CRCTU Business Manager

Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

CRCTU Business Manager

Full time and fixed term for 12 months.  

We currently have an opportunity for an experienced individual to join our team in our Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit.

The Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Clinical Trials Unit (CRCTU) is one of the largest UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) registered clinical trials units in the country and specialises in running cancer clinical trials. The Unit has an extensive portfolio of phase I, II and III clinical trials in adults and children covering a wide range of disease sites. The Unit employs a multidisciplinary team of over 150 staff including statisticians, systematic reviewers, trial management staff, research nurses, monitors, programmers, administrators and IT staff. The CRCTU receives substantial core funding from Cancer Research UK and additional funding from other charities, government and pharmaceutical companies.

The CRCTU Business Manager will be the central point of contact for business related matters with responsibility for the coordination of the financial management and personnel requirements of the CRCTU. The post holder will report to the CRCTU Director of Operations and will work closely with the Institute Manager.  They will provide support to the Directors Committee and the Operational Management Committee of the CRCTU in developing and achieving their strategic and operational goals.

The successful candidate will possess significant personnel, financial and project management experience ideally gained in a University/Higher Education/NHS setting.  Experience of significant budgetary control and knowledge of research funding practices in the UK HE sector is essential to this role. 

The successful candidate will be working in the Robert Aitken building which has been refurbished by Advantage West Midlands (AWM) through Birmingham Science City: Translational Medicine Clinical Research Infrastructure and Trials Platform.

Informal enquires can be made to Dr Sarah Bowden (email: s.j.bowden@bham.ac.uk).

Starting salary is normally in the range £28,982 to £37,768.

Closing date: 27 July 2016   

Reference:  49820

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