Job overview

The National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) funds Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs) experimental medicine centres of excellence via competitive application every five years. We're proud that the Manchester BRC has been awarded £64.1million over five years (2022-2028) to provide experimental medicine infrastructure funding across Greater Manchester Lancashire and South Cumbria. And with a diverse workforce reflective of the communities we serve, we're dedicated to providing support with education and training, key to the delivery of our aims.

We're looking for a proactive and motivated individual to join us as a Partnerships Manager for the NIHR Manchester BRC, with commercial or academic experience, you'll help drive the delivery of our Innovation and partnerships strategy. Working as part of the BRC Innovation and Partnerships Team, you'll be responsible for bringing together partners from across Greater Manchester’s R&I academic and clinical ecosystem, facilitating the development of collaborative projects with our external partners ensuring our research is fit for commercial uptake. What's more, you'll be passionate about innovation in research, with experience of developing and managing external partnerships across the industry and academic sectors.

So, if you have the skills, experience and knowledge with values that match ours, let's tell you more about why this could be your next and best career move. 

Main duties of the job

Main Duties:

·        You’ll work as part of a multi-disciplinary core team, providing comprehensive, high quality business development and relationship management support for the BRC.

·        With strong organisational and time management skills and a flexible approach to work, you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day management of BRC commercial interests, supporting commercial enquires, developing strategic partnerships with industry, and helping our researchers and partners navigate the GM Research and Innovation ecosystem.

·        What’s more, as both an excellent communicator and confident networker, you’ll actively promote and market the aims, strategic vision, and research outputs of the BRC to drive new collaborations across the commercial sector. 

·        You'll use your experience to drive and deliver key aspects of our strategic programmes, including but not limited to the BRC innovation working group, Industry board and the Innovator training scheme.

·        It goes without saying, you’ll be tenacious with a proactive approach, working with a wide range of stakeholders and sectors to understand and align their priorities for mutual benefit.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of  over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

 We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

 We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.