Job summary
Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP) is one of eight Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs) in the UK, whose mission is to bring together the NHS, industry, and academia to improve patient healthcare.
Our Partners are Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Cambridge.
CUHP works to ensure that the Cambridgeshire life sciences ecosystem remains a globally competitive destination for talent and investment - with fundamental strategy pillars across Data, Finance, Networks, Place and Talent. Our vision for life sciences brings together leading research and higher education institutions, hospitals, and businesses to discover breakthrough insights, demonstrating new advances in our population to ensure that our region delivers world-leading healthcare and significant economic growth.
Main duties of the job
The Head of Data Strategy & Partnerships will take a major role in the delivery and development of this 'Data pillar' programme for CUHP, supporting the transformative use of data across partner organisations and the wider Cambridge life science community.
The role will also work closely with the Health Informatics team at Health Innovation East who have experience and expertise in data research programme management and delivery, infrastructure development, and data management.
You will need to work independently making decisions and be responsible for planning, and prioritising, their own workload as well as collaborating with the wider team. The role will require relationship building and interaction with senior (CEO level) representatives within member organisations, government, national and international funders and industrial partners.
The position requires a highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills to develop and drive forward strategic priorities on behalf of CUHP, HIE, the partner organisations and the Cambridgeshire cluster.
About us
Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP) is leading on the implementation of a Cambridgeshire Life science Strategy on behalf of its members, the broader ecosystem and the Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority. The Strategy and Investor Engagement Manager will be working across all five pillars of the strategy (talent, funding, network, data and place), with a particular focus on working with national and international investors. This role has been created in response to request by CUHP members and also the accelerators, and current venture capital investors in the ecosystem.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 24th March 2024.
Interviews are due to be held on w/c 1st April 2024.
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 24th March 2024.
Interviews are due to be held on w/c 1st April 2024.
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate degree (or equivalent experience) in health care, science, technology, or business.
- Evidence of on-going career/professional development.
Desirable
- Project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE II Practitioner) or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of stakeholder management, developing collaborative partnerships, and balancing of needs of different functions/organisations.
- Experience of working in a digital, data, or analytics field in a health care or life sciences environment.
- Experience in presenting to and interacting at all levels - including board level.
- Experience of writing business cases, commercial proposals, or grant funding applications.
- Experience of procurement in a public sector context and an appreciation of potential conflicts of interest.
- Experience of project and programme delivery and an appreciation of project management methodologies in the context of delivering data projects.
- Experience of managing staff, in a matrix and directly.
Desirable
- NHS or HEI experience.
- Experience of managing people and a team including recruitment, selection and appraisal.
- Experience of working with commercial organisations and external agencies within research.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and awareness of the NHS, life science sector and/or research landscape.
- Awareness of current national NHS and life sciences data initiatives.
- Awareness of data technologies such as electronic patient record systems, cloud and on prem infrastructure, privacy enhancing technologies, cyber-security, identity management.
- A broad understanding of data products and their relevance to the life science industry.
- Good awareness of information and broader governance requirements as relates to uses of data for direct care, population health management and planning, and research.
- Commercial awareness and knowledge of the principles of marketing, business development, commercial models and contracts.
- Knowledge of public sector and academic funding mechanisms, grant-giving organisations.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the financial costing and pricing methodologies in academia and the NHS.
- Proven negotiating and influencing knowledge both internally and externally at a senior level.
- Knowledge of project management, data management and analysis methods.
Skills
Essential
- Genuine enthusiasm about the science and data opportunities that Cambridge has to offer, in order to instil enthusiasm in others.
- Demonstratable ability to engage at a high level in organisations from Chief Executive down.
- Personal credibility when working with management, clinical and IT specialists.
- An ability to maintain focus on the wider organisational context and the delivery of demonstrable benefits to CUHP and its partners.
- Ability to work independently with initiative and maintain confidentiality.
- Enthusiasm and tenacity to confidently and actively follow up, maintain and manage stakeholders and leads.
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and deliver outcomes.
- Ability to negotiate, acting in a tactful and confident manner to achieve the desired results.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
- To be able to travel as required to a variety of locations across Cambridge.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate degree (or equivalent experience) in health care, science, technology, or business.
- Evidence of on-going career/professional development.
Desirable
- Project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE II Practitioner) or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of stakeholder management, developing collaborative partnerships, and balancing of needs of different functions/organisations.
- Experience of working in a digital, data, or analytics field in a health care or life sciences environment.
- Experience in presenting to and interacting at all levels - including board level.
- Experience of writing business cases, commercial proposals, or grant funding applications.
- Experience of procurement in a public sector context and an appreciation of potential conflicts of interest.
- Experience of project and programme delivery and an appreciation of project management methodologies in the context of delivering data projects.
- Experience of managing staff, in a matrix and directly.
Desirable
- NHS or HEI experience.
- Experience of managing people and a team including recruitment, selection and appraisal.
- Experience of working with commercial organisations and external agencies within research.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and awareness of the NHS, life science sector and/or research landscape.
- Awareness of current national NHS and life sciences data initiatives.
- Awareness of data technologies such as electronic patient record systems, cloud and on prem infrastructure, privacy enhancing technologies, cyber-security, identity management.
- A broad understanding of data products and their relevance to the life science industry.
- Good awareness of information and broader governance requirements as relates to uses of data for direct care, population health management and planning, and research.
- Commercial awareness and knowledge of the principles of marketing, business development, commercial models and contracts.
- Knowledge of public sector and academic funding mechanisms, grant-giving organisations.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the financial costing and pricing methodologies in academia and the NHS.
- Proven negotiating and influencing knowledge both internally and externally at a senior level.
- Knowledge of project management, data management and analysis methods.
Skills
Essential
- Genuine enthusiasm about the science and data opportunities that Cambridge has to offer, in order to instil enthusiasm in others.
- Demonstratable ability to engage at a high level in organisations from Chief Executive down.
- Personal credibility when working with management, clinical and IT specialists.
- An ability to maintain focus on the wider organisational context and the delivery of demonstrable benefits to CUHP and its partners.
- Ability to work independently with initiative and maintain confidentiality.
- Enthusiasm and tenacity to confidently and actively follow up, maintain and manage stakeholders and leads.
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and deliver outcomes.
- Ability to negotiate, acting in a tactful and confident manner to achieve the desired results.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
- To be able to travel as required to a variety of locations across Cambridge.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Addenbrookes Hospital-Division R&D
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
Employer's website
https://www.cuh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)