Overview
KCATO Programme Manager (CTM) – Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
About us
We are looking for a flexible, organised and collaborative colleague to organise deliver research fellowship funding opportunities and learning and development programmes for health professional researchers.
The King’s Clinical Academic Training Office (KCATO) provides research opportunities, champions clinical academic careers and provides a central contact point for health professional researchers engaging in research across different stages of their career paths.
The Centre for Translational Medicine (CTM) is a multi-million pound investment that seeks to accelerate the translation of research discoveries into benefits for patients and communities. Enabling health professionals from all disciplines to engage in research through protected research time is a core component of the CTM.
KCATO and CTM are part of King’s Health Partners, the collaboration between King’s College London and our three NHS Partner Trusts – King’s College Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’, South London and Maudsley.
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly collaborative team to support registered health professionals to become clinical academic leaders of the future. The role holder will be a core member of the King’s Clinical Academic Training Office (KCATO); this role in particular will have overall programme management of the fellowship schemes funded by the King’s Health Partners Centre for Translational Medicine (CTM).
The KCATO Programme Coordinator (CTM) will have overall responsibility for the operational delivery of fellowship funding schemes, support for fellows and coordinating career development opportunities in translational research for the next generation of the clinical academic leaders.
You will coordinate and deliver strategic capacity-building schemes available to registered health professionals, specifically the Clinical Research Excellence Fellowship programmes (pre- and postdoctoral), and the Research Partnership Catalyst scheme (consultant level).
You will provide operational leadership/management for the fellowship schemes and appointed fellows, including advertising and engagement sessions, shortlisting and recruitment, onboarding of fellows, collecting performance metrics and supporting their ongoing academic development and future careers.
You will help ensure opportunities are inclusive to all health professions, drawing on the input and expertise of multiprofessional networks across King’s Health Partners.
As the first point of contact for CTM fellows, you’ll work closely with stakeholders across both the university and NHS Trusts to ensure smooth appointment and contract set up, as well as effective induction, training and support for fellows to ensure they maximise this dedicated research time for the benefit of their clinical academic career.
You will also develop and coordinate learning and development schemes across the KCATO portfolio, including a new leadership training scheme and cultural competency workshops.
This is a full time fixed term contract/or secondment until 31st March 2027.
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