ARDT Project Manager

This post is fixed until the 31st August 2028.

Company description:

We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

Job description:

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our project team as a Project Manager.

You will join a dynamic, international, multidisciplinary team working in the area of translational research for neuromuscular diseases and other rare disorders within the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Centre at the Translational and Clinical Research Institute.

In this role you will be based at the International Centre for Life in Newcastle city centre, with excellent transport links.

This exciting new role forms part of a the ARDT project, funded by LifeArc, developing an innovative and integrated Rare Disease Recruitment Platform that will collect real world, rare disease patient data to accelerate recruitment to clinical trials.

With a proved track record in project management, you will be the main point of contact for project management activities within the work package. You will use your skills to coordinate activities to support the delivery, implementation, integration, day to day running and sustainability of the platform.

As the Project Manager, you'll need to communicate and build relationships with a wide range of key stakeholders from a range of disease areas. Alongside with experience of dealing with health data and excellent communication skills, the post holder would benefit from having worked in a healthcare or academic environment.

To apply for the position, we'll need your CV and a personal statement outlining how you are suitable for the role using evidence to highlight how you meet the essential criteria in the knowledge, skills and experience as listed in the job description.

Further information can be obtained by contacting Phillip Cammish Phillip.Cammish@ncl.ac.uk

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