UK PSC Project Manager

Job Purpose

The goal of the UK PSC Project is to provide a platform in which the characteristics of patients with the rare liver disease Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) are studied in great depth, from which new treatments can be developed and implemented. By improving our scientific understanding of PSC, we can help develop new drugs to better protect against toxic bile, reduce inflammation, and resolve liver scarring.

As the UK PSC Project Manager you will largely be required to work independently on your own initiative, through the application of relevant knowledge, skills and experience. You will be responsible for developing and implementing systems for project management of the UK PSC Study, supported by the UK PSC Data Manager.

You will build significant links with consortium partners providing an efficient operational base for the effective project management and administration of UK PSC by Birmingham and its partners, to ensure delivery of the project and its outputs within the timetable set out by the study funder. We therefore require someone with the skills and organisational drive to ensure the smooth running and delivery of the project. This post would be suitable for someone with previous clinical study project management experience.

Person Specification

Qualifications
• Degree level (or equivalent) education.

Experience
• Trial coordinator / science graduate or equivalent professional with experience of providing project management and administrative support to a senior member of staff.
• Experience of managing projects with multiple stakeholders, communicating key milestones and monitoring delivery.
• Experience of preparing and controlling budgets for projects
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate with confidence and discretion with a wide range of people at all levels including staff, external contacts and patient support and PPI groups.
• Experience of staff supervision.

Abilities and skills
• Knowledge of the requirements of Good Clinical Practice to ensure all project related activities are run in line with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), the relevant EU Directives and UK legislation.
• Good team working skills
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Flexibility to take on a wide variety of tasks as necessary.
• An ability to work proactively, with little supervision, under pressure and to deadlines.
• An ability to use own judgement to resolve problems and to make decisions on own initiative.
• An ability to deal with people and organisations at all levels.
• Ability to manage own workload and keep to deadlines, working flexibly where necessary.
• Ability to prioritise and handle many competing demands.
• Excellent IT skills in Microsoft office and related packages. The postholder should also be confident and willing to quickly learn new software packages.
• Ability to create, maintain and manipulate complex spreadsheets and to understand and interpret the information contained in them.
• Good office management skills.
• Ability and confidence to identify potential problems, propose solutions and make decisions on own initiative.
• The ability to take accurate notes is essential.
• Ability to meet the travel needs of the post