Translation project officer

Peterborough
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Salary:  £29,000 - £34,000 depending on experience
Location: Contracted to our Peterborough office with the flexibility for hybrid working
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Benefits: We want all our employees to feel valued and engaged and are committed to offering a positive working culture along with a good work-life balance. As well as ensuring they pay their employees fairly, they offer the following benefits: Flexible working, Generous annual leave, Private Medical Insurance, including dental and optical, Pension Scheme, Sick Pay, Death in Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Bike Loan Scheme, Cycle2Work Scheme, Eyecare, Discount Portal.

Closing date: Tuesday 13 May 2025

Interviews will be held week commencing 26 May 2025

No agencies please

Be a part of an energetic and vibrant team who are driven by the desire to improve the lives of people living with kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease. 

The Translation, Innovation and Enterprise team have bold and ambitious plans to drive change, and we need a highly motivated, passionate, and enthusiastic team player to join us in our mission. 

This new role will provide effective support for a range of our translational research activities including our Development Advisory Board, a growing team of scientific translational advisers and our relationships with innovators and investors. 

The successful applicant must enjoy working in a fast paced, hands-on and highly collaborative environment and have the drive and determination to succeed. With excellent planning and organisation skills, this post will require someone that has an eye for detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities. A degree in life sciences or a related discipline is desirable.

You will bring excellent interpersonal and networking skills, be able to collaborate effectively with people from across the charity and a broad range of external stakeholders at all levels. Ideally, you will have some experience of working in the health or life sciences sector but more important is your ability and willingness to learn and develop yourself and this role as the team evolves. 

If you are interested in the position, please complete the online application form and submit together with your CV.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone and encourage applications from all sections of the community.

About Kidney Research UK:

Kidney Research UK is the leading charity in the UK focused on funding research into the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease and for more than 60 years the research, we fund has been making an impact. But kidney disease is increasing as are the factors contributing to it, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity, making our work more essential than ever.

At Kidney Research UK we work with clinicians and scientists across the UK, funding and facilitating research into all areas of kidney disease. We collaborate with partners across the public, private and third sectors to prevent kidney disease and drive innovation to transform treatments.

Over the last ten years we have invested more than £71 million into research. We lobby governments and decision makers to change policy and practice to ensure that the estimated 7.2 million people living with all stages of kidney disease in the UK have access to the most effective care and treatment, and to make kidney disease a priority.

Most importantly, we also work closely with patients, ensuring their voice is heard and is at the centre of everything we do, from deciding which research to invest in to how we plan our priorities and our work across the charity.

Those patient contributions are vital, always helping us and our partners to understand what life is like with kidney disease, always ensuring we see the patient behind the treatment and always reminding us that behind every statistic and every number is a person – the patients and the carers who inspire our mission and push us forward to make a difference and change the future of kidney disease.

You may also have some experience in the following: Translational Research Project Officer, Innovation and Research Coordinator, Research and Innovation Officer, Life Sciences Project Officer, Translational Science Programme Coordinator, Research Partnerships Officer, Health Innovation Project Coordinator, Biomedical Research Project Officer, Scientific Innovation Coordinator, Translational Programmes Officer, Research Engagement and Innovation Officer, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit, NFP, etc.

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