Senior PPIE Lead - School of Psychology Grade 7

Senior PPIE Lead - School of Psychology - 102653 - Grade 7

United Kingdom

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School of Psychology

Location:

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,636 to £46,049 with potential progression once in post to £48,822

Grade: 7

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to March 2031

Closing date: 4th February 2026

Interviews will take place either week commencing 23rd February 2026 or 2nd March 2026

Our offer to you

People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, andweare equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university.

We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here todevelopthrough our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programmewhichprovides allprofessionalservices staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential.

With almost 5,000professionalservices jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston andin our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities foryou to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate.

We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are,and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees andtothe success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer avarietyof flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible  addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 dayspaid holidaya year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site.

On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops,places to eat and drink,our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

The School of Psychology is expanding its Patient and Public Involvement Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an effective Public Involvement and Engagement Manager to shape and deliver the Public Involvement and Engagement Strategy and continue to develop a positive culture for public involvement and engagement throughout the IMH and the wider School. The post holder will lead and develop the involvement of patient and public in the Institute for Mental Health (IMH) and will be responsible for further developing the Institute’s existing youth involvement activity.

The post holder will develop, support, and facilitate various methods for involving people with lived experience in the work of IMH/School so that their input shapes future activities. This will be achieved in partnership with young people and families/carers and will also draw on good practice in involving the public in research.

The post holder will work collaboratively and provide essential liaison to support the active involvement of participants to research projects. The role will involve working closely with researchers from across the Institute for Mental Health, the School of Psychology and beyond. The role will also involve collaborating with other PPI facilitators/Leads and will report directly to the School of Psychology Head of Operations.

The post holder will deal with people at all levels of University staff and external affiliates of the IMH.

Main elements of this role will include:

• Ensuring experts by experience with lived experience of mental health difficulties have meaningful and rewarding involvement in the work of the IMH and the School of Psychology.
• Providing leadership to members of the IMH and School of Psychology (researchers and public contributors) on all matters relating to public involvement and engagement.
• Leading on the development of the existing infrastructure to support experts by experience to be actively involved in the work of the Institute for Mental Health and the School of Psychology.
• To engage with and contribute to local, regional and international PPIE networks; working collaboratively with other groups involved in participation to promote opportunities and share learning.
• Developing new ways of working with public contributors, which help embed principles and features of co-production.

Main Duties

• Leading the development of an Involvement Strategy focused on the IMH activities; outlining strategic aims for involvement of young people in its activities and a delivery plan.
• Supporting the…