Research Partnerships Coordinator

Motor Neurone Disease Association

Hours
37 hours per week

About the Organisation

Our vision is a world free from MND. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families, and their carers. We fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so that the needs of people with MND, as well as everyone who cares for them, are recognised and addressed by the wider society.

About the role

Are you ready to coordinate partnerships that bring researchers together and accelerate progress in MND research? We have a brand-new opportunity for a Research Partnerships Coordinator at the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association. You will be central to ensuring that vital research partnerships and collaborative projects deliver impact without delay. As Research Partnerships Coordinator, you will support the organisation of research activities and events that connect researchers and partners, helping manage the resources that underpin progress in MND research. Every detail you coordinate contributes to making each day count for people living with MND.

Responsibilities

Programme Coordination:

• Provide day-to-day coordination and administrative support for research partnerships and programmes, including scheduling meetings, maintaining trackers, recording decisions, and updating documentation.
• Maintain programme files, timelines, risk logs, and governance documents to ensure they are current and audit-ready.
• Support the preparation of contracts, amendments, milestones, financial schedules, and governance paperwork.
• Monitor partner deliverables and chase outstanding documentation or information as required.
• Assist with preparing reports, summaries, data visualisation, and internal updates for Research and Innovation, Income Generation, Engagement, and other teams.
• Support procurement processes, purchase order management, invoice processing, and budget monitoring

Partnerships and Convening:

• Assist in planning and delivering convening activities (workshops, roundtables, and partner visits).
• Support stakeholder communications, preparation of meeting materials, and follow-up actions.
• Contribute to materials and reports that raise the profile of the Association’s research partnerships and innovation work.

MND Collections:

• Provide operational coordination for the MND Collections (the Association’s biological and data resource supporting MND research), including logging enquiries, supporting access requests, and preparing documentation for review.
• Liaise with sample providers, biobank staff, and researchers to gather required forms, governance materials, and delivery details.
• Maintain accurate databases and spreadsheets tracking applications, approvals, sample usage, governance documentation, and impact metrics.
• Support annual NHS Research Ethics Committee reporting by gathering data, compiling updates, and organising required records.
• Support awareness-raising activities, including presentations, web updates, conference materials, and partner communications.
• Undertake any other task relevant to the job purpose and ensure that all functions performed reflect the Association's mission and core values

Skills, Competencies, Experience & Attributes

Essential Criteria:

• Experience working in a research or academic environment.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills, including project coordination.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with experience supporting events and collaborative activities.
• Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships across teams and organisations.
• Knowledge of grants, funding or research infrastructure activities.
• Knowledge of research partnerships, translational research or innovation programmes.
• Ability to understand data or sample governance in biomedical research. 

Required Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in biomedical or related science

Compensation & Benefits

• 28 days holiday, increasing to 33 days after 5 years, plus Bank Holidays
• Access to UK Healthcare, including dental, eye care, health screenings, and therapies
• 24/7 GP access via phone and video
• Life assurance and confidential counselling helplines
• Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to Work, Buy/Sell Annual Leave)
• Access to the Benefit Hub for discounts on everyday shopping
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Opportunities for training and personal development

Conditions of employment

• You need to be eligible to work in the UK

Working locations

• Hybrid model, working in the Northampton office and remotely

How to apply

• Please complete the application form via our website.
• To support an inclusive application process, we are open to receiving alternative applications from candidates who may find it difficult to complete our online form. If you would like to apply via video or audio file, please send your recorded application, ensuring you cover the supporting statement aspect, to [email protected]

Interviews

• All applications will receive a response once shortlisting has been completed.

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