Rob Squire

Experience

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  British Gas

  Jun 2004 - May 2006

  Customer Service Advisor
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  Scottish and Southern Energy

  Jun 2006 - Jun 2008

  Customer Service Advisor - Net Promoter Team
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  CPG Logistics

  Feb 2009 - Aug 2014

  Sales and Marketing Executive

  Responsible for writing and submitting bids for new business. Tasks included project management and planning; copy writing and proofreading; information gathering and data analysis; and overseeing implementation plans. Developed existing relationships with over 50 pharmaceutical companies to secure additional businessAssisted the Marketing Manager with budget planning and the creation of marketing materials. Attended regular customer review meetings to present statistics and analytics to secure business for the next year. Show less

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  NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research)

  Sept 2014 - now

  Responsible for monitoring the delivery of a large (~£50m) portfolio of NIHR-funded health research projects and contracts. Daily activities include liaison with project teams and grant holders; providing advice and guidance to mitigate and resolve challenges within an award's lifecycle; and working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that research projects deliver with the expected budgets and time.Am also a Mental Health First Aider for the University of Southampton's School for Enterprise and Innovation. Show less Responsible for two work streams within the NIHR Evidence Synthesis Programme. Oversaw the efficient delivery of work undertaken by 11 research teams on behalf of the DHSC, for NICE and other policy makers. Monitored the governance, quality assurance and finance of this contract and ensured the £12m budget matched our forecast. Was also responsible for the contract management of Cochrane UK and the 20 NIHR-funded Cochrane Review Groups. This included arranging and facilitating contract review meetings, monitoring progress against agreed deliverables, and being the finance lead for the Programme’s budget. Acted as the team’s lead on several functional areas, such as finance, communications, IT and impact. Was also involved in a number of cross-organisational initiatives, including being a mental health first aider and an ambassador for flexible and versatile working. Show less Responsible for all business activities of the NIHR Dissemination Centre. This included managing projects and work programmes; data analysis and reporting; reviewing financial management accounts and risk registers; overseeing the planning of national events; and leading on issues relating to publications, open access and accessibility. Managed the relationship with the publications sub-contractor, ensuring they met all of their targets and dealing with underperformance when necessary. Also created papers for important meetings including annual contract reviews, senior management team meetings and contract progress reports. Show less Responsible for the management and delivery of all administrative activities. This included being the first point of contact for queries; the upkeep of the in-house management information system; generating reports and analysing data; and searching databases for NIHR-funded research. Arranged a minimum of three national launch events each year. Completed many ad-hoc tasks such as writing Work Instructions, proofreading documents and taking the lead on short-term projects, including implementing GDPR legislation.Was a member of the Ensuring Value in Research (EViR) international funders group. The group brought together many research funders and organisations from all over the world that share the aim of reducing avoidable waste and ensuring value for money is achieved at every step of the research management process. Show less Administrator for the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) application and funding team, Was responsible for carrying out tasks relating to the application process for funding health research. Liaised with board members, applicants, reviewing professionals and members of the public to ensure proposals were submitted correctly and on time. Arranged and attended funding board meetings three times a year and provided secretariat support.In addition, was involved in a number of ad-hoc projects such as arranging and providing technical assistance for webinars to introduce new research calls and pilot schemes to the research community. Show less

  • Research Manager (James Lind Alliance) - NETSCC

    May 2024 - now

  • Research Manager (Monitoring) - NETSCC

    May 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Research Manager (Evidence Synthesis Programme) - NETSCC

    Aug 2019 - Apr 2023

  • Business Manager - NIHR Dissemination Centre

    Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

  • Assistant Business Manager - NIHR Dissemination Centre

    May 2015 - Dec 2018

  • Administrator, HTA Programme - NETSCC

    Sept 2014 - Apr 2015