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CRUK Centre Manager

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Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Closing date
May 15, 2017

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Job Purpose

Cancer Research UK has announced its largest investment to date into a network of Centres across the UK, to support the delivery of high quality translational research. The Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Birmingham Centre has been funded £4.5M as part of this investment and will to play a key role in delivering CRUK’s strategic target of increasing cancer survival rates from 50% to 75% within the next 10 years. The aims of the initiative are to:
• Facilitate the delivery of translational research of the highest international quality;
• Facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration, removing barriers between scientific disciplines and between discovery and clinical research;
• Build long lasting and effective partnerships, leveraging activities and funding of all partners;
• Accelerate progress in CRUK’s strategic priorities through networks of excellence;
• Raise the profile of UK cancer research globally and attract international leaders, and ensure our national network of excellence is visible on an international stage;
• Train the clinical and non-clinical work force of the future.

The CRUK Birmingham Centre will specifically focus on increasing the understanding of oncogenesis and tumour immunobiology, providing the scientific basis for novel targeted therapies, immunotherapies, and stratification approaches. The Centre Manager role will support the aims of both CRUK and the Centre by ensuring the operational delivery of the CRUK Birmingham Centre, by working alongside the Centre leads (Prof Willcox, scientific director, Prof Middleton, clinical director) and the Centre Management Grouping to coordinate and oversee key activities including the Centre PhD training programme, the Centre infrastructure posts, and the Development Fund. The post holder will also be expected to maintain close links with the recently renewed Birmingham Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) and identify appropriate opportunities for interactions between these 2 CRUK funded centres that are of mutual benefit.

The CRUK Birmingham Centre and ECMC activities will be coordinated by a Cancer Strategy Board under the umbrella of Birmingham Health Partners, which unites the University of Birmingham with key local clinical partners, including University Hospitals Birmingham and Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Within the University of Birmingham (UoB), CRUK Birmingham Centre activities will predominantly reside within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences, spanning the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences and the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy. Externally to UoB, they involve close interactions with clinical partners, focussed significantly on clinical academics based at University Hospitals Birmingham and Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The CRUK Birmingham Centre will also be strategically aligned to the Institute for Translational Medicine, a £25M facility on the Birmingham campus with a significant focus on expediting translational advances in stratified medicine and cancer research. Specifically, the CRUK Birmingham Centre’s Infrastructure Hub, comprising many of the core Centre positions, will be collocated alongside aligned ECMC positions in ITM space, forming a powerful multidisciplinary translational cancer research hub for Centre groups to access.

The CRUK Birmingham Centre Manager will work closely with the Directors of the Birmingham CRUK Centre (Prof Ben Willcox, Prof Gary Middleton) and alongside the Director of the Birmingham ECMC (and ECMC Manager) and will be responsible for the administrative functions of the CRUK Birmingham Centre and development, implementation and management of Centre-related operations across the BHP partnership. The post holder will effectively act as deputy for the Director of the Birmingham CRUK Centre in all matters of administration and operations management, understanding the financial and strategic issues involved in delivery. The Centre Manager will be part of the College’s Research and Knowledge Transfer (R&KT) Office, reporting directly to the Head of R&KT. The post holder will work closely with Research Facilitators and Administration Managers from the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences and the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy to ensure delivery of activity across all areas. This position provides an ideal opportunity to work within a demanding, multidisciplinary clinical and scientific research environment, and will involve interactions with a wide range of organisations and individuals.

Person Specification

- High calibre candidate with biological/medical/health sciences first degree or significant directly relevant experience
- Relevant higher degree or equivalent research/administrative experience
- Significant administrative experience in the biomedical/health sciences area, ideally gained in a University/Higher Education (HE)/NHS setting
- Excellent organisational skills including the ability to implement effective project management systems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to write clearly and concisely (particularly in report writing), and to communicate with a wide range of people at all levels
- Excellent inter-personal skills; ability to develop effective working relationships with a diverse range of people and external organisations with disparate goals

- Good financial management skills including the ability to understand and manage complex budgets, multi-partner projects, and work with a range of currencies
- Strong ability to create, maintain and manipulate complex spreadsheets and databases and to understand and interpret the information contained in them.
- Excellent analytical skills (financial, situational and organisational) accompanied by strong risk assessment and mitigation abilities e.g. able to independently identify potential issues as well as propose and implement solutions.
- Excellent IT skills, particularly in spreadsheets and database management, web site design, and the ability to develop and implement output and outcome monitoring and reporting systems.
- Excellent ability to work proactively, with little supervision, under pressure and to deadlines.

- Working in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to work under pressure and maintain a high degree of accuracy
- Ability to plan and organise a large workload to meet both internal and external deadlines
- Enthusiastic, with a proactive approach

- Detailed understanding of research grant application processes, and experience in co-ordinating large grant applications
- Detailed knowledge of research funding mechanisms in the UK and overseas
- Proven knowledge and understanding of biomedical/health research management issues such as research governance, ethical review, data protection, intellectual property
- Demonstrable track record of ability to interpret and advise on complex legal
requirements, governance arrangements and financial regulations

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