Research Manager

Could you build the foundations of a research funding programme from the ground up? Since 1988, Children with Cancer UK has raised more than £300 million and has funded over 200 research projects for children and young people with cancer.

We're now embarking on a brand-new phase, transforming how we fund future research projects and measure and evidence the real-world impact of every pound we invest. Lived experience will be positioned at the heart of our decisions as we develop new funding initiatives, strengthen our relationships with the research community, and expand opportunities for collaboration As Research Manager, you'll lead the operational delivery of our research programme, shape our grant processes, oversee the portfolio and build our research impact monitoring systems from scratch across a programme of around £5 million a year and 50 active grants.

You will also line manage a Research Funding Officer and a Research Impact and Engagement Officer. This highly impactful role is ideal for someone who is excited by the opportunity to strengthen and modernise how funding is delivered in an area of huge unmet need and enormous potential.

You will have well-defined experience in research funding operations and delivery in the medical research charity sector, with the desire to take ownership of a growing and ambitious research portfolio and play a central role in supporting the programme's continued development.

What you'll build New funding initiatives Deliver the next phase of our research funding programme as we build on and diversify our open grant round and introduce 2-3 new, targeted funding mechanisms a year. You'll work with the Head of Research to scope who each call targets and how it's structured, then coordinate putting it into practice.

Impact monitoring from scratch Lead and shape the development of the charity's approach to research impact and evaluation, have it running within your first year, and support the Research Impact and Engagement Officer to deliver it.

Meaningful patient and public involvement Grow the existing light-touch lay review process into PPI that shapes funding decisions. Strong foundations Lead the operational delivery of every grant round, from applications and peer review to panels and funding recommendations for our committees, while owning peer review and grant management procedures and deliver in line with AMRC best practice.

Your team Reporting into a Head of Research, you will manage two new officers, a Research Funding Officer and a Research Impact and Engagement Officer, playing a part in their recruitment. You'll also oversee how research works with the Marketing, Communications and Fundraising teams on case studies, lab visits and research news.

What your first year looks like In your first three months, you'll take ownership of the operational deliv...

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