NAATTC Project Coordinator

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

As a Project Coordinator you will work as part of the Northern Alliance Advanced Therapies Treatment Centre (NA-ATTC) team on the ATTC network's Delivery of Advanced Therapy Clinical Trials at Scale Programme. This will involve contributing to a range of Programme activities to support the NA-ATTC team in the Training and Education workstream and the wider Programme milestones.

Main duties of the job

• An integral member of the project team which is responsible for delivering a programme to accelerate Advanced Therapy clinical trials.
• Responsible for supporting and organising programme activities, including for Training and Education, under the direction of the NA-ATTC Lead Project Manager.
• This post sits within Business, Development and Enterprise within the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust is a lead organisation on the NIHR funded NA-ATTC.

Job responsibilities

• Contribute towards NAATTC's delivery of the ATTC network Delivery of Advanced Therapy Clinical Trials at Scale Programme (Programme).
• To ensure the timely and accurate production of Programme status reports relating to NAATTC activities.
• Assists with Programme schedules, deliverables, assignments, tasks, meetings (scheduling and meeting notes), status reporting, communication, and action items as required.
• Assists the NAATTC team and Programme stakeholders to track work, tasks, and Programme assignments, working to keep milestones on-time, and within budget.
• Assists NAATTC Lead Project Manager with grant funding claims.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• Qualification and experience in project management methodology

Knowledge & Experience

• Be competent with the Microsoft Office Suite
• Have experience of collaborative working involving multiple complex and diverse partners
• Experience of project work in other organisations of similar size and complexity within or outside of the NHS
• Experience of project work involving training and education
• Familiar with the workings of the Research Delivery Network
• Familiar with the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
• Experience in managing social media and other communication channels

Skills & Abilities

• Strong multi-tasking and organisational skills
• Effective communication skills including verbal, written and presentation skills

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.