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Bloomsbury, Greater London (On-site)
£31,935 per year
Full-time
Permanent

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Job description

Do you have experience in research funding? Or a keen interest to apply a scientific degree to funding impactful child health research? If so, then we have a fantastic opportunity for you. 

Following a promotion, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity is hiring for a Research Officer is responsible for ensuring charitable funding supports the highest quality projects within our funding priority areas of: research; patient and family experience; technology and medical equipment; hospital staff support; education; and environment (through supporting redevelopment projects and capital builds).

Salary

The salary for this position is £31,935 per annum and we operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office.

In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate. 

Key Responsibilities

Research grant management

  • Managing the delivery of GOSH Charity’s response-mode funding schemes, including our National Research Project Grant and ‘Lift Off’ pilot study funding call and others.
  • Supporting potential applicants via email, phone or in person to ensure we receive high quality grant applications. 
  • Processing, reviewing and validating grant applications. 
  • Leading the peer review process using our Grant Management System.
  • Project managing the delivery of the Research Assessment Panel.
  • Supporting the input of patient and public voice, to ensure they’re built into our research funding decision making. 

Committee management

  • Providing operational and secretariat support to the Research Assessment Panel and Lift Off Scientific Assessment Panels, and other expert research review panels as required.
  • Managing agendas and meeting logistics, including face to face meetings as they are arranged.
  • Preparing papers and reports, and collating these from across the team for delivery to the Committee in good time.
  • Preparing high quality minutes that provide a clear record of discussions, decisions, and actions, and disseminating these following internal and Chair approval.
  • Support the regular review of the Committee membership and tenure.
  • Evaluating and recommending improvement and applying sector best practice to the Committee operations.
  • Being a first point of call for Committee members, supporting them to deliver their role and ensuring they have a good experience working with GOSH Charity

This is a varied role with high impact, please refer to the full role profile for all the information. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • Previous experience working in grants management or within relevant scientific research. 
  • Knowledge of research principles and the UK research funding environment. 
  • Sound knowledge of paediatric research or similar discipline. 
  • Demonstrate experience of research quality assessments, including peer review.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with high attention to detail. 
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects at once. 
  • Strong relationship builder, with the ability to network in the scientific, clinical and research communities. 
  • Either an undergraduate degree in a relevant scientific discipline, or equivalent relevant work experience. 
Application resources
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Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 101 - 500

We are Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. We stop at nothing to help give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer.

Posted on: 12 June 2025
Closing date: 10 July 2025 at 21:00
Tags: Administration, Health / Medical, Information Management, Qualitative, Quantitative, Research, Youth / Children, Grants