Assistant Director - Programmes (Global Health)

Job description

Assistant Director - Programmes, Global Health
Fixed Term until 31 March 2023 (Extension to 2026 anticipated)
Grade AfC Band 8a (£47,126 - £53,219)
Leeds based
Job Ref: 298-CORM-2494

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Academy Executive are embarking on a period of exciting growth and are looking for an Assistant Director, Global Health to lead the Global Health programme across NIHR Academy and manage a newly established Global Health Research team.

The Assistant Director will provide strategic oversight of Global Health schemes and activities within the NIHR Academy. They will lead the team to deliver a programme of work to support training and capacity building in applied health research and design future investments. This supports the NIHR's wider work funding high quality research and training for the direct and primary benefit of people in low and middle income countries (LMICs).

We are looking for an individual, ideally with experience or expertise in Global Health research and/or Global Health training and capacity building initiatives to drive the growth of the Academy's programme to build global health research capacity within the UK and LMICs, utilising Official Development Assistance (ODA). As an effective and compassionate leader, they will build and shape this new team and build effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including the Department of Health and Social Care. The post holder will also be a member of NIHR Academy's Executive Board and play a key role in the leadership of the organisation.

The post-holder will be required to travel regularly, primarily in the UK but also internationally on occasion. Our office is based in Leeds with the expectation that the post holder will spend a proportion of their time undertaking office based working and working remotely as part of our new hybrid approach.

The NIHR is the nation's largest funder of health and care research and has a mission to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. Since 2016, the NIHR has delivered high quality research and training for the direct and primary benefit of people in LMICs through its ODA funded Global Health Research Portfolio. The NIHR Academy plays a pivotal role in attracting, training and supporting the best researchers and complements the additional NIHR investment in world-class research facilities and a skilled research workforce. For further information see:

The NIHR Academy Executive is hosted by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and delivers the work of the NIHR Academy, leading on policy, strategy and delivery in respect of academic training and working closely with other NIHR centres and the Science Research and Evidence (SRE) Directorate at the Department of Health and Social Care.

NIHR Academy Executive supports staff to work at their best by providing the tools and opportunities to work flexibly, when and where is more effective, in line with delivering our business services. It is essential that we match the needs of the organisation and staff's individual needs whilst encouraging greater flexibility for all. This is a shared responsibility with a focus on empowering teams to make it work. The NIHR Academy Executive are transitioning to a hybrid way of working whereby staff are able to split their working time between working in the office and at home. There are also a number of formal flexible working arrangements available which are permanent arrangements affecting the terms and conditions of employment contracts. For example, part-time working and compressed hours. The management of these requests will be followed in accordance with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Flexible Working Procedure.

To discuss the role please contact NIHR Academy Executive Director of Programmes and Impact Peter Thompson .

Closing Date: 5 December 2021
Interview Date: 14 December 2021