Job summary
Are
you interested in assessing, evidencing, and communicating the impact of NIHRs
investment in research awards and capacity development?
The
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is seeking a friendly,
organised, and conscientious Senior Impact Officer to join their growing team.
The successful candidate will undertake a range of
impact related activities, and will be comfortable working across various tasks
at any one time. They will support managers with evaluations and impact
assessments of NIHR schemes and programmes and to develop impact products.
Please note NIHR will be closed on the upcoming bank holidays. Due to the festive period, you may not receive a response from the vacancy contact until the second week of January.
Main duties of the job
- Be
responsible for identification and production of impact case studies, impact
portfolio of NIHR Academy schemes and programmes;
- Support
the management and development of impact assessment methods and logic models
for the NIHR Academy programmes;
- Write
reports and working draft papers as required;
- Assist
in providing timely responses to various information requests, including
parliamentary questions. This involves researching and reporting on research
outputs;
- Be
responsible for providing administrative support to Impact Managers and
Assistant Director of the Evaluation, Business Intelligence and Impact Team.
- Be
prepared to travel within the UK for the attendance of meetings and
conferences.
About us
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).
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Supporting
Impact development and management
- Responsible
for developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure that robust and
effective administrative processes are used; Prepare draft guidance for
Impact assessment pathways for programmes and awards;
- Undertake
defined research and evaluation into NIHR Academy supported programmes as
required;
- Responsibility
for tracking and classification of applications;
- Responsibility
for production of draft case studies, impact portfolio of NIHR Academy
schemes and programmes;
- Support
Impact managers liaise with external stakeholders and other funders to
monitor and track progression of NIHR Academy award holders.
- The
post holder will be required to assist the impact manager to manage change in
response to external events and new policies; this may require the
reformulation and adjustment of plans and strategies to ensure that the
impact assessments for programmes and projects in the post holders portfolio
remain fit for purpose;
- Support
the management and development of impact assessment methods for the portfolio
of NIHR Academy programmes;
- Assist
Impact Managers in planning the annual cycle and timing of Impact reports and
assessments in the post holders area of responsibility;
- Writing
reports and working draft papers as required; and
Communications
and Engagement
The
post holder will:
- Liaise
with queries and occasional complaints about career tracking and impact
assessments by telephone, email, and in person, escalating unresolved queries
to the impact manager and assistant director as necessary
- Publicise
NIHR Academy activities through attendance at some external meetings,
seminars and conferences
- Communicate
and work with a range of people nationally at all levels of seniority both
internal and external to the NIHR Academy, in line with DHSC policies
- Develop
and maintain strong and positive working relationships within Higher
Education Institutions (HEIs), NHS Trusts and other health-related
organisations
- Work
closely with the wider NIHR Academy Evaluation and Impact team to ensure that
they have sufficient Impact information to be able to respond quickly to
Information Requests, Parliamentary questions and long term Analysis. This
involves researching and reporting on research outputs
- Liaise
with members of the NIHR Academy Executive Senior Management Team and Awards
Managers, and University Hospital of Leeds NHS Trust staff, in order to meet
responsibilities and undertake duties effectively
General
Administrative support
- Responsible
for providing administrative support to Impact Managers and Assistant
Director of the Evaluation and Impact Team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Supporting
Impact development and management
- Responsible
for developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure that robust and
effective administrative processes are used; Prepare draft guidance for
Impact assessment pathways for programmes and awards;
- Undertake
defined research and evaluation into NIHR Academy supported programmes as
required;
- Responsibility
for tracking and classification of applications;
- Responsibility
for production of draft case studies, impact portfolio of NIHR Academy
schemes and programmes;
- Support
Impact managers liaise with external stakeholders and other funders to
monitor and track progression of NIHR Academy award holders.
