Project Manager (School of Primary Care Research)

Department: Wolfson Institute for Population Health
Salary: £38,655 - £44,256 per annum (pro-rata) (Grade 5)
Reference: QMUL26097
Location: Whitechapel
Date posted: 04-Nov-2021
Closing date: 02-Dec-2021

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About the Role

A Project Manager is sought to join the Centre for Primary Care (CPC) to support activity related to the NIHR School of Primary Care Research (SPCR). Queen Mary University of London is a new member of the SPCR, offering an exciting opportunity to join existing members to push forward research addressing the most pressing problems facing primary care in the NHS.

We are seeking a motivated, independent coordinator who can provide high-level management of multiple projects across Research and Capacity Development. This wide-ranging role will allow the post-holder to develop a broad range of skills as a platform for career development.

About You

You must have a strong team-working ethos, and excellent organisational skills. Applicants will have an undergraduate degree or equivalent relevant experience, and a strong track record of project management, ideally within a medical or life sciences discipline.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

CPC is one of five centres in the Wolfson Institute for Population Health. The Centre has a strong ethos of supporting interdisciplinary work and providing a supportive environment.  The Centre is particularly active in the following research areas:

•           Health data science in primary care

•           Common chronic respiratory conditions

•           Other long term conditions, including diabetes and childhood obesity, and multimorbidity

•           Polypharmacy for self-management

•           Cancer in primary care, in particular early detection

•           Environmental influence on health, including air quality

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post is based at the Whitechapel Campus in London. It is part-time (0.9 FTE/31.5 hours), fixed-term appointment until 31.03.2026, with an expected start date of Jan 2022. The starting salary will be Grade 5, in the range of £38,655 - £44,256 per annum (pro-rata), inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Victoria Kemp at [email protected] .

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The closing date for applications is 02 December 2021.

Interviews are expected to be held the week shortly thereafter.

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