King's College London

About us

The Kings Clinical Trials Unit (KCTU), based in the Denmark Hill campus, is the UKCRC accredited Clinical Trials Unit for KHP and provides methodological and operational expertise in the management of publicly funded clinical trials.

www.ctu.co.uk

About the role

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual with a keen interest in the management of clinical trials and ideally with previous experience of working in a research environment. The successful candidate will work within the accredited UKCRC King’s Clinical Trials Unit (KCTU), providing administrative support to large multi-centre clinical trials. In addition to working with senior trial managers and other colleagues in KCTU, the post holder will work closely with the trial’s Chief Investigator and the KCTU’s Operational Director, to ensure rigorous trial standards are maintained

Duties will include:

• Manage administration for the study, and actively contributing to the research planning and development in partnership with Principal Investigators, Executive and Steering Groups and Study Teams.
• Prepare and support meetings, boards, and committees, including the coordination and distribution of briefing documents and background materials, drafting presentations, or taking minutes, as required
• Ensure all necessary approvals are in place, staff are appropriately trained, and recruitment is maximised at the study sites, ensuring timely recruitment of study participants into studies
• Develop working guidelines for the trial as necessary and manage all communications with the Sponsor organisation
• Manage the Trial Master File and version control all trial documents
• Be a key liaison with all university departments, relevant ethics and R&D committees, funding bodies etc

This is a full-time post, and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31/01/2031.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1.     Degree qualification in a science subject or relevant professional qualification

2.     Proven commitment to ongoing skills development

3.     Excellent organisational skills with an ability to predict, identify and resolve problems that are critical to the running of the trial and plan strategically to avoid them

4.     Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise own schedule without supervision

5.     Experience of working in research or clinical trials, with an understanding of GCP guidelines

6.     Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly in the context of scientific writing, reports, presentations and telephone manner.

7.     Willing to travel with the UK flexibly to accommodate the needs of the project

8.     Ability to show attention to detail and high standards of accuracy in all aspects of work, with a flexible, enthusiastic, team-working attitude

Desirable criteria

1.      Understanding of medical terminology, either through study or working in a medical environment

2.      Knowledge of project management methodology and commitment to acquire complete project management skills

3.      Experience of financial planning and implementation

4.      Post graduate qualification with a research methodology element

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.