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Jo Lawton
Assistant Director - Research Inclusion
jo.lawton@nihr.ac.uk

Job Summary

This is a fixed term contract role with a contract end date of 31 March 2027

The NIHR has been growing its inclusion work over the last 3 years. We have an ambitious, far reaching Research Inclusion strategy and action plan, as well as a dedicated team and function. We have Research Inclusion colleagues both centrally (who provide a corporate strategic function) and locally (in the different business areas of NIHR) to ensure inclusion is embedded, cohesively across everything we do.

This role will join our corporate Research Inclusion function. The role will have day to day responsibility for developing, planning, managing and evaluating schemes, workstreams and programmes that form part of the NIHR Research Inclusion portfolio. The postholder will have the opportunity to help NIHR on its journey to reduce health inequalities and improve the health of the nation.

The NIHR Academy Executive (where this role sits) have adopted a hybrid working model whereby staff are able to split their working time between working in the office and at home. The Research Inclusion Team currently has one scheduled office day per week; this is in our central Leeds Office.

Why you should join our Team

The NIHR enables and delivers world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing and promotes economic growth.

What you will bring to the role

The post holder will provide equality and inclusion expertise across all of NIHR’s activities. They will be the “head, heart, and hands” of the NIHR’s Research Inclusion programme - liaising daily with a variety of stakeholders to bring about change and enhance NIHR’s culture and performance as an inclusive funder of research.

The role will work alongside the other NIHR Research Inclusion Managers to ensure implementation and oversight of the various projects and programmes that form part of our strategic business plan. You will identify opportunities to embed inclusion across everything we do at NIHR. You will set and monitor performance metrics, to ensure our work is having a positive impact.

The role requires significant previous experience of successfully managing and delivering equality, diversity and inclusion projects, including the handling of complex diversity data.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

About NIHR Academy

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has a mission to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. The NIHR 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.

This role is hosted by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) and delivers the work of the NIHR, leading on policy, strategy and delivery in respect of academic training in England and working closely with other NIHR centres and the Science Research and Evidence (SRE) Directorate at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).The post holder will be part of the NIHR Nursing, Midwifery and AHP team, a cross-NIHR function.

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.