Graduate Research Assistant (Trial Coordinator)

This full-time maternity cover post is available on a fixed-term basis from 21 April 2025 until 17 April 2026.

We welcome applications from candidates interested in working part-time hours at least 0.8 FTE.

The post
The Exeter Clinical Trials Unit (ExeCTU), in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, at the University of Exeter, wishes to recruit an experienced Trial Coordinator to join its expanding team. This full-time maternity post is available from the 21 April 2025 until 17 April 2026. Applicants interested in hybrid working patterns are encouraged to make contact to discuss options. Part-time working of 80% FTE or greater will be considered.

About you
The successful applicant will be able to present information on research progress and outcomes, communicate complex information, orally, in writing and electronically and prepare proposals and applications to external bodies.

Applicants will be educated to first degree level or possess an equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study or equivalent experience and be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within established research programmes.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button) for full details of this role and describe in your application how you meet the requirements for this role.

What we can offer you

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research.
• Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly.
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development.
• Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career.
• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a Fertility Treatment Policy.
• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon.

The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

Further information
For further information please contact Dr Abby O’Connell (Senior Trial Manager, a.j.oconnell@exeter.ac.uk) or Dr Heather Cook (Head of Trial Management, h.cook3@exeter.ac.uk).

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