Public Health Research Delivery Facilitator

Salary: £35,608 to £37,694 with progression to £46,049 per annum.

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 30 January 2026

We have an exciting opportunity to join the NIHR RSS Specialist Centre for Public Health as a Public Health Research Delivery Manager.

Our vision is to develop the infrastructure, capacity and capability to support practitioners and researchers to carry out high quality public health research, outside the NHS, to produce robust evidence to improve population health and reduce health and care inequalities.

This is a key role in the NIHR RSS Specialist Centre for Public Health. The Centre has a national remit, and you will be line managed by our Research Delivery Manager and accountable to the Senior Delivery Manager, Centre Director, and to stakeholders across England. The role requires an understanding and experience of supporting research delivery, and skills and experience which will enable you to deliver key elements of the Centre’s vision.

You will provide comprehensive support to the development and delivery of a pilot funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to test what is needed in practice for public health research conducted in settings outside the NHS, and which is not in scope for the NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN).

Reporting to the Public Health Research Delivery Manager, you will be in a small team of Research Delivery Facilitators, responsible for activities required to develop and deliver this national pilot. You will work closely with other Research Delivery Facilitators, the Research Delivery Manager, Centre colleagues and partners nationally, including NIHR, the NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN), NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) and with external stakeholders including Local Authorities, universities, public organisations and voluntary and community sector partners.

You will work to co-design the pilot with colleagues across academia, local government, other settings outside the NHS and with public contributors. You will monitor and ensure progress of the pilot against financial and milestone targets, highlighting and managing risks as appropriate.

We are looking for candidates who have an an understanding of, and experience in, research delivery, and skills and experience which will enable you to deliver key elements of the Centre’s vision.

This position is fixed term until 31st August 2027.

To apply, please upload a CV and letter of application which outlines how your skills, experiences and knowledge align with the job description below.

Please note that interviews will be held on Thursday 12th February.

We are committed to supporting equality, diversity and inclusion for all staff and students. Applications for part time/flexible working are welcome, as are requests for secondments; please state your desired working arrangements in your application.

For more information and an informal discussion please contact Laura Renwick, Public Health Senior Research Manager La or Kay Howes, Chief Operating Officer

• Act as the main point of contact for several research projects included in the delivery pilot, communicating clearly with SCPH team, project teams, collaborators, and stakeholders
• Work with researchers to co-design and deliver the support required to facilitate the public health research process, including efficient governance and setup, study placement (where required) and the successful delivery and close down of public health research studies
• Prepare detailed timelines and milestones for research projects requiring delivery support within the pilot, monitoring progress on a continuous basis, with a clear understanding of any impact on the critical path
• Actively manage the progress of each research project to achieve milestones within set timescales. This may involve collaboration with other organisations e.g. funders, local authorities, and the RDN
• Ensure the early identification of potential barriers to…