- The
post holder will be required to assist the impact manager to manage change in
response to external events and new policies; this may require the
reformulation and adjustment of plans and strategies to ensure that the
impact assessments for programmes and projects in the post holders portfolio
remain fit for purpose;
- Support
the management and development of impact assessment methods for the portfolio
of NIHR Academy programmes;
- Assist
Impact Managers in planning the annual cycle and timing of Impact reports and
assessments in the post holders area of responsibility;
- Writing
reports and working draft papers as required; and
Communications
and Engagement
The
post holder will:
- Liaise
with queries and occasional complaints about career tracking and impact
assessments by telephone, email, and in person, escalating unresolved queries
to the impact manager and assistant director as necessary
- Publicise
NIHR Academy activities through attendance at some external meetings,
seminars and conferences
- Communicate
and work with a range of people nationally at all levels of seniority both
internal and external to the NIHR Academy, in line with DHSC policies
- Develop
and maintain strong and positive working relationships within Higher
Education Institutions (HEIs), NHS Trusts and other health-related
organisations
- Work
closely with the wider NIHR Academy Evaluation and Impact team to ensure that
they have sufficient Impact information to be able to respond quickly to
Information Requests, Parliamentary questions and long term Analysis. This
involves researching and reporting on research outputs
- Liaise
with members of the NIHR Academy Executive Senior Management Team and Awards
Managers, and University Hospital of Leeds NHS Trust staff, in order to meet
responsibilities and undertake duties effectively
General
Administrative support
- Responsible
for providing administrative support to Impact Managers and Assistant
Director of the Evaluation and Impact Team.
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively as an advocate for health services research and development
- Advanced level oral and written communication skills
- Confident and comfortable when communicating to others and dealing with sensitive issues
- Ability to work flexibly as part of a team, building and maintaining good working relationships
- Effective liaison skills with the ability to deal tactfully with colleagues, senior academics, NHS managers, members of the public and various stake holders
- Assimilate information quickly, and apply knowledge quickly and effectively to new problems
- Ability to tackle complex problems, identify solutions and implement them
- Deliver work on time, to anticipate fresh demands
- Identifying opportunities and approaches to achieve goals and improve results
- Ability to plan and organise a broad range of new and ongoing activities
- Ability to prepare information and impact summaries for various audiences to often short deadlines
- A willingness to work across discipline boundaries
- Advanced working knowledge of word processing, databases, spreadsheets
Desirable
- Experience of contributing to reports/papers
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in a social science, health science, mathematics or other relevant research methodology discipline
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of research and/or research management or demonstrable experience within a senior administrative post
- An understanding of public sector health research and its management
- An understanding of research impact assessment methods
- An understanding of quantitative and qualitative methods and data analysis
- Understanding of data protection, FOI and information management
Desirable
- Experience of evaluation, research or impact assessment
- An understanding of health research capacity development
- An interest in health research
- Statistical knowledge
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively as an advocate for health services research and development
- Advanced level oral and written communication skills
- Confident and comfortable when communicating to others and dealing with sensitive issues
- Ability to work flexibly as part of a team, building and maintaining good working relationships
- Effective liaison skills with the ability to deal tactfully with colleagues, senior academics, NHS managers, members of the public and various stake holders
- Assimilate information quickly, and apply knowledge quickly and effectively to new problems
- Ability to tackle complex problems, identify solutions and implement them
- Deliver work on time, to anticipate fresh demands
- Identifying opportunities and approaches to achieve goals and improve results
- Ability to plan and organise a broad range of new and ongoing activities
- Ability to prepare information and impact summaries for various audiences to often short deadlines
- A willingness to work across discipline boundaries
- Advanced working knowledge of word processing, databases, spreadsheets
Desirable
- Experience of contributing to reports/papers
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in a social science, health science, mathematics or other relevant research methodology discipline
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of research and/or research management or demonstrable experience within a senior administrative post
- An understanding of public sector health research and its management
- An understanding of research impact assessment methods
- An understanding of quantitative and qualitative methods and data analysis
- Understanding of data protection, FOI and information management
Desirable
- Experience of evaluation, research or impact assessment
- An understanding of health research capacity development
- An interest in health research
- Statistical knowledge
