About the Role
We are looking for a proactive and organised Clinical Trials Manager with a keen interest in managing and supporting and multi-centre research studies in Latin American, focused in the testing and implementation of low resource interventions, aimed at enhancing community-based care for long-term condition in Latin America.
About You
The successful candidate will work within the Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry (USCP), at Whitechapel and will manage and oversee the implementation of one large-scale multi-site international clinical trial and one large scale implementation study under the NIHR Global Health Research Centre, specifically focused on community-based management of long-term conditions in Latin America. The role involves working in close collaboration with academic partners in Guatemala, Bolivia, and Colombia, supporting research operations, capacity building, and stakeholder engagement.
About the School/Department/Institute/Project
The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry offers international excellence in research and teaching and supports clinical service for a population of unrivalled ethnic diversity in East London and the wider Thames Gateway. At the forefront of medical research and education, with research themes in cancer, cardiovascular medicine, inflammation, trauma and population health, the faculty is ranked 2nd in the 2021 QS World University rankings for research citations and consistently positioned first in London for subject rankings and student satisfaction.
The Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health (CPMH) is at the forefront of research internationally into the prevention and treatment of mental illness through biopsychosocial mechanisms. We are particularly active in programmes of research on public mental health, health promotion, prevention and early intervention. Programmes include workin health services, and population studies of complex risk and protective factors, co-morbidities and health inequalities. The Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry (USCP) is part of the WIPH and CPMH located at Whitechapel. The Unit is a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre and since 2022 it has hosted a NIHR Global Health Research Centre for the Community Treatment of Long-Term Conditions.
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.
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.