Project Support

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to analyse, interpret and present complex information
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of financial administration, budget management and contract processes
• Proven ability to plan, prioritise and manage multiple complex workloads
• Understanding of academic, research or public sector environments
• Awareness of government policy and strategy relating to research and innovation
• Experience working within international or globally funded programmes
• Experience within healthcare, education, research or public sector organisations
• Understanding of workforce development and capacity building
• Knowledge of research programme management and administration

Responsibilities:

• Support Programme Managers and Senior Programme Managers in delivering training schemes and fellowship programmes
• Contribute to the oversight and management of funding streams
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and provide supervision to administrative staff
• Deliver a range of programmes, workshops, meetings and conferences
• Support wider organisational objectives and activities as required

Technologies:

• Support

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We are a major public sector funder and supporter of health and care research, with a mission to improve health outcomes through funding, supporting and delivering high-quality research, engaging patients, carers and the public to maximise research impact, attracting and developing talented researchers, investing in research infrastructure and workforce development, and working collaboratively with public, charitable and industry partners. Our department leads academic training, professional development and workforce strategy programmes, and our team is responsible for policy development, strategic planning and programme delivery. This is a Senior Programme Officer role at an equivalent NHS Band 5 level, offered on an initial contract to the end of March 2027, with a hybrid working arrangement of up to 80% remote working and a 37.5-hour working week.

last updated 35 week of 2026