Senior Translational Partnerships Officer

The Academy of Medical Sciences – an independent, expert voice of biomedical and health research in the UK – is looking for a Senior Translational Partnerships Officer to contribute expert analysis, coordination and delivery within a defined area of the Academy’s research translation work.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of a defined area of translational activity with research and health system partners, ensuring agreed outputs are delivered to required standards and timescales.
• Lead discrete workstreams or specialist project activity where appropriate, managing day-to-day progress, risks and issues within agreed objectives and escalating decisions to your line manager.
• Support deep-dives, workshops and round tables into defined areas where the UK can build advantage, contributing to evidence gathering and structured analysis of translational barriers.
• Work with partners and Academy colleagues to develop options, actions and recommendations that respond to the evidence and can be monitored and reported.
• Contribute evidence and insight to discussions with funders, partners, collaborators, Fellows, industry, charities and the wider health system, including multi-organisation initiatives where appropriate.
• Provide high-quality input to the design and development of Academy interventions that help promising science move from discovery towards development, including partnership propositions, pilot activity or programme models.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with partners across the health and research system, supporting opportunities where Academy convening and expertise can add value.
• Develop and support practical mechanisms for collaboration, such as workshops, roundtables or partnership propositions, working closely with Academy colleagues.
• Help shape projects that connect scientific opportunity with development, adoption or commercial pathways, drawing on Fellows and external expertise as appropriate.
• Support partnerships that bring in external capability and insight, including from industry, public funders, research charities, regulators and healthcare provider organisations.

Skills and Experience

• Well-developed knowledge and experience in a relevant area such as biomedical science, research policy, programme delivery, grants management, stakeholder engagement, translational research or life sciences innovation.
• The ability to synthesize evidence, interpret varied and sometimes novel issues, develop options and communicate clear, reliable advice.
• Credibility with stakeholders in the UK research, science, health, policy or life sciences environment.
• Experience of supporting partnerships, projects or workstreams and helping to turn shared priorities into practical plans.
• Experience of managing a defined area of work, project or specialist activity to required standards and timescales. You may have delegated responsibility specific areas of work.
• The ability to operate with defined autonomy within clearly agreed objectives, priorities and governance frameworks.
• Competitive salary and pension.
• 26 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Option to buy or sell annual leave.
• Additional paid closure between Christmas and New Year.
• Hybrid and flexible working.
• Health, wellbeing and employee support programmes.
• Cycle-to-work scheme and everyday benefits.
• Structured learning and development.
• Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity leave.
• Enhanced occupational sick pay.
• A range of enhanced benefits become available once you’ve completed your probation period.

Salary

£44,340 per annum.

Contract and Hours

Permanent, Full Time, 37.5 hours per week.

Location

Hybrid/London W1B 1QH (50% office attendance).

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