Job Description

Details

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Reference number

416993

Salary

84,001
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP

Job grade

Other
UKRI Band H

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MRC - Strategy, Policy, and Performance

Type of role

Business Management and Improvement

Senior leadership

Strategy

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire - Hybrid Working available

About the job

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Job summary

Director of National Partnerships

84,001 per annum

Permanent

Full-time/ Part-time (minimum 0.8 FTE)

Based at Polaris House, Swindon - Hybrid working available.

Are you interested in driving meaningful change in how we engage with our stakeholders--and in helping us choose partnerships that ensure we deliver measurable impact?

Job description

About the Role

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You will be working in partnership to fund and support biomedical research across the UK is essential to deliver impact for the UK population. Working with the Deputy Executive Chair of MRC, you will ensure that MRC has an effective approach to collaboration across academia, the charity sector, industry, commercial and public sector (including government departments and UK wide NHS and wider care setting).


Alongside developing external partnerships, the role requires working in partnership across UKRI as appropriate and extensive collaboration with other members of the MRC's Senior Executive Team, supporting their portfolios through partnership.


In this role you will draw together strategy from across MRC and URKI and operations to ensure MRC is an active partner across the UK delivering against research and innovation priorities to improve human health.

What we offer

An outstanding defined benefit pension scheme 30 days' annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent) Employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities Employee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice Flexible working options

Plus, many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have a great work life balance!

About the Medical Research Council (MRC)

Within UKRI, the MRC seeks to improve human health through world-class research. With an annual budget of over 800 m, MRC provides support both to individuals, through fellowships and grants, and to institutions, such as the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Biology and the Francis Crick Institute. The outcomes of our research span discovery science, improvements in public health and the development of new treatments for common diseases.


For more information about MRC, please visit https://mrc.ukri.org

Person specification

You will demonstrate:

Extensive experience of leading teams and delivering a portfolio of work at national levels. Significant experience of building partnerships and collaboration in the medical and healthcare sector, with government, academia, charities and industry at a very senior level. A developed understanding of the role of research and innovation in delivering UK strategic research and innovation objectives, with experience of developing strategy in the medical research and healthcare sector. Management of diverse and complex stakeholders and with the ability to negotiate successfully to meet the needs of individual parties within the experience of agreeing deals in the medical and healthcare sector, with government, academia, charities and industry. (S/I) A developed understanding of the international research funding landscape.

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 84,001, Medical Research Council contributes 24,335 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

How to apply

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Applicants are required to provide a CV and include a cover letter providing evidence of how they meet the criteria described.


To apply, and for further details on the role, please visit our job board: Director of National Partnerships - UKRI Careers Quoting reference

1098.

The closing date for applications is 4th August 2025.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .



See our vetting charter .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

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Recruitment team

Email : Recruitment@ukri.org

Further information

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