Study Coordinator - Cambridge, United Kingdom - University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
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Do you have great administrative and organisational skills? Interested in a role which is contributing to changing lives for the better? Looking for your next challenge?


The role of the Study Coordinator (Rare Diseases) is to ensure the efficient and smooth running of volunteer recruitment into the NIHR BioResource and the research studies facilitated by the NIHR BioResource.

The post holder will provide administrative and coordination support for the preparation of projects within the Rare Diseases Study and enrolment of participants (stage 1).


You will need to be well organised and an excellent communicator, as well as being highly competent using Microsoft Office to succeed in this role.


About NIHR BioResource:
Our mission is to facilitate human health research and its transformation into medical practice.


NIHR BioResource is a unique and powerful resource for studying disease mechanisms and for investigating the links between genes, the environment, health and disease, enabling scientific discoveries as well as facilitating translational medicine for the benefit of patients.


About the job:

The post holder will be responsible for liaising with various stakeholders (lead researchers/ principal investigators/ clinicians/ collaborators/ research study personnel), and recruiting teams at approved sites, efficiently and in a timely manner to facilitate the set-up of projects and responding to standard queries.

This post-holder will work closely with (and be responsible to) the Senior Study Coordinator to ensure that all NIHR BioResource activities are undertaken in accordance with the requirements of EU and UK Statutory requirements and principles of Good Clinical Practice (GCP).


About you:

Ideally you will:

  • Be educated to degree level or have equivalent qualifications or have experience relevant to the post.
  • Have experience with study/clinical trial documents, including protocols and other RECapproved documents.
  • Have solid IT skills, to be able to learn bespoke databases for data entry and data integrity checking.
  • Have excellent planning, organisational and attention to detail skills.
  • Have experience in an administrative role; document control; user of Microsoft Office.

What we offer:

The University offers a range of benefits including flexible working, family friendly policies, a generous pension scheme (employer's contribution is 10.8% of pensionable pay) and 36 days' annual holiday (including public holidays).

We will assist you in developing your career by providing extensive training and development opportunities.

This appointment is full-time, 36.5 hours per week (80% FTE will be considered). Work-life balance is important, we are open to discussion on flexible working, including hybrid working.

The post is fixed-term initially until 30 November 2024. NIHR BioResource is funded by the National Institute for Health & Care Research (NIHR) on a 5-year funding cycle. NIHR announced last year that we will receive new funding over the next 5 years. Our offices are on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus CB2 0QQ (approximately 2 miles south of the city centre).

Closing date: 3 September 2023

Interviews: 14 September 2023

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
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