Operations Lead

Description:

We have a genuine commitment to equality of opportunity for our staff and students. Equality, diversity and inclusion is fundamental to the success of The University of Manchester and is at the heart of all of our activities.

The NIHR GM Patient Safety Research Centre Greater seeks a full-time Operations Lead from 1st April 2023. Funding is available to undertake this post on a full-time basis, but job-share or part-time working applications would be welcome.

The University Principal Investigator and Director is Professor Darren Ashcroft. This post will be appointed in the PSRC under the line management of Karen Goodson.

The PSRC Operations Lead will take overall responsibility for the organisation and operational oversight of the PSRC, ensuring effective organisation, functioning and communication between the partners who successfully secured NIHR funding, namely the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) NHS Foundation Trust, and the Universities of Manchester, Leicester and Nottingham.

Purpose of role

The key purpose of this post is to provide high quality project management for the relevant PSTRC Greater Manchester projects, ensuring delivery of projects in a timely and rigorous fashion and to a strict timetable and budget. This will involve extensive liaison with the project team and collaborators.

The person

You will:

• Be experienced in working in or with academic and research organisations at a senior level;
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Be a team player who is responsive, efficient, highly motivated and possesses effective presentation and negotiation skills and has the credibility to represent the PSRC to external partners and stakeholders;
• Have experience of writing reports/and or academic papers;
• Have relevant previous managerial and administrative experience inclusive of budgeting and business finance experience, and all aspects of general staff management;
• Have experience in developing relevant organisational and administration structures;
• Have a proactive approach, with excellent organisational skills and project management skills, preferably with PRINCE2 and/or MSP Practitioner or industry equivalent.
• Have the ability to prioritise and balance workloads, deliver results and meet targets under pressure.