Research programme manager

Location: Contracted to their Peterborough office with the flexibility for hybrid working
Salary: £33,000 - £37,000 depending on experience
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week)
Benefits: They want all their 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: Wednesday 4 February 2026

Interviews will be held on week commencing 16 February 2026

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. Their vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who excels at building strong relationships and enjoys helping shape areas of research. They are expanding their work at the intersection of kidney disease and cancer and need a skilled programme manager to help drive this forward.

They are looking for a confident, organised professional to coordinate their new Kidneys and Cancer initiative. You will build strong relationships with researchers and clinicians, manage timelines and activities, support workshops and meetings, and help identify opportunities that accelerate progress. You will communicate complex information clearly, enjoy working collaboratively, and bring a proactive, solutions-focused approach. You may also support additional programmes as they develop.

They operate a hybrid, flexible working style and the role is contracted to their Peterborough office. You will also be required to regularly attend external meetings and events.

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

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

About their organisation:

Our client is the leading charity in the UK focused on funding research into the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease. Their vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease and for more than 60 years the research, they 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 their work more essential than ever.

They work with clinicians and scientists across the UK, funding and facilitating research into all areas of kidney disease. They 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 they have invested more than £71 million into research. They 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, they also work closely with patients, ensuring their voice is heard and is at the centre of everything they do, from deciding which research to invest in to how they plan their priorities and their work across the charity.

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

You may also have experience in the following: Programme Manager, Research Programme Manager, Research Programme Coordinator, Health Research Manager, Clinical Research Programme Manager, Medical Research Programme Manager, Charity Programme Manager, Healthcare Programme Manager, Research Development Manager, Programme Lead (Health or Research), Research Projects Manager, Strategic Research Manager, Research Operations Manager, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit, NFP, etc.

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