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UCL Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology was established on 1st August 2013 and is formally comprised of two research departments: The MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL (MRC CTU) and the Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit at UCL (CCTU), which are UKCRC registered trials units.

The Institute is a centre of excellence for the conduct of all phases of clinical trials, meta-analysis, and epidemiological studies, across a range of diseases. Key areas of focus for the Institute are continuing to deliver innovations in trial methodology to improve outcomes for patients and training and developing the next generation of trialists. As one of the UK’s leading centres for clinical research national and international clinical trials are conducted alongside, meta-analyses and epidemiological studies in cancer, infectious diseases (particularly HIV and TB), neurology and other health care areas.

The ICTM Finance team look after the Institute’s finances. Funding comes from a variety of sources, including major charities, the Medical Research Council, and large pharmaceutical companies. The annual income exceeds £30 million. The Finance Officer will sit within the ICTM Finance Team comprising of the Finance Manager, two Finance Officers and one HR and Finance Administrator. You will interact closely with other stakeholders such as Clinical Project Managers, Trial Managers, Statisticians, Project Leads, Data Managers, Data Scientist, Programmers and Trial Assistants.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic person to undertake the role for 9 months to cover the secondment of an existing member of staff to support their career development.

About the role

The Finance Officer will work closely with the Finance Manager to provide efficient and effective day-to-day finance support to the unit. They will be responsible for overseeing part of the departments research income portfolio, including costing grant applications, ensuring grants are spent correctly and within a timely manner and reporting to stakeholders both internally and externally to the department.

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible. This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 40% on site.

About you

The post holder will be proactive, have experience in financial administration preferably from an HEI background, be efficient, have good attention to detail, be able to prioritise tasks and communicate effectively with stakeholders at various levels across the Institute and University. A professional attitude, willingness to help and a positive outlook are required. The ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with a wide range people is key. The successful applicant will also have good data analysis & Microsoft Office skills (including basic Excel such as VLOOKUP/SUM IF/Pivot tables).

What we offer

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Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people. and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/