Senior Research and Innovation Project Manager

We are seeking to recruit a Senior Research and Innovation Project Manager to lead on developing a shared approach to research across 11 children’s hospitals, for the Children’s Hospital Alliance.The role is an excellent opportunity for a research manager who is interested in working at national scale to strengthen research collaborations and build capability in paediatrics. The post holder will work with senior researchers and Trust leaders from a wide range of organisations and specialties, as well as engaging with the national organisations and research councils.The post holder will be part of a small, close-knit PMO team in the Children’s Hospital Alliance, and will sit within the well-established research community at Alder Hey. Geographically, the post is very flexible as the CHA team covers the whole country.RoleThe role will be hosted by Alder Hey but will work with Directors of Research and Innovation, and individual researchers, across the 11 Trusts. The Project Manager will take forward work in three main areas: Developing research capacity across the Trusts. The postholder will help Trusts to benchmark their research capacity; work with Trusts to support internal cases for research resources; and explore ways that the Trusts can work together to improve e.g. research education and developing a pipeline of researchers in paediatrics. Develop collaborative research opportunities. The postholder will identify opportunities for the Trusts to work together in collaborative grant bids, with the aim of bringing in significant additional grant funding. Act on priority setting for research in paediatrics, including with patients. The CHA has reviewed previous priority setting partnerships to identify common themes that are the highest priorities for patients. We will be seeking to work together to address at least one of these high priority areas. Advocate for children’s research at a national level including working with NIHR and similar bodies to raise the importance of children’s research.Inform the development of a Secure Data Environment for children’s data, which can be used to strengthen research into rare diseases and prevention of childhood illness.Alder Hey is a key centre for children’s health research with the goal of giving all children and young people the opportunity to participate in, and benefit from, clinical research. The Clinical Research Division work with our clinicians, academia and industry to invent, develop and test new treatments for children and young people.Our patients benefit enormously from research, with breakthroughs enabling prevention of ill-health, earlier diagnosis, more effective treatments, better outcomes and faster recovery. Recruiting more children to research studies than any other centre in the UK; housing one of a select group of paediatric Clinical Research Facilities; research active across all clinical divisions; and based in our dedicated Research and Innovation centre, Alder Hey is well on the way to meeting our ambition to be a recognised world leader.The Children’s Hospital Alliance is a member-funded group of 13 of the largest specialist children’s hospitals nationally. We work together on a wide range of issues, from advocacy on behalf of children and young people at national level, to operational collaboration around clinical services.Over the last 2 years we have started to work together on research, bringing together the wide community of researchers in our member Trusts. One of our top priorities is to support each other in building research capabilities in children’s services, developing a stronger national focus on children’s research.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jason Taylor Job title: General Manager Email address: jason.p.taylor@alderhey.nhs.ukFor information about Alder Hey, please contact Jason Taylor - jason.p.taylor@alderhey.nhs.ukFor information about the Children's Hospital Alliance, please contact Alexandra Norrish - alexandra.norrish1@nhs.net