Senior Clinical Research Associate
Job No:
GEORGE855
Location:
Barangaroo, Australia
Our mission is to improve the health of millions of people worldwide.
- Part time or Full Time Opportunities available
- Barangaroo, Sydney CBD (Relocation to Randwick end of 2025)
- 3 Year Fixed Term Contract
- Hybrid working environment (2 days per week in the office)
Pro-Rata Salary Range of $94,036 to $100k Base (dependent on experience, skills and capabilities) plus 11.5% Superannuation + Smart Salary Packaging Benefit
The Opportunity:
We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Clinical Research Associate (SCRA) to join our team.
This role is dedicated to clinical operations, primarily working on a global stroke platform trial within the Brain Health Program. The SCRA will be responsible for overseeing start-up and implementation of the trial within various countries, working closely with the Project Manager and supporting the CRAs on the project.
In support of your application, we ask you address the following criteria in your cover letter:-
- Experience in clinical trials: Please detail your experience in clinical trials, ensuring you highlight any roles involving preparing ethics submissions, site management and monitoring.
- Technical writing skills: Provide examples of types of technical documents you have written
- Ability to work independently and problem solve: Provide examples from your previous work experience of working with minimal supervision and using critical thinking to problem solve.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
Essential
- Tertiary qualifications in a related science or health care discipline
- At least 2 years of monitoring experience working on drug intervention trials within an academic environment.
- Ability to write technical documents such as monitoring plans, site manuals etc
- Experience in preparation of ethics submissions within Australia
- Experience of ethical and regulatory requirements for conducting clinical trials in countries other than Australia.
- Working knowledge and experience implementing project activities in accordance with ICH/GCP
- Understanding of medical terminology
- Excellent knowledge in the application of ICH-GCP guidelines
- Understanding of confidentiality and privacy laws relevant to medical research
- Excellent skills in MS Office applications including Excel and Word
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well autonomously and within teams.
- Strong focus on producing the highest quality of work and on ensuring optimum accuracy of outputs
- Ability and willingness to travel.
Desirable
- Experience working in stroke trials
- Fluent in language other than English relevant to one or more of countries involved in the trial
For more information on this role, please see our detailed Position Description, here.
The closing date for applications is Friday 28 February 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found
The unrestricted right to work in Australia is a requirement for this position. Candidates who require sponsorship will not be considered.
About the George
The George Institute for Global Health (The George) is 700+ employees around the world and projects in over 40 countries all focused on improving the health of millions of people worldwide.
As a medical research institute affiliated with leading universities, we are challenging the status quo in healthcare to:
- Lead world-class, large-scale clinical trials, epidemiological studies and health systems research to transform treatments and healthcare delivery
- Look beyond single diseases, across the life course, to identify patient-centred approaches to care that can be implemented at scale
- Develop low-cost, innovative solutions to global unmet needs
- Drive our global impact through a program of research, advocacy, thought leadership and disruptive social entrepreneurship
We pride ourselves with our 6 core values: excellence, integrity, can-do approach, creativity, impact, and humanitarian commitment.
Please visit our website for more on The George: Home | The George Institute for Global Health
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Our big and bold mission to improve the health of millions of people worldwide needs a diverse and innovative team to deliver it. So we foster a dynamic, inclusive and flexible workplace where each individual can bring their best selves to work.
We value workplace diversity and encourage applications from people living with disability; women; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people who identify as LGBTIQ+; mature-aged adults and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Why The George?
We are committed to attracting, developing, rewarding and retaining the best people in their fields to conduct and support our innovative and highest quality research programs.
Take advantage of our rewards you may enjoy as part of The George team.
- Generous salary packaging benefits increasing your take home pay
- Learning and career development opportunities
- Extra leave days including extended Christmas break and study leave
- YourFlex arrangements e.g. start/finish times, purchase leave, location
- A global, diverse, inclusive team committed to making impact