Programme lead (Transforming treatments)

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Kidney Research
Location: Contracted to our Peterborough office with flexibility for hybrid working Contract Type: Permanent Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week (Part Time: minimum 30 hours per week considered) Salary: £38,000 – £43,000 per annum FTE depending on experience Benefits: We want all our employees to feel valued and engaged and are committed to offering a positive working culture along with a good work-life balance. As well as ensuring we pay our employees fairly, we offer the following benefits: Flexible working, Generous annual leave, Pension Scheme, Sick Pay, Death in Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Bike Loan Scheme, Cycle2Work Scheme, Eyecare, Discount Portal, Social Activities. Closing date: 2 July 2023. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis, and may close the vacancy early, so please apply as soon as possible. Interviews: will be held week commencing 10 July 2023 or by arrangement About the role: Be a part of an energetic and vibrant team who are driven by the desire to improve the lives of people living with kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease. Transforming treatments is one of the charity s strategic priorities. We want to make kidney transplants last longer, reduce the burden of treatment and monitoring, and improve quality of life for people living with end stage kidney disease. Our plans are brave and ambitious, and we are seeking a highly motivated, research-orientated professional to join our team as a programme lead for transforming treatments which includes our transplantation, dialysis and med tech programmes. Programme lead responsibilities: As programme lead, you will have specific responsibility for the transplantation programme and will provide oversight for dialysis and med tech with the support of programme and project managers. Our programme way of working drives our research, development, awareness, and policy activities to bring about real change in each of our strategic priority areas. We are seeking a programme lead who will play a pivotal role in developing, managing, and communicating their programme areas. You will work with key senior stakeholders to define the requirements of each programme, understanding the funding landscape and driving productive partnerships to deliver impact. This role is highly interactive. Within the charity, as the expert in your focus area(s), the programme lead will support our fundraising, communication, supporter care and business development teams to progress revenue-generating and partnership opportunities. Externally, they will engage with the wider research community including key stakeholders in our research networks, bioindustry contacts and government funders. Programme lead requirements: Reporting to the director of programmes, the successful applicant will have a background in biological or health sciences as well as the desire and ability to drive these challenging subject areas, superb organisation and relationship-building skills, and the tenacity and skills to develop and progress productive collaborations. Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit. If you are interested in the position, please complete the online application form and submit your CV, together with a supporting statement, outlining why you are interested and how you feel you meet the requirements. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone and encourage applications from all sections of the community. About Kidney Research UK: Kidney Research UK are the largest charity dedicated to kidney research in the UK. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease. We fund research into all aspects of kidney disease – from understanding the condition, to how we can prevent and treat it. We want to discover better, kinder treatments. Research has given us life-saving kidney transplants, dialysis machines that filter the blood when the kidneys fail, and drugs to keep us going. But these treatments come at a cost. They can be gruelling, confining, relentless. A transplant is not a cure, they rarely last a lifetime. Kidney disease still affects three million people in the UK. And one million of those don t know they are at risk. That s three million people who are someone s parents, grandparents, children, friends. And kidney failure is rising, as are the factors contributing to it, such as diabetes and obesity. That s why our work is more essential than ever. Research is what we do. It is the only way to discover future preventions, treatments and cures. It is vital to keep our loved ones safe. Your support is crucial to make this happen. We re here to be heard, to make a difference, to change the future. Kidney disease ends here. No agencies please. You may have experience of the following: Senior Programme Lead, Services Programme Manager, Programme Lead, Senior Programme Manager, Programme Management, Senior Project Manager, Project Management, Process Improvement, Service Delivery Manager, Delivery Manager, Campaign Management, Campaign Manager, Biology, Health Science, Biological Sciences, Charity, Charities, NFP, Not for Profit, Third Sector, Non-Profit etc. REF-(phone number removed)