Job summary
The Royal Marsden has a vital role in championing change and improvement in cancer care through research and innovation, education and leading-edge practice. We are incredibly proud of our international reputation for pushing the boundaries and for our ground-breaking work ensuring our patients receive the very best and latest in cancer treatment and care. Our cancer clinical research portfolio is both world-leading and practice changing.
This is a unique opportunity to help develop, oversee and be part of the team that deliver an exciting portfolio of trials for cancer patients. This post holder will manage some of our relationships with industry partners, looking at where we can extend our commercial research portfolio as a site, as well as looking for opportunities to develop The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Investigator lead Trials portfolio.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will be proactive, highly organised with excellent attention to detail, and proficient in communicating with a wide range of very senior stakeholders across The Royal Marsden and industry partners. They will have the ability to efficiently and effectively project manage research initiatives and realise wide-ranging benefits for all.
The post-holder will:
- Work in close partnership with teams of key industry partners delivering together as a singular team.
- Provides, excellent secretariat support for key meetings between industry partners and The Royal Marsden.
- Provide senior support to the partnership of The Royal Marsden and industry partners, through a combination of both meetings and project management. This will require the development and implementation of new tracking systems to record and follow-up on the delivery of all workstreams and associated arising actions. Responsibility for delivery of some activities will be with the post-holder solely, whereas responsibility for other activities will lay with other stakeholders that the post-holder must work with to ensure delivery.
About us
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
- Work in close partnership with industry partners, to ensure that a high-quality secretariat service is in place for all meetings between The Royal Marsden and industry partners. These include but are not limited to the following:
o Portfolio Review and Scientific Exchange Meetingso Cross-study Operational Review Meetingso Portfolio Deliver Assessment Meetingso New Capabilities Assessment Meetings
- Provide clinical research committee secretariat for The Royal Marsdens and industry partners meetings
- Liaise with the Deputy Director of Research Operations (Delivery & Management) and industry partner to develop agenda and papers
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information.
- Present highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
- Work in close partnership with industry partners, to ensure that a high-quality secretariat service is in place for all meetings between The Royal Marsden and industry partners. These include but are not limited to the following:
o Portfolio Review and Scientific Exchange Meetingso Cross-study Operational Review Meetingso Portfolio Deliver Assessment Meetingso New Capabilities Assessment Meetings
- Provide clinical research committee secretariat for The Royal Marsdens and industry partners meetings
- Liaise with the Deputy Director of Research Operations (Delivery & Management) and industry partner to develop agenda and papers
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information.
- Present highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to groups.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree qualification (e.g. BA/BSc) in a relevant subject or equivalent experience.
- Commitment to continued professional development.
Desirable
- Higher degree qualification (e.g. MA/MSc) in a relevant subject.
- Project management qualification.
- Experience in oncology.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing high level committee secretariat support.
- Experience of preparing high quality and succinct minutes of meetings, including senior leadership meetings.
- Development, implementation and management of high-quality tracking systems for workstreams and arising actions.
- Delivery of projects to time and target.
- Demonstrable experience of independent working requiring a high level of decisiveness and judgement.
- Experience of identifying the key points contained within complex issues and communicating these effectively.
- Experience of effective communication with senior staff in a range of contexts, including at the level of Chief Executive Officer, Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors.
Desirable
- Experience of developing a strong culture of customer service.
- Experience of working across organisations to foster close partnership working.
Skills / knowledge
Essential
- Proven ability to lead high performing team and ensure consistent high-quality outputs.
- Ability to use initiative to highlight potential problems/issues and to implement successful solutions.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, including the ability to interact positively with very senior stakeholders.
- Self-starter, with ability to prioritise effectively and work flexibly to tackle new challenges and meet deadlines in a fast-moving environment.
- High levels of literacy and numeracy.
- Team working skills.
- Excellent IT skills; including MS Office suite and relevant project management software.
- Resilient with a drive and capacity for quick and accurate turnaround of work.
Other requirements
Essential
- Flexible attitude and capable of dealing with changing working conditions.
- Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree qualification (e.g. BA/BSc) in a relevant subject or equivalent experience.
- Commitment to continued professional development.
Desirable
- Higher degree qualification (e.g. MA/MSc) in a relevant subject.
- Project management qualification.
- Experience in oncology.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing high level committee secretariat support.
- Experience of preparing high quality and succinct minutes of meetings, including senior leadership meetings.
- Development, implementation and management of high-quality tracking systems for workstreams and arising actions.
- Delivery of projects to time and target.
- Demonstrable experience of independent working requiring a high level of decisiveness and judgement.
- Experience of identifying the key points contained within complex issues and communicating these effectively.
- Experience of effective communication with senior staff in a range of contexts, including at the level of Chief Executive Officer, Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors.
Desirable
- Experience of developing a strong culture of customer service.
- Experience of working across organisations to foster close partnership working.
Skills / knowledge
Essential
- Proven ability to lead high performing team and ensure consistent high-quality outputs.
- Ability to use initiative to highlight potential problems/issues and to implement successful solutions.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, including the ability to interact positively with very senior stakeholders.
- Self-starter, with ability to prioritise effectively and work flexibly to tackle new challenges and meet deadlines in a fast-moving environment.
- High levels of literacy and numeracy.
- Team working skills.
- Excellent IT skills; including MS Office suite and relevant project management software.
- Resilient with a drive and capacity for quick and accurate turnaround of work.
Other requirements
Essential
- Flexible attitude and capable of dealing with changing working conditions.
- Able to work on both sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
