Clinical Project Coordinator

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Work type:Full-time
Location:Sydney, NSW
Categories:Research Administration support

The Kirby Institute

UNSW Medicine & Health

REF#502494

• Full time (35 hours/week) Fixed term for 12 months
• Salary: $96K-$104K Plus 17% superannuation and leave loading
• Kensington, Sydney

The Organization:

The Kirby Institute is a leading global research institute dedicated to the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. Established in 1986 in response to the then emerging HIV epidemic, the Kirby Institute now contributes to knowledge on a broad range of diseases, including viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections.

The Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program (VHCRP) is one of the largest research programs within the Kirby Institute. The program focuses on therapeutic research in viral hepatitis, including research into HIV/Hepatitis co-infection. The program also has a substantial laboratory research sub-program which utilises samples collected within hepatitis clinical protocols. The VHCRP is responsible for the management and co-ordination of a large number of studies across an extensive network of national and international clinical sites where the studies are performed.

About the Opportunity:

We have an opportunity for a Clinical Project Coordinator who will work on a project involving the implementation of a national hepatitis C point-of-care testing program at clinical sites across Australia. This is a complex project involving high level project management, communications, and stakeholder management. The Project Coordinator will be responsible for the coordination, management, and monitoring of the trial. The position holder will use their experiences in biomedical research to devise, implement, monitor, and report on the conduct of this research project from inception and provide strategic and tactical guidance on operational matters.

About You:

• Graduate biomedical science qualifications or other medical qualifications including Nursing and subsequent relevant experience in the conduct of multicentre clinical trials, or an equivalent level of knowledge gained through any other combination of education, training and/or experience
• Demonstrated management of clinical trial data and clinical trial databases, and research specimen collection
• Willingness and ability to travel locally and interstate on a regular basis
• Excellent computer skills with Microsoft Office with a proven aptitude for learning new software packages, accessing research publications and searching relevant databases
• Proven experience drafting and managing budgets, and experience with interim and final study reports including analysis plans
• Demonstrated experience coordinating and running project team meetings, protocol steering committee meetings and investigator start-up meetings
• Demonstrated experience completing ethical and regulatory applications for clinical trials, both nationally and internationally
• Demonstrated experience with site clinical trial research agreement development, vendor selection and contract management

To Apply:  Please submit your CV and respond to the skills and experience section of the position description.

For any specific role enquiries please contact Marianne Byrne (E: [email protected] ), do not send applications directly to the above contact.

Given current Australian Government COVID-19 border restrictions, we are only accepting applications from Australian citizens or permanent residents or people currently residing in Australia with full working rights.

Applications close: 11.55PM, 4th August 2021

Advertised:15 Jul 2021 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close:04 Aug 2021 AUS Eastern Standard Time