Quality Assurance Officer (secondment)

UCL AI Centre; London; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading institution in the field of cancer trials is seeking a Quality Assurance Officer. This role focuses on managing and developing the quality assurance systems while ensuring compliance with clinical trial regulations. You will be part of a dynamic team that supports the delivery of critical cancer research, with opportunities for professional development. The position offers a hybrid working pattern and numerous benefits, including extended holidays and a defined benefit pension scheme.

Benefits

41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays, 6 closure days)

Defined benefit pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

On-site nursery

On-site gym

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay

Qualifications

• Knowledge of clinical trial regulations (UK Policy Framework, GDPR).
• Experience in quality assurance and audits.
• Ability to manage documents and templates.

Responsibilities

• Manage the quality system and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Support and advise CTC trial staff.
• Oversee centrally controlled documents and templates.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Regulatory Compliance

Audit

Education

Comprehensive knowledge of life sciences

Job description

Ref Number B02-08959 Professional Expertise Research and Research Support Department School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £43,374 £51,860 Contract Type Fixed-term Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment Yes Closing Date 01-Jul-2025

About Us

The Cancer Research UK & UCL Cancer Trials Centre (CTC) is a UKCRC registered Clinical Trials Unit: https://www.ctc.ucl.ac.uk/

It is one of the largest cancer trials centres in the UK, with more than 120 members of staff. The CTC conducts clinical studies in oncology, both nationally and internationally, with a cross-disciplinary approach to develop modern treatments such as novel biotherapeutics and investigate methods of diagnosis. The main cancer types are haematological malignancies, lung, gynaecological, head and neck, brain, urological, and upper and lower gastrointestinal cancers.

The CTC designs and conducts high quality clinical trials, from phase I to phase III trials, with a range of different treatments such as chemotherapies, radiotherapy, surgery and the new generation of targeted drugs including advanced cell and gene therapies.

About The Role

The postholder will be a member of the CTC Regulatory team, a group which supports and advises CTC trial staff to ensure compliance with applicable guidelines and regulations. The members of the team have expertise in the areas of: quality assurance, audit, sponsor authorisations and oversight, contracts and pharmacovigilance.

The main purpose of the Quality Assurance (QA) Officer role is to manage the day-to-day running, maintenance and improvement of the CTC quality system, and in particular management of centrally controlled/maintained documents and templates.

This is full-time secondment post for internal UCL applicants only and is funded for 12 months.

The CTC offers hybrid working with staff being able to work flexibly between our office and home, along with core hours and flexible start/finish times. A minimum of 60% FTE office attendance is required for all roles (3 days per week for full time staff).

About You

The post would suit a proactive, enthusiastic individual interested in developing skills in quality assurance, audit and other areas, within a clinical trials environment.

The post holder will have a comprehensive knowledge of life sciences, along with evidence of working to, and an understanding of, relevant current clinical trial and research regulatory requirements (in particular the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations, UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research and GDPR), relevant national requirements and associated guidance documents, all as amended.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance
  
  

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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/

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