RRDN Strategic Development Director inBristol inBristol PUBLISHED 23 OCT 2024

Band 8d: £88,168 to £101,677 a year pa pro rata  PERMANENT 
Our vision is that the UK is a global leader in the delivery of high quality, commercial and non-commercial research that is inclusive, accessible, and improves health and care.

The NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) Strategic Development Director is the senior officer responsible for the development, delivery and implementation of RRDN strategic plans to build research capacity and capability at organisational and regional level with particular emphasis on addressing the needs of the life sciences industry (across both commercial contract and commercial collaborative research).


About the NIHR Research Delivery Network

For more information about working for us, visit: www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnsnasW

The NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN) is part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research. We are funded by the Department of Health and Social Care to support the country's world-class research system to deliver high-quality research that enables the best care for our population.

Our vision is that the UK is a global leader in the delivery of high quality, commercial and non-commercial research that is inclusive, accessible, and improves health and care. Our mission is to enable the health and care system to attract, optimise and deliver research across England. We do this as part of the NIHR's overall mission to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research.

This role is with the NIHR South West Central Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN), which is hosted by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UHBW).

  • lead the regional 3-year strategic plans and have strategic oversight of the portfolio
  • develop strong working collaborations and partnerships with organisations and leaders in health and care research andservices in the RRDN region and seek to improve efficiency and effectiveness wherever possible.
  • line manage and coordinate the work of the teams established to support strategic development ofresearch delivery capability and capacity, Portfolio oversight and RRDN support functions
  • create and lead a 3-year RRDN Strategic Implementation Plan in line with the RDN strategic aims. The RRDN Strategic Implementation Plan will be developed in conjunction with regional partners, including NHSE regional offices, ICSs, HINs, patients and the public and should: (a) include measures to tackle health inequalities; and (b) deliver the objectives of the NIHR Best Research for Best Health and Saving and ImprovingLives: The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery March 2021, Lord O'Shaughnessy's reviewand any subsequent national reviews and policy directives
  • work with the RDN Coordinating Centre in thestrategic oversight of the RDN Portfolio. This function will ensure that the Portfolio is maintained as acohort of high-quality, fully-funded, viable and deliverable studies that are important to health and socialcare

About us

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

The NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) Strategic Development Director is the senior officer responsible for the development, delivery and implementation of RRDN strategic plans to build research capacity and capability at organisational and regional level with particular emphasis on addressing the needs of the life sciences industry (across both commercial contract and commercial collaborative research).


About the NIHR Research Delivery Network

For more information about working for us, visit: www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnsnasW

The NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN) is part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research. We are funded by the Department of Health and Social Care to support the country's world-class research system to deliver high-quality research that enables the best care for our population.

Our vision is that the UK is a global leader in the delivery of high quality, commercial and non-commercial research that is inclusive, accessible, and improves health and care. Our mission is to enable the health and care system to attract, optimise and deliver research across England. We do this as part of the NIHR's overall mission to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research.

This role is with the NIHR South West Central Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN), which is hosted by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UHBW).

  • lead the regional 3-year strategic plans and have strategic oversight of the portfolio
  • develop strong working collaborations and partnerships with organisations and leaders in health and care research andservices in the RRDN region and seek to improve efficiency and effectiveness wherever possible.
  • line manage and coordinate the work of the teams established to support strategic development ofresearch delivery capability and capacity, Portfolio oversight and RRDN support functions
  • create and lead a 3-year RRDN Strategic Implementation Plan in line with the RDN strategic aims. The RRDN Strategic Implementation Plan will be developed in conjunction with regional partners, including NHSE regional offices, ICSs, HINs, patients and the public and should: (a) include measures to tackle health inequalities; and (b) deliver the objectives of the NIHR Best Research for Best Health and Saving and ImprovingLives: The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery March 2021, Lord O'Shaughnessy's reviewand any subsequent national reviews and policy directives
  • work with the RDN Coordinating Centre in thestrategic oversight of the RDN Portfolio. This function will ensure that the Portfolio is maintained as acohort of high-quality, fully-funded, viable and deliverable studies that are important to health and socialcare

About us

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.



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