Project Manager/Data Manager

About the Role

You will be responsible for project management and data management activities for a portfolio of large, multi-centre research studies in the areas of prostate and breast cancer prevention which are accruing long-term follow-up through national registries and databases. You will coordinate and update research study approvals/amendments of submissions to ethics committees, local NHS (R&D) offices, and the Sponsor. As part of the role you will further participate in the preparation of study reports, grant applications and publications.

About You

The successful candidate will have experience in drafting data management plans for research studies and of using the Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) for the submission of new applications, amendments etc. Most importantly, they will have experience in database management, including preparing data for statistical analyses and research reports.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Wolfson Institute of Population Health harnesses expertise across a wide range of population based research and education activities and aims to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence in population health, primary care and preventive medicine.

The post-holder will work in the Centre for Evaluation and Methods (CEM), a thriving centre that incorporates collaborative units who work to deliver outstanding research based on their combined and complementary strengths. The post-holder will contribute in particular to long-term follow-up studies in the fields of breast and prostate cancer prevention, within the Barts Clinical Trials Unit.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.

The post is based at the Charterhouse Square/Whitechapel Campus in London. It is full time (35 hours per week), fixed term appointment for 2 years, with an expected start date of July/August 2024. The starting salary will be Grade 5, in the range of £42,405 - £49,785 per annum (pro-rata), inclusive of London Allowance. Staff are currently hybrid working, there will be an expectation to work on site 3 days/week.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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