Total 9 Director/C-Level Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Greenwich, London, E14 2DH

NHS England’s Innovation, Research, Life Sciences and Transformation Strategy (IRLSS) team has an ambitious suite of programmes to help to ensure the NHS is one of the most pro innovation and research systems in the world, helping to improve patient outcomes as well as supporting the UK economy to grow.

As a major part of the IRLSS team’s portfolio the Data for Research and Development Programme is a multi-million poundGovernment Major Projects Programme (GMPP) which aims to:

· Make research-ready data rapidly accessible through the NHS Research Secure Data Environment Network

· Speed-up large scale clinical trial delivery through NHS DigiTrials

· Establish a model for future generation of value for the NHS



The Deputy Director Data for Research is responsible for delivery of this programme working closely with the programme SRO and the Director of Research. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a GMPP programme managing a talented and driven team.

We are seeking an experienced senior leader who has extensive experience of delivering large complex programmes across departments withan in depth specialist knowledge of the NHS data for research ecosystem including the infrastructure, architecture and policy.

The ability to work effectively with key stakeholders including the life sciences industry, academia, NHS R&D community, voluntary and charitable sector organisations is key to successful delivery and the successful applicant will have a track record of building strong collaborations with partners and stakeholders. An in depth understanding of the issues inherent in the use of patient data for purposes other than direct care is essential as is the need to ensure patient and public involvement is at the heart of decision making.

The successful applicant will be an active and visible IRLSS SLT member with proven ability to build high performing teams, fostering an environment for individuals and the team to thrive.

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on theGovernment website.

· Develop the infrastructure across the NHS for a federated network of national and sub national secure data environments offering a single front door to NHS data for research

· Lead and work closely with colleagues acrossthe Transformation Directorate to enable matrix working across sub directorates to ensure alignment and collaboration in delivery to support data enabled research and specifically delivery of the Data for R&D programme

· Represent the Data For R&D programme at high-level engagement withArms-Length Bodies, across Government, with industry, and all other stakeholders acrossthe health and care system.

· Drive and challengework across health regulators to ensure that the regulatory system supports wide-spread data-driven research and better partnerships with researchers and innovators. All with the aim of harnessing value for the NHS.

· Work across internal and external stakeholders to ensure patient and public involvement and engagement is at the heart of decision making and is embedded in the programme

· Champion and promote at every opportunity the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion, whilst also driving continual improvements to support a diverse and inclusive workforce.


This advert closes on Monday 28 Oct 2024

Develop the infrastructure across the NHS for a federated network of national and sub national secure data environments offering a single front door to NHS data for research Lead and work closely with colleagues across the Transformation Directorate to enable matrix working across sub directorates to ensure alignment and collaboration in delivery to support data enabled research and specifically delivery of the Data for R&D programme Represent the Data For R&D programme at high-level engagement with Arms-Length Bodies, across Government, with industry, and all other stakeholders across the health and care system. Drive and challenge work across health regulators to ensure that the regulatory system supports wide-spread data-driven research and better partnerships with researchers and innovators. All with the aim of harnessing value for the NHS. Work across internal and external stakeholders to ensure patient and public involvement and engagement is at the heart of decision making and is embedded in the programme Champion and promote at every opportunity the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion, whilst also driving continual improvements to support a diverse and inclusive workforce.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

The post holder will take a lead role in the provision of medical statistics and design of clinical trials with a particular focus on the increasing the number of successful grant applications, improve the portfolio of clinical trials sponsored by Moorfields, and build research capacity by managing information resources and improve research capability in Ophthalmology trials. The post-holder will contribute fully to developing and enhancing the research profile of Moorfields, nationally and internationally, including establishing a continued track record of high-quality researchers, research and publication. The post holder will oversee delivery of a Trust Strategy to develop a National Ophthalmology Clinical Trial Network.

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are currently looking to appoint a qualified, experienced teacher to join Harris City Academy Crystal Palace as Director of Science to ensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject area, continuously developing and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.



We would like to hear from you if you:

• Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a good, relevant undergraduate degree.
• Are an excellent teacher with a minimum of two years' teaching experience.
• Have proven success in raising achievement.
• Have experience of leading others, ensuring high quality performance.
• Have successful experience in implementation of monitoring, evaluation and review process to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
• Demonstrate a high level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement.
• Have recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development.
• Have experience of presenting to a wide audience including teachers, other managers, students and parents.
• Understand creative whole school strategies for improving literacy and numeracy and the importance of this in raising achievement.
• Have some successful experience of leading on cross subject initiatives that have contributed to raising achievement.
• Have experience of embedding innovative strategies for Assessment for Learning and Learning to Learn.
• Have recent and relevant experience of managing and implementing change successfully at subject leader level.
• Are willing to use coaching as a model for ensuring on-going professional development.

