Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne |
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Salary: | £34,866 to £36,924 with progression to £45,163 per annum. |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 29th October 2024 |
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Closes: | 19th November 2024 |
Job Ref: | 27012 |
We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.
The Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join our project team as a Technical Project Manager.
You will join a dynamic, international, multidisciplinary team working in the area of translational research for neuromuscular diseases and other rare disorders within the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Centre at the Institute of Genetic Medicine.
In this role you will be based at the International Centre for Life in Newcastle city centre, with excellent transport links.
This exciting new role forms part of two important projects (PaLaDIn and RD-TAP) developing innovative and validated tools for an integrated IT platforms that will collect real world, rare disease patient data to inform health decision making and accelerate recruitment to clinical trials.
With a proven track record in IT project management, you will use your technical skills to develop innovated and validated tools to collect real world data on patients living with rare neuromuscular diseases and integrate them into data platforms. This will include scoping the requirements of IT tools, developing a user testing plan and working with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure the tools developed are fit for purpose.
As the Technical Project Manager, you'll need to communicate with both lay and technical audiences and present your work. Alongside excellent IT skills, good communication is critical to this role. You will also bring your knowledge of GDPR, project management and IT project delivery.
To apply for the position, we'll need your CV and a personal statement outlining how you are suitable for the role using evidence to highlight how you meet the essential criteria in the knowledge, skills and experience as listed in the job description (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button).
This post is fixed-term until the 31st December 2027 in the first instance. Further information can be obtained by contacting Phillip Cammish at Phillip.Cammish@ncl.ac.uk.
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