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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Research Partnerships Manager to  join the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Great Ormond Street Hospital  Biomedical Research Centre (GOSH BRC). 

The NIHR’s 20 Biomedical Research Centres  are collaborations between world leading universities and NHS organisations that bring together academics and clinicians to  translate scientific breakthroughs into potential new treatments, diagnostics, and medical  technologies. The GOSH BRC is a partnership between Great Ormond Street Hospital and 
the University College London (UCL) Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH)  which aims to provide new therapies for children with rare and complex diseases. 

The Research Partnerships Manager will be a key member of the BRC core management  team. You will work closely with the BRC, GOSH, ICH, GOSH charity and our partner  children’s hospitals (Alder Hey, Birmingham and Sheffield), to support the development and  management of effective research partnerships, and to understand and support the delivery 
of their research strategies. 

Main duties of the job

You will develop a detailed knowledge of the range of expertise available from researchers within the BRC and key partners and seek opportunities to build the translational strengths of  these groups by facilitating the sharing of knowledge, expertise, skills and best practice. You  will seek out relevant funding opportunities for partners to collaborate on and provide project  management support for strategic funding applications. 

You will act as a first point of contact and repository of knowledge to signpost partners to  opportunities within the BRC and GOSH/ICH for support with career development,  commercial/IP management, PPIE, communications and EDI questions.

Finally, you will plan and deliver events that support networking, knowledge exchange and  policy development between the partners, the wider paediatric translational research  community, and key stakeholders. This will include workshops to consider research priorities  and a national paediatric translational research conference.

Working for our organisation

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.