Research Fellow (Programme/Trial Manager)

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

We are creating a ‘health powerhouse’ for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university, in which staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and increased interdisciplinary opportunities. We are now one of the UK’s largest health educators and one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital.

Background

We are seeking to appoint a Programme/ Trial Manager responsible for managing a NIHR-funded research programme PEGASUS - aiming to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease for people with severe mental illness, including a focus on addressing inequalities for people from racialised communities. The programme comprises interrelated studies, including coproduction of a peer supported intervention and a multisite randomised controlled trial.

Responsibilities

The main responsibility will be day-to-day management of the PEGASUS programme, ensuring that research studies are delivered fully and to specified timelines. The post holder will be trial manager of the randomised controlled trial, will supervise a team of lived experience/survivor/service-user researchers, and will liaise with research partners, clinical sites, programme steering committee and Lived Experience Advisory Group.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will have experience of managing complex research projects or programmes and supervising research team members, of conducting high quality mental health research, and good knowledge of randomised controlled trial methodology and procedures.

Additional Information

Closing date: 11th March 2025 at 11:59pm.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 1st April 2025.

The selection process will involve an interview and a presentation. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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