GP2 Coordinator

About the Role

The post holder will be joining the Centre for Preventive Neurology at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London. The GP2 Coordinator will work within the Parkinson`s disease (PD) group, to work on the international Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2; www.gp2.org), funded by the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative and The Michael J. Fox Foundation.

The post holder will join the Training and Networking (TN) working group (WG) led by Prof Alastair Noyce. The overall aim of the TN WG is to establish a virtual centre-of-excellence to promote training and networking throughout the GP2 project.

About You

The GP2 Coordinator will support the development and implementation of GP2 training programs. They will monitor the progress of trainee projects and evaluate membership of the GP2 Trainee Network, as well as supporting with meeting management. The appointee should have sound skills in project coordination and be willing to work with investigators and collaborators across the GP2 network.

About the Centre

The Centre for Preventive Neurology is at the forefront of international research and brings together an expert team to carry out revolutionary new research into Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease. The centre’s focus is on academic discipline, research, the translation of research into health strategies and their practical implementation.

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.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

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.

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.

The post is based in Charterhouse Square. It is a full time (35 hours per week), fixed-term appointment for 2 years. The salary will be Grade 4 between £39,065 - £41,123 per annum.

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