Clinical Trials Officer

Trinity College Dublin; Dublin; On-site; EUR 47,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity College Dublin is seeking a full-time Administrative Officer 3 to work between the Sponsorship Office and the Wellcome-HRB Clinical Research Facility at St James’s Hospital, Dublin. You will support investigators across clinical trials and navigate regulatory, ethics, and data protection processes.

The appointment is 18 months fixed-term, with a salary of €47,374–€59,254 per annum and a 35-hour work week. Immigration permission for full-time employment is required.

Qualifications

• Must hold immigration permission that allows full-time employment for the duration of this role.

Responsibilities

• Deliver frontline support to researchers navigating Regulatory, Ethics, Data protection, and pre/post award processes.
• Triaging enquiries from researchers and signposting to correct functions and people.
• Support investigator-led clinical trials and studies conducted at Trinity.

Job description

Trinity is Ireland’s leading university and is ranked 75thin the world (QS World University Rankings 2026). Founded in 1592, the University is steeped in history with a reputation for excellence in education, research, and innovation, which has been inspiring generations of thinkers for over 400 years. Thrive: Trinity College Dublin's Strategic Plan 2025 - 2030

Trinity’s Clinical Research Sponsorship Office is seeking to appoint a full time 1.0 FTE specified-purpose administrative officer to work between the Sponsorship Office based in Trinity College and the Wellcome -HRB Clinical Research Facility based at St James’s Hospital. The college oversees a vibrant portfolio of impactful clinical research studies and anticipates this will expand further over the next 3-5 years. The successful appointee will work with the Head of Sponsorship and associated team to oversee and support investigator-led clinical trials and studies conducted at Trinity College.

The appointee will support academic investigators (Clinicians/ researchers) across a range of Clinical trials and research studies in humans. They will be responsible for delivering frontline support to researchers who are navigating the complex Regulatory, Ethics, Data protection, legal, pre and post award processes. This role is critical in triaging enquiries from researchers addressing these directly where possible and signposting to correct functions and people.

This is a full-time role in Ireland. We require that you hold immigration permission that allows full-time employment for the duration of this role. For this position we will not be able to support new employment permit applications.

Post Status:18 months Fixed Term

The duration of this contract is limited to the above fixed-term period as he role is a newly established position created to close out deliverables linked to Trinity Sponsored Investigator led Clinical trials. This role is not offered on a permanent basis as it relates to a defined phase of activity associated with the delivery of programme activities.

Hours of Post:35 hours per week

Salary:Appointment will be made on the Administrative Officer 3 (€47,374 - €59,254 per annum) and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines.”https://www.tcd.ie/hr/employee-services/pay-scales/

Closing Date:12 noon (Irish Standard Time) 14th September 2026

Interviews will take place on 29th September 2026

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Values matter. They are key to the success of our Strategic Plan. We centre our behavioural values around the importance of belonging. We recognise that the university will thrive by each of us respecting and caring for one another. We know we can achieve much more through working together. We know too that we must take responsibility for our actions and be accountable. We must, and will never stop, imagining. And through being nature positive we connect not just with the environment but with our ambitions for a sustainable future.

At Trinity, we are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. Trinity welcomes applications from all individuals, including those applicants with disabilities, those who may have had non-traditional career paths, those who have taken time out for reasons including family or caring responsibilities. We also welcome international applicants including those who have been displaced due to war.

Trinity College Dublin is Ireland’s premier University. We are an EU Sustainable Gender Equality Champion and we hold an Athena Swan Silver award, recognising our ongoing work to advance gender equality both within Trinity and in the Higher Education sector. Trinity is committed to supporting work-life balance and to creating a family-friendly working environment.