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.



What the school offers its staff

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a mixed Academy for 1,300 students aged 11-18, with a large sixth form of nearly 400 students. The Academy has three consecutive Outstanding judgments by Ofsted, with the most recent inspection in 2014 finding the Academy to be Outstanding in every aspect. We are a consistently high performing school. Our motto, ‘All Can Achieve' encapsulates our vision that all members of the Academy community are supported and encouraged to achieve their absolute potential. We believe that a well-supported and valued staff body is the key to our success.

We are the ‘Teaching School Hub' for Croydon and Sutton and we are able to offer all teachers an extensive programme of first class professional development. Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is part of the Harris Federation and this enables us to offer you a comprehensive induction programme and training and development opportunities to support your career development including Masters and other qualifications.

In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, and many other benefits.

Further details about the role



The purpose of your role will be:

• To be accountable for student progress and development in the subject area across KS3, KS4 and post 16, including meeting student achievement targets for subject areas which are agreed by the Principal and the Governing Body.
• To ensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject area through continuously, developing and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.
• To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students in the subject area, in accordance with the academy aims and policies, as determined by the Principal and Governing Body.
• To ensure that all school policies and procedures are implemented and applied consistently by all staff in the subject area.
• To ensure agreed tutor programme is implemented and that tutors are effective in their role.
• To ensure effective behaviour for learning is evident throughout faculty
• To effectively and efficiently manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial and physical resources across the subject area.
• To lead development for literacy, through the WORD strategy, within subject areas, to raise standards of Literacy across the Academy

Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:

• Operational and strategic planning (including rigorous self-evaluation and review of subject area performance, formulating the subject and faculty improvement plans, and leading the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies, assessment and teaching strategies)
• Ensuring the delivery of an appropriate, comprehensive, high quality and cost effective curriculum and leading development of the subject and its delivery
• Staff development (including recruiting, building and managing an effective team of motivated staff)
• Student outcomes (including ensuring the effective operation of target setting, monitoring and evaluation systems and the input and maintenance of accurate student data)
• Pastoral system (including being a form tutor to a selected group of students)
• Teaching, including acting as an outstanding role model



Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are currently looking to appoint a qualified, experienced teacher to join Harris City Academy Crystal Palace as Director of Mathematics toensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject area, continuously developing and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.



We would like to hear from you if you:

• Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a good, relevant undergraduate degree.
• Are an excellent teacher with a minimum of two years' teaching experience.
• Have proven success in raising achievement.
• Have experience of leading others, ensuring high quality performance.
• Have successful experience in implementation of monitoring, evaluation and review process to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
• Demonstrate a high level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement.
• Have recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development.
• Have experience of presenting to a wide audience including teachers, other managers, students and parents.
• Understand creative whole school strategies for improving literacy and numeracy and the importance of this in raising achievement.
• Have some successful experience of leading on cross subject initiatives that have contributed to raising achievement.
• Have experience of embedding innovative strategies for Assessment for Learning and Learning to Learn.
• Have recent and relevant experience of managing and implementing change successfully at subject leader level.
• Are willing to use coaching as a model for ensuring on-going professional development.

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.



What the school offers its staff

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a mixed Academy for 1,300 students aged 11-18, with a large sixth form of nearly 400 students. The Academy has three consecutive Outstanding judgments by Ofsted, with the most recent inspection in 2014 finding the Academy to be Outstanding in every aspect. We are a consistently high performing school. Our motto, ‘All Can Achieve' encapsulates our vision that all members of the Academy community are supported and encouraged to achieve their absolute potential. We believe that a well-supported and valued staff body is the key to our success.

We are the ‘Teaching School Hub' for Croydon and Sutton and we are able to offer all teachers an extensive programme of first class professional development. Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is part of the Harris Federation and this enables us to offer you a comprehensive induction programme and training and development opportunities to support your career development including Masters and other qualifications.

In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, and many other benefits.

Further details about the role



The purpose of your role will be:

• To be accountable for student progress and development in the subject area across KS3, KS4 and post 16, including meeting student achievement targets for subject areas which are agreed by the Principal and the Governing Body.
• To ensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject area through continuously, developing and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.
• To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students in the subject area, in accordance with the academy aims and policies, as determined by the Principal and Governing Body.
• To ensure that all school policies and procedures are implemented and applied consistently by all staff in the subject area.
• To ensure agreed tutor programme is implemented and that tutors are effective in their role.
• To ensure effective behaviour for learning is evident throughout faculty
• To effectively and efficiently manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial and physical resources across the subject area.
• To lead development for literacy, through the WORD strategy, within subject areas, to raise standards of Literacy across the Academy

Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:

