Job summary
- Main area
- Research & Development
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 3 years (Fixed term / secondment until 31/03/2029)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 120-AC166-9626
- Employer
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Velindre Cancer Centre
- Town
- Whitchurch
- Salary
- £50,129 - £57,365 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Cancer R&D Ambitions Business Support Manager
Band 7
Thank you for your interest in working for Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC), which is a committed equal opportunities employer. VCC welcomes applications from people who share our vision;
Velindre University NHS Trust will be recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a renowned organisation of excellence for patient and donor care, education and research.
our values;
- Caring
- Respectful
- Accountable
& who will complement our current experienced and specialist employees who are passionate about working in an organisation with the ambition to provide world class services & care to our patients.
VCC is an amazing place to work & develop your career. It is undertaking a 5 year transformation programme which will enable cancer services to meet the future needs of our patients across South East Wales. Not only will programme see VCC moving into a new purpose built cancer hospital, it will provide opportunities for patients to receive treatments closer to their homes. The infrastructure changes will offer our employees opportunities to work across a number of sites, in new and different ways, create development opportunities & increase flexible working practices.
VCC provides our employees with a favourable salary and reward / staff benefits & support package.
For more information on this vacancy please contact the recruiting manager, who will be pleased to discuss it with you.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
The Trust also reserves the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement at any stage of the process, to enable internal staff requiring to be redeployed in suitable roles.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
The salary scale for a Band 3 has been adjusted as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2026/2027 and will be implemented in August 2026 backdated to 01 April 2026 where applicable.
Job overview
This post is fixed term/secondment until 31/03/2029 due to funding.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
The Business Support Manager will be key role within the R&D department, providing high-level, high-quality business and managerial support to the R&D Senior Core Team to enable them to carry out their functions effectively.
The postholder will support the R&D Senior Core Team in providing leadership and direction in relation to a delegated pieces of work in order to enable strategic decision making.
They will have a focus on supporting and managing business planning process relating in line with a delegated programme of work
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for supporting the programme of work and projects associated with the implementation of the ‘Overarching Cancer Research and Development Ambitions 2021-2031’. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that clear and systemic processes are in place to support the business of operationalising the Cancer R&D Ambitions strategy and the Cancer R&D Integrated bid (monies secure from Velindre Charitable Funds). Working with internal and external partners, the postholder will support and contribute to the effective delivery of key business objectives in line with the Cancer R&D Ambitions strategy, the Cancer R&D Integrated Bid and the Integrated Medium-Term Plan (IMTP).
They will be the Project Manager for the Cardiff Cancer Research Partnership (CCRP) at UHW, recommended by the Nuffield Trust, which is enabling closer working with Cardiff & Vale UHB (CVUHB) and CU for delivery of Early Phase Clinical Trials, Advanced Therapies Trials and Translational Research (bench to bedside).
Working for our organisation
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
At Velindre University NHS Trust we aim to foster a culture of discovery, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We will achieve this by embedding research and innovation into everything we do, to deliver meaningful, measurable impact for our patients and communities.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level and Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent experience
- Prince 2 training (formal or informal, or willing to work towards attainment)
- Knowledge of cancer research and development
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of UK Research strategies and policies
- Evidence of further development – education/training
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to complete an MSc
- Change Management
- Experience of monitoring performance indicators.
- Understanding of project management methodologies.
- NHS experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Track record of developing strategic plans and in successfully managing and delivering large scale Programmes and Projects.
- Experience of managing strategic initiatives with multiple project work streams and complex interdependencies
- Broad experience and evidence of working in partnership with stakeholders at all levels to deliver change and modernisation
- Experience of report writing at Board level.
- Experience of working in complex and pressured environment with conflicting demands on time
- Experience of working in a project management environment.
- Analytic skills to triangulate research performance data relating to strategy implementation
- Conceptual thinker, able to compare a range of options based on complex situations and/ or information
- Excellent organisational skills
- Good knowledge of computer skills and Microsoft Office Suite with the ability to master new applications
- Knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling projects, e.g. PRINCE2
- Knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures
- Successful introduction of project management methodologies and associated best practice to inexperienced teams and individuals
- Effective management of resources
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in health care and /or a research setting
- Experience of working cancer health care setting
- Knowledge of the procurement process, including contract negotiations
- Successful change management experience
- Experience of communication and engaging with diverse stakeholder groups
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Strategic thinker with ability to have corporate overview.
- Ability to balance strategic and operational management.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation, influencing and conflict management skills.
- Proven team worker with ability to motivate and inspire others.
- Demonstrates a wide range of managerial qualities, skills and behaviours.
- Expert facilitation skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Professional calm and efficient manner.
- Demonstrates high standards of personal integrity.
- Effective organiser, influencer and networker
- Quality Delivery in a project environment
- Demonstrable Team management skills
- Ability to work in a team, to work to deadlines and on own initiative
- Track record of problem solving in a project management environment
- Advanced keyboard skills and IT technically competent with various software programmes (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Visio)
- Good report drafting skills and action point recording
- Diplomacy and ability to deal with difficult situations.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences in a variety of ways.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to produce business cases
Other
Essential criteria
- Proactive confident approach and excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with different professional teams
- Emotional resilience to respond positively in challenging circumstances.
- Tenacious, demonstrates drive, enthusiasm and stamina to achieve goals and see things through
- Willingness to work out of hours very occasionally.
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rhydian Owen
- Job title
- Cancer R&D Strategy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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