Role: Qualitative Insights and Engagement Manager
Grade: NHS Agenda for Change Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 per annum plus High Cost Area Supplement
Contract: 12 months, fixed term (maternity cover)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Full-time, part-time, flexible working and compressed hours considered
Location: Hybrid, Ferguson House, 15 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5JD
Closing date: 11:59pm, Wednesday 7 October 2026
Interview date: Tuesday 20 October 2026
Job reference: 289-CR-185
Background
Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP) is the Health Innovation Network for North West London. We bring together healthcare providers and universities across the region, working with our health and research partners and with industry to put innovation into practice.
Our qualitative insights team makes sure the voices of patients, the public and professionals shape that work, from how projects are designed to how they are evaluated.
About the role
We are looking for a Qualitative Insights and Engagement Manager to join our Strategy and Insights team on a 12-month maternity cover.
Working closely with the Senior Qualitative Insights and Engagement Manager, you will plan and deliver qualitative insight activities that support projects across ICHP, including evaluations and patient, public and professional involvement work. You will:
- Support the implementation of ICHP’s strategic approach to qualitative insights
- Independently lead depth interviews, focus groups and other qualitative activities with a wide range of stakeholders
- Synthesise findings into accessible, actionable insights
- Share your expertise through internal teaching sessions and as an advisor to colleagues and partners
- Represent ICHP in regional and national engagement and involvement networks
You will also play an active part in shaping ICHP’s culture, helping make it an inclusive, collaborative and rewarding place to work.
Skills and experience required
Essential
- Commitment to ICHP’s values of Impact, Quality, Courage and Collaboration.
- Knowledge of engagement and involvement methodologies, or social research methodologies, and experience of putting them into practice.
- Experience supporting the qualitative elements of evaluations.
- Robust project management skills, including time management, budget management and project reporting.
- Confidence coaching others to embed engagement into their project plans.
Join our Q&A webinar
Want to find out more before you apply? Join our webinar for prospective applicants at 3pm on Tuesday 29 September 2026 on Microsoft Teams: Join the webinar
The session will be recorded and can be shared with anyone unable to attend. If you have a question relating to your personal circumstances, you can email it to the recruiting manager in advance.
How to apply
Applications are managed by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of ICHP.
View the full advert and apply online
We may close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
For more information, please contact Sadie Myhill, Senior Qualitative Insights and Engagement Manager: sadie.myhill@imperialcollegehealthpartners.com