• Operational and strategic planning (including rigorous self-evaluation and review of subject area performance, formulating the subject and faculty improvement plans, and leading the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies, assessment and teaching strategies)
• Ensuring the delivery of an appropriate, comprehensive, high quality and cost effective curriculum and leading development of the subject and its delivery
• Staff development (including recruiting, building and managing an effective team of motivated staff)
• Student outcomes (including ensuring the effective operation of target setting, monitoring and evaluation systems and the input and maintenance of accurate student data)
• Pastoral system (including being a form tutor to a selected group of students)
• Teaching, including acting as an outstanding role model



Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Responsible for the long-term strategic planning of the service provision of the facility as part of the management team of the CCGTT Responsible for the development and establishment of CAR-T and Vector manufacturing projects within the CCGTT Provide clinical guidance to the development project team regarding design, development, and evaluation of products. Support and advise the CCGTT Director in establishment of Vector Manufacturing Facility. Provide clinical expertise and governance support for the adoption of delivery for Cell based at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Attendance of weekly managerial meetings, and monthly Senior Management Management meetings. Support for CCGTT Governance within the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Responsible for leading grant funded applications to support CCGTT development projects

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager. The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Contract Extended leadership role40 hours/week, full-timeReporting to the Head of SchoolOverviewThe Director of Academic Research & Innovation is a major agent of academic change and strategy. The search engine of pedagogy in the school, they undertake duties overarching the whole school, supporting our unique mission as a modern learning environment with innovation, collaboration and differentiation as core values. This position may require you to teach classes (up to 10 periods/week) to experiment and showcase innovative teaching. Why work with us? An international school 'Outstanding’ in Personal development, behaviour & welfare, and Sixth form provision, where you will join a very strong team of highly qualified and experienced teaching and support teamA welcoming and innovative environment in which to teach and learnA vibrant location, easily accessible by UndergroundGenerous reward and benefit package (see below)Benefits Salary range minimum of £50,000+Additional annual leaveFree 3-course meal cooked fresh in our kitchen everydayFantastic work spaces and resourcesProfessional development opportunities (internal and external)70% contribution to Cash Health PlanCycle to work schemeFree hot drinks throughout the daySocial events and staff partiesContribution towards language classes (French or English)Discount at local businesses including Wembley Costa and Wembley Leisure CentreFree access to Financial Times onlineFree Headspace account for staffAnnual flu jabUndertake any ad-hoc duties as requested by the HeadKey AccountabilitiesTake lead role to launch our online campusFurther develop research on the metaverse and modern learning within a schoolVisit classrooms on a daily basis to ensure and support innovative teachingProvide continued support and training to teachers school-wide in and out of the classroom
Discover, identify and disseminate the best teaching and learning practices; implement and adjust them to our unique bilingual environment in both your own classroom and the rest of the schoolMaintain awareness and engage community in exploration and discussion of educational and IT-related trendsCollaborate with the HR & Staff wellbeing department to include innovation training to CPD daysCommunicate digital policy and practice with studentsCoordinate with Heads of Section to structure process for systematic review and evaluation of educational technology and classroom innovationsCollaborate with IT Manager on all academic technology operations (e.g. planning, developing objectives, implementing actions, monitoring activities, budgeting, etc.)Communicate and liaise regularly with parents (workshops, info sessions, newsletters, individual meetings), ensuring the community has the opportunity to learn about the school’s digital environment and are conversant with our expectations for themselves and their children, vis a vis digital learningCollaborate with the Outreach/Marketing team to facilitate publication of the school's vision for 'Modern Learning' and the status of current initiatives both locally and internationallyPromote the School’s digital vision within and beyond the school community, including direct liaison with other schools, companies, learning forums, and other digital leaders, potentially writing grant projectsCreate collaborations with like-minded schools, firms and institutions and potentially write grant projectsEnsure good management practice by promoting positive staff involvement, effective procedures and communication.What we're looking forA passion for the school’s vision related to innovation and the strong desire to contribute to the wider success of the schoolLeadership and strong management skills as a member of the Extended Leadership TeamIdeally Google Certified Innovator and/or Google Certified Trainer, and Apple Distinguished Educator and/or Apple Education trainerExcellent communication skills, both written and verbal in English and ideally FrenchEngaging and approachable personality (internally and externally for business development)A passion for current educationally-relevant trends in technology, including hardware and software applicationsThe ability to work under pressure during term time and meet deadlinesAbility to see the bigger picture and volunteer time and energy to our project - Open Days, fairs, school eventsAbility to take responsibility for your own professional improvement; engagement with our individual growth programme which aims to develop each professional who works with us.The duties listed are not exhaustive. This job description sets out the duties of the post at the time it was drawn up and may be reviewed and amended to incorporate the future needs of the school. The post holder will be required to undertake other duties within the School from time to time as may be reasonably expected.