Senior Research Governance Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Leading on any aspects of research governance for research carried out at Marie Curie and to be responsible for embedding and refining the relevant policies and processes.
• Ensuring that all research carried out within Marie Curie is done in accordance with the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research, following the recently approved Marie Curie Research Governance Policy.
• Working closely with the research leads and fellows / medical directors / service leads within Marie Curie hospices and community services to provide specialist advice in relation to research governance.
• Providing proactive research governance support to researchers and clinicians at all stages of the research process, in hospices with or without research lead / fellow and other services.
• Maintaining an up-to-date central research register for all research projects carried out within Marie Curie services.
• Working in partnership with other interested organisations to support the development of a community of practice for research at hospices and other people services.

Key Criteria:

• Significant experience in undertaking clinical research governance.
• In depth practical working knowledge of the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research gained through training and significant experience in governance posts.
• Substantial experience of devising, introducing, implementing, developing and reviewing research governance compliance practice across a complex organisation.
• Extensive experience of leading and delivering projects and implementing outputs across an organisation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including facilitation and presentation skills.
• Extensive data analysis and interpretation skills with high level of attention to detail
• Prioritisation skills and demonstrable capacity to prioritise problems and develop actions to address these and work to deadlines.

Application & Interview Process

• As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV and covering letter. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.
• Close date for applications: Sunday 13 October 2024

Salary:£43,250-48,048 per annum (pro rata, 0.5FTE)

Contract:Permanent, part-time (0.5FTE)

Based:This role is predominantly home-based and can be based anywhere within the UK.

Benefits youll LOVE:

• Flexible working.Were happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.
• 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
• Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
• Continuous professional development opportunities.
• Industry-leading training programmes
• Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
• Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
• Access to Blue Light Card membership
• Subsidised Eye Care

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We're happy to accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments. Please email any requests torecruitment@mariecurie.org.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant degree, or higher-level qualification, or relevant equivalent
• knowledge and experience gained in the workplace;
• Proven proficiency of applying GDPR principles and information governance to policy development;
• Substantial experience of advising internal or external stakeholders on
• research governance processes;
• Excellent high level oral and written communication skills, including facilitation skills;
• High level literacy, report writing and presentation skills;
• Extensive data analysis and interpretation skills with high level of attention to detail;
• Prioritisation skills demonstrable capacity to prioritise problems and
• develop actions to address these and work to deadlines;
• Ability to motivate and influence others.

Desirable

• Substantial research governance experience within the NHS or a
• complex health setting, or non-NHS sites such as hospices or care
• homes, or in a regulatory organisation

Experience

Essential

• Significant post qualification experience in undertaking clinical
• research governance;
• Substantial experience of devising, introducing, implementing, developing and reviewing research governance compliance practice across a complex organisation;
• Extensive experience of leading and delivering projects and implementing outputs across an organisation;
• Experience of analysing, interpreting and presenting information to
• different audiences;
• Proven experience of collaborative working;
• Substantial experience of advising internal or external stakeholders on
• research governance processes.

Desirable

• Demonstrable ability to assess and make effective decisions under
• pressure.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Marie Curie

Address

Home based

London

SW11 7BW

Employer's website

https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)