Clinical Research Programme Lead – Maternity Cover
Blood Cancer UK
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £52,000 - £57,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Lead the development, governance, and delivery of strategic clinical research programmes, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy and funding priorities.
- Identify and develop new clinical funding opportunities aligned with the organisation’s research strategy.
- Establish and oversee programme governance structures and committees so that funding decisions, performance management and risk oversight are robust, transparent and evidence-led.
- Foster engagement and collaboration across clinical and research communities to support innovative blood cancer research and strengthen relationships that accelerate clinical research progress.
- Oversee the development, coordination and governance of the UK Blood Cancer Research Network (including its clinical study groups, patient network and early-career researcher network), which identifies research priorities and develops impactful studies for patient benefit.
- Promote inclusion, involvement, and career development across the research community to ensure diverse voices shape research and that early career researchers and clinicians are supported to thrive.
- Lead strategic research programmes to build capacity in blood cancer clinical research, including access to clinical trials, and addressing barriers to clinical-academic careers and research delivery.
- Embed meaningful involvement of people affected by blood cancer in programme design and delivery so that research priorities and study development reflect community needs and experience.
- Collaborate with internal teams to integrate research initiatives effectively across the organisation, including impact measures and reporting for clinical programmes.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including across our systems influencing work and clinical trial support service, aligning strategic projects and insights from clinical practice to inform programme development.
- Manage the operational budgeting for clinical programmes and network, working with the Deputy Director of Research, to ensure accurate planning, forecasting and reporting that supports organisational decision making.
- Lead, support and develop the Clinical Research Administrator so that high-quality operational support underpins programme delivery and team objectives are met.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of the clinical research funding and trial delivery sectors in the UK.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in a science subject relevant to blood cancer research.
- Knowledge of science subjects relevant to blood cancer research (e.g., biology, biomedical sciences, oncology)
- Familiarity with strategic research funding and programme delivery.
- Experience of delivering large-scale research programmes, for example in research administration and management (pre- or post-award).
- Experience working with and delivering outcomes for diverse stakeholders in research environments.
- Proven track record of improving or adapting systems/processes in a research funding or programme delivery setting.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
clinical researchresearch fundingtrial deliveryprogramme deliveryresearch administrationstakeholder engagementsystem/process improvementbudget managementclinical trials
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationstrategic thinkinginclusionmentorshiprelationship buildingperformance managementrisk oversight
Certifications
degree in science