Research and Innovation Administrator | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

This post is offered as a permanent contract at 37.5h/week.

We are seeking enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals, who can demonstrate a good understanding of clinical research, GCP and clinical governance.

Applicants should be qualified to at least diploma level, or have an equivalent level of experience and, as a minimum, must meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification of the job description.

The role is ideal for individuals who are keen to develop their experience in clinical trials administration.

The role provides general administrative support to facilitate the management of research projects within the trust, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and governance requirements. The includes assisting with the archiving function by collecting and processing research projects which need to be sent to long term storage.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong communication and organisational skills and the ability to work well both in a team and using their own initiative.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

• Facilitate the review and processing of all research-related agreements including but not limited to clinical trial agreements, confidential disclosure agreements and service-level agreements.
• Liaise closely with reviewers/legal experts to aid timely approval and processing of such agreements. Work in collaboration with the delivery teams to prioritise study contracts where appropriate.
• Assist with the processing of amendments for Sponsor Authorisation for Christie-sponsored projects and issuing notification of no objections for hosted projects where applicable in accordance with regulatory and research governance requirements.
• Coordinate and track the review and sign-off of Honorary Research Contracts and Letters of Access for researchers.
• Ensure internal and external timelines for processing contracts, amendments and research passports/letters of access are adhered to.
• Support the R&I Coordinators in processing new research projects as required.
• Assist with the production of reports to summarise activity and aid performance management across the service.
• Work in collaboration with the R&I Coordinators to review the project information available on the Local Portfolio Management System (LPMS) and other trust systems as applicable to ensure accuracy and completeness, performing update information exercises as required.
• Use own judgement where applicable when using facts from situations which may require further analysis.
• Ensure that the Trust has documentary evidence that projects comply with relevant regulatory and research governance requirements.
• Management of the external R&I mailbox, ensuring distribution of communication where relevant and management of internal shared mailboxes as appropriate.
• Where appropriate, attend R&I meetings / meetings of R&I facility management committees as required.
• Where appropriate, organise and schedule research meetings/conferences/in-house training events, ensuring appropriate accommodation, attendance and distribution of papers, and that an agenda is agreed and where appropriate coordinate with outside sources.
• Provision of minute-taking for internal and external meetings as appropriate.
• Primary point of contact for the R&I Office to provide and receive complex information regarding R&I activity across the Trust and externally
• Work in collaboration with the R&I Office to develop and maintain appropriate work instructions and training materials.
• Contribution to service improvement initiatives relating to areas of work including the identification of deficiencies within the service and implementation of new ways of working in collaboration with the R&I team and across the division as required.
• Contribute towards the development and implementation of Trust-wide research strategies, policies and procedures.
• Plan workload effectively ensuring agreed objectives are met.
• Work within trust and divisional policies and procedures, working unsupervised and independently.
• Responsible for own professional/personal development, working with their line manager to develop and fulfil a personal development plan.

This job description is not meant to be finite and may be subject to change following discussion and agreement with the post holder. Similarly the post holder may be requested to undertake such other duties not mentioned in the job description which are commensurate with the grade.

This advert closes on Friday 31 Jan 2025