Cancer Prevention Trials Unit (CPTU) - Quality Assurance Manager

About the Role

Applications are invited for an experienced QA Manager to join the Cancer Prevention Trials Unit, which is shortly to transfer to the Wolfson Institute of Population Health. In this senior position you will have overall responsibility for the Quality Management System (QMS) of the CPTU, ensuring it is compliance with sponsor requirements as well as national and international standards for the conduct of clinical research.

About You

The QA Manager will have broad governance responsibilities including maintaining a robust QMS that meets the needs of our varied portfolio, monitoring compliance with UK regulations, overseeing and implementing the unit’s audit plan and supporting information governance processes.

You will be required to have an in-depth understanding of the UK policy framework for health and social care research, the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 (SI 1031) and knowledge of the importance of Quality Assurance (QA) in a multidisciplinary setting.

About the Institute

The Wolfson Institute of Population Health (WIPH) harnesses expertise across a wide range of population-based research and education activities and aims to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence in population health and preventive medicine. As one of the six centres within the WIPH, the Centre for Cancer Screening, Prevention, and Early Diagnosis is at the forefront of research internationally into the prevention, detection and control of cancer.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

The post is based at the Whitechapel Campus in London, with the opportunity for hybrid working arrangements. It is full-time, fixed term (maternity cover) appointment for 12 months, with an expected start date of October 2023. The starting salary will be Grade 5, in the range of £42,405 - £49,785 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Harriet Gilbert Jones, Operations Manager (Compliance), at harriet.j.gilbert-jones@kcl.ac.uk.

To further details and to apply for the role, please click 'Apply’ button above.

The closing date for applications is 17 October 2023.

Interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter.

The School of Medicine holds a Silver Athena SWAN Award.

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