King's College London

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About Us

The Skin Therapy Research Unit (STRU) at St John’s Institute of Dermatology provides a range of services and facilities to support research aimed at improving outcomes in people with skin disease. The Unit provides a range of services and facilities to support research aimed at improving outcomes in people with skin disease. Work extends from genetic discovery through to a comprehensive portfolio of clinical trials (phase II onwards) and biomarker-enabled precision medicine. The Unit works with investigators within both the academic and industry community, collaborating closely with The Cutaneous Immunology Group, Skin Inflammation Genetics Group and Genomic Medicine at King’s College London.   

About the role

The Clinical Trials Manager will join a large interdisciplinary team of clinicians, scientists and study management personnel to deliver our internationally leading precision medicine inflammatory skin disease research programme. The post holder will have specific leadership responsibility for clinical trials and observational studies that are integral to this work. We work with more than 70 sites across the UK who contribute vital longitudinal clinical data and samples in people with inflammatory skin disease. The post holder will also play a key role in the communication activities of the group, promoting research and publicising findings via our social media channels and website, and coordinating the development of lay summaries/infographics across St John’s Institute of Dermatology.

Candidates should have a firm grounding and interest in clinical trial management. They should be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills, experience of co-ordinating collaborative research, and the ability to work independently.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered  a fixed term contract until 14/05/2026.

This post is expected to be solely on site. 

About You

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

Essential criteria

1. Good first degree and a Masters in a relevant subject
2. Proven experience of trials management including development, conduct and management of multi-centre studies 
3. Excellent project management skills and teamwork with a ‘can do’ attitude and approach
4. Excellent communication (written and oral), interpersonal and IT (email, spreadsheets, word processing and databases) skills
5. Good organisational skills with an ability to work without direct supervision and to manage own workload
6. Excellent knowledge of the key frameworks, standards, principles and regulations that govern UK research including Good Clinical Practice, Data Protection Act and the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research 
7. Experience in the development of key research related materials, such as protocols, operation manuals, standard operating procedures and guidance documents, or with demonstrated evidence of similar experience within a relevant area 
8. Experience of maintaining regulatory approvals, submitting annual reports and completing safety reporting

Desirable criteria

1. Previous experience of line management or supervising other staff 
2. Experience using social media to promote science and/or direct to patient recruitment strategies 
3. Experience of budget management
4. Experience of report/paper writing
5. Experience of industry/capital/research liaising 

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 of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

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 mid October.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.