PPIE Manager

Salary: £36,636 to £38,784 with progression to £46,049 per annum pro rata

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits . We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 15 July 2026

The NIHR Maternity Disparities Consortium (NIHR MDC) is a £50 million, five-year NIHR investment which brings together a diverse range of organisations with expertise in research, capacity development and working with people and communities to deliver a step change in maternity outcomes and developing future research leaders in this area of need. The research carried out by the consortium will focus on inequalities before, during and after pregnancy.

Nine University-led collaborations comprise the MDC.

The NIHR MDC is co-ordinated from Newcastle University (Research and Capacity Development) and the University of Birmingham (Research). The postholder will be based at Newcastle University and work closely with the Consortium team at the University of Birmingham. The University operates blended working but it is expected you will spend the majority of your time on site. The MDC research programme is structured around three themes, two work streams and two core functions.

The NIHR MDC’s research will help answer the most important questions facing policy makers, Local Authorities and service providers. Patient and Public Involvement is a key aspect of the Consortium’s work and the postholder will work closely with the Community Engagement and Coproduction (CECP) core function to ensure that all activities are grounded in lived experience, with people and communities as equal partners in research, governance and dissemination.

The role is to work within the NIHR MDC to co-develop and deliver the patient and public involvement and engagement (PPI/E) strategy and related operational activity. Reporting to the Consortium Programme Manager (Newcastle), you will work collaboratively with the co‑leads of the MDC’s Community Engagement and Coproduction core function, supporting the PPI/E activities of the consortium.

Ensuring that there is meaningful public and patient representation embedded across all activities in the MDC is a priority. Our themes will be working closely with public contributors to design, deliver and disseminate our research. We aim to provide diverse opportunities for patients and members of the public (especially those from underserved populations) to be involved, making sure that our research is informed by the broadest range of experiences.

This is a part time role for 22.2 hours per week. This is a fixed term role until 31/07/2030.

• Contribute to the development and delivery of the Consortium’s PPI/E strategy
• Proactively identify public involvement and engagement opportunities to support the development of the theme and workstream programmes, to enable delivery of outstanding and exemplary PPI/E activity
• In collaboration with the CECP core function and Capacity Development and Training Manager, establish a programme of PPI/E training for staff and PPI/E contributors, including design and delivery of workshops and presentations to support learning and promote capacity development
• Work closely with the Consortium’s co‑leads and theme/workstream/ core function leads to develop evaluation processes to enable assessment of PPI/E impact for reporting purposes (e.g. Research fish), and oversee their implementation across the themes and work streams
• Responsible for the collation and management of information about our PPI/E activity
• Monitoring, evaluating and reporting PPI/E of consortium-level activities and impact to both the funder and a range of other audiences including academic and non‑academic
• Support the PPI/E representatives on the Consortium’s Executive Group, Research Leads and Capacity Development Leads Groups
• Responsible for liaising with and building strong relationships with public contributors across the Consortium, including acting as a point of contact, supporting their attendance at meetings, provision of training as needed and providing guidance on…