RSS Senior Research Projects and Partnerships Advisor

at  University of Leicester Recruitment Team

ABOUT YOU

To be the ideal candidate , you will have extensive and demonstrable expertise and experience in supporting a wide variety of health and social care research designs. You will also be highly organised and an exceptional communicator, with knowledge of the National Institute for Health and Care Research and other national funders of health and social care research. We are looking for an individual who has strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills as well as proven decision making and problem-solving skills, including ability to initiate actions to improve functions and services.

You will work alongside senior colleagues to plan and deliver an exceptional national service in support of research design and delivery. Your role will include the management of project support to prospective and accepted clients of the NIHR Research Support Service Hub delivered by University of Leicester and Partners. Drawing on your extensive track record of designing and delivering high-quality research and knowledge of a wide range of research methods and approaches, you will act as key interface between researchers using the service and advisors across the partnership. You will give research advice, facilitate the formation of bespoke advice teams, and bring together methodologists and other advisors from across the partnership, as necessary. In working with clients, you will make decisions based on advisor expertise, experience, workload and available budget.
This role is expected to be remote working but attendance for meetings and workshops on campus will be a requirement.
The University of Leicester prides itself on the diversity of its student population and on being an inclusive employer. We encourage applications from candidates who represent the diversity of our student population, local communities and wider society. In particular, we welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, as this is a staff group currently underrepresented in the University.’