Research Support Officer (Admin) Cancer / UCC Cancer Trials Group

Organisation/Company University College Cork Department HR Research Research Field Medical sciences " Cancer research Researcher Profile Established Researcher (R3) Positions Research Support Positions Application Deadline 21 Aug 2026 - 12:00 (Europe/Dublin) Country Ireland Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 39 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? Yes

Offer Description

12 Months Fixed Term Whole-Time Post

Cancer together with the HRB Clinical Research Facility-UCC and UCC Cancer Trials Group, invites applications for an experienced and highly motivatedAcademic Study Coordinator. This role will provide advanced coordination and operations management across academic studies, supporting investigator-initiated research and enabling the continued growth of clinicalancer research activity regionally.

Within this environment, the Academic Study Coordinatorwill play a pivotal role in delivering the relevant Work Packages 3 of the HRB Cancer Trials Grant and the HRB Clinical Research Facility grant, supporting academic grant development and the conduct of investigator led studies, while strengthening research governance, consistency, and collaboration across Cancer

The Futures Strategic Research Centre Cancer (the host research centre of the HRB-funded UCC Cancer Trials Group), in partnership with the HRB Clinical Research Facility, is now seeking a dynamic candidate for the key position of Academic Study Coordinator to ensure the smooth and efficient day-to-day operations of the operational start up pathway from concept, to grant proposal/activation to trial launch, ensuring all regulatory, governance, and institutional requirements are met, to manage and ensure full implementation of the Investigator initiated trials policies and procedures, and to engage effectively with our key Principal Investigators, stakeholders and funders. The Academic Study Coordinator will also play a key role in leading the end to end operational set up of investigator initiated clinical trials including protocol finalisation, ethics submissions, regulatory documentation, coordination of feasibility assessments, site readiness activities, and study activation processes across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring that the scope and timelines of all research projects are on schedule, and that complies fully with mandatory reporting requirements.

The Academic Study Coordinator may be asked to support other aspects of work of Cancer and CRF-UCC when relevant and the appointee will be expected to have a flexible approach in this regard. The ideal candidate will be proactive, enthusiastic, very organised and capable of managing a busy and diverse workload. She/He will be able to work under pressure and be able to effectively manage many competing demands simultaneously.

Please note that Garda vetting and/or an international police clearance check may form part of the selection process.

Project:Cancer

For an information package including full details of the post, selection criteria and application process see The University, at its discretion, may undertake to make an additional appointment(s) from this competition following the conclusion of the process.

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence toDr Erin Crowley, Senior Research Co-ordinator, Cancer and HRB Clinical Research Facility-UCC Email:

University College Cork is committed to being a fully inclusive global university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) are core values under our UCC Strategic Plan . UCC holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advancing equality in higher education. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all our employees and the communities they represent.We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from everybody, regardless of age, care-giving status, disability, ethnicity, gender and/or gender identity or expression status, nationality, marital status/civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/creed, and/or sexual orientation. We are committed to supporting all staff through flexible working schemes, family-friendly policies, training and development, and staff networks. We value the enrichment that comes from a diverse community and seek to promote equality, prevent discrimination and protect the human rights of each individual in line with equality legislation. We encourage applicants to consult our Dignity and Respect Policy andlearn more about our EDI related initiatives

Salary placement on appointment will be in accordance with public sector pay policy.

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Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector.