Implementation Officer
Health Research Authority
Nottingham, NG2 4LA
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
17 September 2026
14 days left
Job description
The Approvals Service Directorate comprises distinct teams involved in the operational delivery of HRA Approval, including the Research Ethics Service...
The Implementation Officer will
- o Work with the Service Improvement Manager and Leads to register Pharmacy and Radiation professionals as reviewers across relevant NHS/HSC organisations, in line with existing requirements.
- Manage the end-to-end registration of new reviewers, following the defined process and escalating risks and issues.
- Support service improvement and redesign across Technical Assurance, Improvement, Operations and Coordination and Standardisation, implementing protocols to improve TA reviewer recruitment.
- Work with the Service Improvement Manager and Professional Experts ensuring they are connected to relevant meetings and national groups where potential reviewers will be identified to sign up to the reviewer pool. Work with the Service Improvement Manager, experts and teams to support them in implementing solutions to any barriers encountered with the recruitment of reviewers.
- Log and respond to queries, liaising with relevant teams.
- Work with TA experts and approvals teams to resolve local recruitment issues. Support service improvement options appraisals by analysing complex data, comparing approaches, and outlining implications.
- Identify process risks and issues and report them to relevant leads to support improvement.
- Report rollout and progress against agreed deliverables to relevant managers.
- Provide verbal and written updates at HRA and UK-wide meetings, including guidance on registering as technical reviewers.
At the HRA, we are committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive working environment where we actively invest in the development and empowerment of our staff, enabling them to perform at their best. We strive to promote a healthy workplace culture where wellbeing, collaboration, and professional growth are valued and encouraged.
Working at the HRA, we support flexible working, recognising that home based or hybrid arrangements provides us with the most productive environment to work well. Where possible, we'll offer a working pattern that suits you.
The HRA offers home based contracts for all locations. Newcastle, Manchester and Nottingham based staff can be office based and hybrid working arrangements are also possible. We encourage you to speak with us to explore how this could be accommodated.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know from experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger, more creative workplace that helps us to deliver the best services. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of our community: age, disability, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and other diverse characteristics, and we have policies in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level qualification or relevant portfolio of evidence/experience, with specialist knowledge of relevant procedures, demonstrating ability to work at this level in business or related fields. Commitment to maintaining and developing specialist knowledge through continuous professional development (CPD)
Desirable
- Project management qualification or portfolio of evidence demonstrating project management experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Expertise
Essential
- Current knowledge of UK ecosystem for health and social care research including Technical Assurances, HRA Approval and site set up requirements
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of having developed and delivered training
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Flexible working approach, willingness to travel to relevant meetings throughout the UK
Knowledge, Skills and Expertise
Essential
- Ability to act with diplomacy and sensitivity, use negotiating and influencing skills, and an ability to work well and communicate orally and in written communication with others at all levels
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of stakeholder engagement and management - including appropriate mode and pitch of communications at every stage
Desirable
- Significant delivery of change and ability to update effectively through reporting and verbal feedback/presentation
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
Essential
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills including ability to interpret feedback, use it in planning and prepare updates
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Highly self-motivated, confident, proactive, innovative, with ability to work independently and on own initiative. Adaptable to change with a commitment to team working and respect and consideration for the skills of others
- Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to communicate complex information in a diplomatic and effective manner
- Excellent organisational skills
Other
Essential
- Commitment to inclusivity and valuing diversity
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
3 September 2026
Last checked
3 September 2026
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