Impact Lead (NIHR) (XN08)

Job summary

Expected Shortlisting Date:

20/01/2025

Planned Interview Date:

28/01/2025

NIHR funds health and care research that saves peoples lives. Help us showcase the impact of our research to policy makers, the public and health and care staff through this exciting new role.

We are seeking a dynamic, self-motivated and passionate person with experience overseeing and developing an organisation's Impact and Insight function.

Do you have experience working systematically, with a range of stakeholders, to ensure that high quality results are delivered on time?

Are you able to clearly articulate the impact of research to a wide range of stakeholders?

Do you have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills?

Would you like to lead a committed, driven, and professional team delivering evidence based evaluations?

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate how they meet the essential criteria of the person specification. If you do believe that you meet these criteria and have an interest supporting change and understanding how research can improve people's lives and benefit health and social care, then please do apply.

Main duties of the job

Working within a small friendly team, you will support the Assistant Director oversee a team performing a variety of Impact and insight tasks.

These include overseeing and providing leadership for evaluations and impact assessments of the schemes and programmes that form part of the NIHR Academys portfolio, representing NIHR Academy in various impact boards with senior colleagues and stakeholders etc.

The role requires working closely with impact colleagues across NIHR coordinating centres and the wider funding landscape to deliver evidence based evaluations demonstrating the difference NIHR has in both the UK and global setting.

Job responsibilities

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has a mission to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. The NIHR plays a pivotal role in attracting, training and supporting the best researchers and complements the additional NIHR investment in world-class research facilities and a skilled research workforce.

This role is hosted by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) and delivers the work of the NIHR, leading on policy, strategy and delivery in respect of academic training in England and working closely with other NIHR centres and the Science Research and Evidence (SRE) Directorate at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

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