Public Involvement Manager
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Job overview
Are you passionate about involving the public in shaping medical research? The NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is looking for an experienced Public Involvement Manager to lead and deliver our patient and public involvement (PPI) efforts.
What We're Looking For:
- Experience in public involvement or patient engagement, ideally in research or healthcare.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Strategic thinking with the ability to translate vision into action.
- Excellent communication skills to engage with researchers, public contributors, and stakeholders.
This role offers the opportunity to lead meaningful change in medical research. If you're ready to make a difference, apply today!
Main duties of the job
About the Role: As Public Involvement Manager, you'll not only lead a dedicated team but also directly participate in PPI activities across our research projects. You'll develop and implement strategies that ensure our research reflects public needs and insights, making a real impact on public health.
Working for our organisation
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacanc...
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
What We're Looking For:
- Experience in public involvement or patient engagement, ideally in research or healthcare.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Strategic thinking with the ability to translate vision into action.
- Excellent communication skills to engage with researchers, public contributors, and stakeholders.
This role offers the opportunity to lead meaningful change in medical research. If you're ready to make a difference, apply today!
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in relevant area/Project management qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 2 years' experience of team management
- Experience of public or community engagement
- Coordinating events, conferences and activities
- Experience building community networks or 'social capital'
- Experience of HR practices in a large and complex organisation
- Experience of financial processes in a large and complex organisation
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent leadership, communication & interpersonal skills
- Evidence of having led a team effectively
Skills
Essential criteria
- Understanding of public involvement and engagement in the NIHR
Additional Information
Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.
UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.
The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month's payment.
The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.
COVID 19 Risk Assessment
Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.
The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.
If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavor to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.
Covid Vaccination Status
Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.
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Documents to download
- Job Description (PDF, 640.5KB)
- Person Specification (PDF, 416.6KB)
- Understanding your right to work in the UK (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Employee Benefits (PDF, 578.5KB)