King's College London

About us:

The post is based in the Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics in the School of Mental Health and Psychological Sciences at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience.  The Department has been a major force in the development of quantitative methodology as applied to mental health research. We have significant national and international collaborations, and our research has growing impact into all areas of medicine particularly through expertise in trials and software development.

The appointee will work the King’s Clinical Trials Unit (KCTU), the UKCRC registered CTU within King’s College London and Partner Trusts in King’s Health Partners. KCTU supports trials in all disease areas with specialist strength in mental health, neuroscience, rheumatology, transplantation and ophthalmology.  The KCTU Academic Director is Professor Richard Emsley, who this post holder will report to.

About the role:

This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with strong research management experience and excellent communication skills to coordinate the clinical trials research portfolio in the Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience.

The post holder will be responsible for providing professional services support on all aspects of administration, development, and implementation of effective operating procedures to ensure consistent management and delivery of multiple projects across the clinical trials portfolio. The post holder will support the research administration of specific projects, including the Early Psychosis Multi-arm, Multi-stage Platform Trial (PUMA).

The post holder will also support the Mental Health Trials Statistics Lead (Prof Ben Carter) and the Academic Director of King’s Clinical Trials Unit (Prof Richard Emsley) to meet the funders’ milestones, regulatory compliance and complete reports. They will contribute to developing and managing all strategic and operational elements of the portfolio, in consultation with key stakeholders, and to ensuring effective implementation and dissemination.

Finally, the post holder will support the Mental Health Trials Statistics team through providing high quality administrative support, as well as work closely with colleagues from across the Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics in the timely and efficient delivery of projects and activities.

*This post will be offered on a full-time basis until 30th September 2026 in the first instance.

We offer flexibility for hybrid working. The role requires 2 days per week in person, typically on Monday, Tuesday or Thursday, at the Denmark Hill campus.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Degree level qualification
2. Substantial experience in project management and implementation, preferably in an academic research environment
3. Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft packages, experience in use of King’s systems (e.g. Worktribe, Business World), confidence in using research information systems (e.g. PURE) and in reporting project’s outcomes
4. Practical knowledge of business and management tools to support annual planning, operational allocation of resources and budget management in a HEI
5. Excellent organisation and time management skills, including a flexible approach to managing a constant and varied portfolio of requests; able to meet multiple fixed deadlines
6. Excellent oral and written communication skills
7. Excellent interpersonal skills at all levels, with both internal/external stakeholders

Desirable criteria

1. Prince2 Practitioner or equivalent project management certification
2. Strong knowledge of HR processes and equal opportunities policies
3. High-level information and analytical skills and an ability to communicate complex data findings to the relevant audience verbally and in writing

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information on what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information:

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

Interviews are due to be held in August 2025.