contribute to developing new teaching platforms, content, and methods.
• Present National Training Centre outputs, including drafting academic publications or parts thereof, for example at seminars and as posters.
• Independently troubleshoot problems that may affect the achievement of the Centre objectives and deadlines, with support from senior colleagues where appropriate.
• Promote equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.
• Have an understanding of how the Centre engages with existing and new Industrial Partners to enable a broad range of knowledge transfer events, training and projects to be run; from training programmes, to outreach, to engagement with industry, academia and clinical affiliates and delivery partners.
• Liaise with providers of manufacturing platforms central to ATMP production, developing training content to support professional training programmes.
• Act as a main point of contact and maintain relationships with key industry stakeholders.