Under the leadership of Prof Clare Turnbull, we are seeking to appoint a Research Project Manager to oversee the implementation, running, and evaluation of a new project, working collaboratively with the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and other partners to deliver retrospective genetic testing to people historically diagnosed with breast and/or ovarian cancer
Key Requirements
The successful candidate must have excellent attention-to-detail and organisational skills, with demonstrable experience of project management or administration of transformational/research programmes in cancer genetics.
Department/Directorate Information
This new programme will involve working with the national delivery partners, alongside the Clinical Genetics Consultants, genetic nurse/counsellors and administrative staff within the Translational Genetics team (ICR)/Cancer Genetics Unit (Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust).
The post will be situated in the Translational Genetics team (team lead: Prof Clare Turnbull), which consists of both clinically-focussed translational research and analytical/bioinformatics research.
Professor Turnbull leads on three large Cancer Research UK grants, BRCA-DIRECT (https://www.brca-direct.org/), CanGene-CanVar (http://cangene-canvaruk.org/) and CG-MAVE, as well as undertaking a range of clinically-focused translational research work on susceptibility, somatic and functional cancer genomics.
What we offer
- A dynamic and supportive research environment
- Access to state-of-the-art facilities and professional development opportunities
- Collaboration with leading researchers in the field
- Competitive salary and pension
We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role. For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Bethany Torr (Scientific Programme Manager) via email: [email protected].
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close the advert before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. Therefore we advise that you to submit your application, as early as possible to avoid disappointment.