Research Monitoring and Evaluation Manager at National Institute for Health and Care Research

We are looking for a ideally dynamic and experienced manager to support the monitoring, evaluation and learning activities of a high-profile National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) portfolio of clinical and applied health research infrastructure funding schemes. 

The NIHR is funded through the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and was established to create a health research system in which the NHS supports outstanding individuals, working in world-class facilities, conducting leading-edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public.

Job Purpose:

Reporting to the Senior Research Manager – Monitoring and Evaluation within the Infrastructure team, the post holder will support the development and implementation of strategies and solutions to embed new approaches to award level data, monitoring and reporting across the research infrastructure portfolio, and also to implement scheme level monitoring, evaluation and learning approaches, including impact evaluation. 

We are looking for someone that will be able to deal with an array of data sources (metrics, narrative and financial reporting information), have a basic understanding of research impact, and a broad perspective of academia, funding and project management. You will work closely with the rest of the Infrastructure team, as well as the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning team. You will liaise with internal and external stakeholders, so you should be confident interacting with your peers and the external scientific community and able to demonstrate critical thinking. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the annual monitoring process
• Support the review and implementation of a new approach to monitoring and annual reporting
• Analysis of reporting outputs 
• Flexible support to the team

Required Criteria:

• A Masters or PhD degree in biomedical or health sciences research (or significant equivalent sector experience)
• Understanding of the processes that might be involved in the monitoring of awards and evaluation of programmes
• Experience of working in one of the following environments:
  • Major research funding/management environment
  • Research management within the NHS or HEIs or clinical trial/study coordination or applied health areas
  • Pharma/biotech 
  • Academic environment

• Planning and organisational skills, able to prioritise and manage multiple tasks, working to challenging targets and deadlines

• Evidence of ability to write reports, data analysis skills, demonstrating excellent attention to detail

• Team player with an ability to build effective working relationships

Desirable Criteria:

• Current knowledge of the UK’s health and care research and policy landscape
• Experience in the research/grants management and/or monitoring and evaluation of research
• Experience in stakeholder management within and across multiple organisations

Contract length:

The role is advertised for a 12 month period in the first instance but there might be the possibility to become permanent at a later date.

To Apply:

Please submit your CV along with a covering letter (max 2 pages) which clearly demonstrates your experience against the required criteria.

If you wish to make an informal enquiry about this post, please contact: carl.sanassy@nihr.ac.uk.