Therapeutic Innovation Portfolio Coordinator (Hybrid)

Cancer Research UK; Babraham; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Cancer Research Horizons (CRH) is seeking a Portfolio Assistant (Therapeutic Innovation) to support governance, reporting and portfolio management activities at the Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge. You will coordinate meeting materials, track actions, and help maintain consistent portfolio documentation within a high-flex environment, with the average 2 days per week in the office.

The role requires strong organisation, MS Office 365 proficiency, and experience in project/portfolio settings,

Qualifications

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Previous administrative experience, ideally in a project, programme or portfolio environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Teams.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently on clearly defined activities while seeking guidance when appropriate.
• Ability to maintain accurate records and handle information appropriately.
• Proactive approach to supporting colleagues and resolving routine administrative issues.
• Desirable experience supporting project or portfolio governance activities.
• Experience working within a scientific, research, healthcare or biotechnology environment.
• Experience maintaining trackers, action logs or structured project information.
• Experience with project or portfolio management systems.

Responsibilities

• Share agendas & meeting packs and manage attendee communications.
• Organise deadlines to receive and collate presentation materials from contributors.
• Work with Portfolio Lead to manage meeting invite lists.
• Coordinate with operations teams to manage scheduling and permissions.
• Circulate meeting outputs & produce summaries of outstanding actions.
• Document & Information Management: ensure portfolio documents are stored consistently.
• Manage consistency for portfolio & project documents with current templates.
• Support preparation and formatting of reports, presentations and meeting materials.
• Support implementation of new templates, trackers and ways of working.
• Support portfolio tracking and reporting.
• Coordinate data collection for portfolio reporting.
• Generate routine reports and status updates using agreed templates.
• Support maintenance of accuracy and completeness of portfolio information.
• Handle routine portfolio administration activities and triage helpdesk requests.
• Identify opportunities to improve administrative processes.
• Ad hoc duties as required

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Administrative experience

MS Office 365 proficiency

Written communication

Independent working

Record keeping

Proactive approach

Governance experience

Science/healthcare/biotech exposure

Trackers / action logs

PM systems experience

Tools

SharePoint

Teams

Outlook

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Cancer Research Horizons (CRH) is seeking a Portfolio Assistant (Therapeutic Innovation) to support governance, reporting and portfolio management activities at the Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge. You will coordinate meeting materials, track actions, and help maintain consistent portfolio documentation within a high-flex environment, with the average 2 days per week in the office.

The role requires strong organisation, MS Office 365 proficiency, and experience in project/portfolio settings,