Job Description

About the role

Our RSS Hub is seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our team as Staff Development Lead. In this role, you will be responsible for the induction of people across the partnership and for identifying and addressing their training and development needs. With a background in health and social care research and/or staff development, you will play a crucial role in organizing and implementing initiatives to enhance the skills, productivity, and performance of people across our partnership. Your enthusiasm for the role and commitment to excellence will ensure that our development programme meets the needs of advisors, professional service staff, and public contributors.

Newly established as part of National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) research infrastructure, the Research Support Service (RSS) Hub, hosted by the University of Leicester, is a close partnership between more than 20 research groups and clinical trials units. Collectively, these groups and units comprise more than 1000 experienced researchers across a wide range of specialisms. Our aim is to develop capacity in areas of current and future need, to ensure that research design and methodology keep up with new technologies and ways of conducting research.

Our RSS Hub offers a range of flexible, accessible research support services, including:

• One-to-one advice clinics and multi-disciplinary discussions with methodologists/advisors (statisticians, social scientists, economists, data scientists, clinical trialists, behavioural scientists, etc).
• Review and feedback on draft funding applications from research advisors and public contributors.
• Advice, support, and funding for public involvement and community engagement in research development, delivery, and dissemination.
• Opportunities to work with partner clinical trials units in support of study set-up, management, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Opportunities to collaborate with experienced methodologists and research teams in areas of international strength.

About you

With a postgraduate qualification, you will have significant experience of planning and commissioning accessible and inclusive educational and developmental programmes for adult audiences, as well as an understanding of research methodology and design in health and/or social care. Alongside this, you will have exceptional teaching and presentations skills and the ability to apply specialist knowledge and experience of a broad range of learning methods and approaches.

Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Martin Williams at

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people\'s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you\'ll become part of a community of , which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.

We\'re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Vacancy terms: Part-time 0.6 FTE (22.5 hours per week) until 30 September 2028

\xc2\xa348,350 to \xc2\xa354,395 per annum pro rata (Grade 8)

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