ECTU Clinical Trials Administrator

UE05: £25,285.00 to £28,929.00 Per Annum
CMVM / MGPHS / USHER Institute / ECTU
Open Ended Contract - Permanent: Full Time - 35 Hours per Week
Role available immediately (likely start 01 July 2023)

The Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Trials Administrator.

The Opportunity:

We are looking to recruit to the Business Team an enthusiastic, resourceful and highly organised person who is able to work independently, to manage their own workload and work as part of a multidisciplinary team. This post will involve working across a variety of activities and research studies and you will join an experienced, diverse Business team within an established trials unit. Given the nature of work within the clinical trials unit, you will require knowledge of the principles of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and have experience of working with confidential and sensitive material. You will be responsible for ordering requirements, deliveries of goods, storage of goods, processing of invoices and expense claims in relation to the trials, using the P&M system, act as reception to the unit, and provide administration support with the set-up of new trials and ongoing maintenance of existing trials.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Pamela Sinclair (Business Team Lead) at pamela.sinclair@ed.ac.uk

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Experience of working with confidential information/data and sensitive strategic materials.
• Experience of working independently, prioritisation skills, responding to unforeseen problems and circumstances and resolving them effectively.
• Experience of dealing with financial processes and transactions.
• Ability to work under pressure, maintaining excellent attention to detail, to strict deadlines.
• Knowledge of the principles of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and data protection.

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Please include your CV and a supporting statement with details of how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience required for this post.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

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The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

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