Job overview

The Senior Research Office Coordinator plays a key role in ensuring the Research & Development(R&D) Office works effectively.  The Senior Coordinator delivers key research governance functions, provides trial delivery and administrative support to the R&D Office and Research Delivery Units, and coordinates a range of improvement projects and initiatives across the directorate.

Main duties of the job

Main finance facilitator responsibilities

·    To develop, maintain and manage Excel database to enable income reporting, forecasting and tracking each trial over its lifetime.

·         Line Manage Research Finance Administrator

·      To liaise with R&D Finance to ensure each R&D project has an individual analysis code.

·       To track patient recruitment to research trials and maintain

 Edge Research Management system.

Main Administrative and Coordination Responsibilities

• To coordinate the Research Office to ensure that the office provides an effective working environment for research staff. Coordinate accommodation requirements and ensure the availability of office furniture and equipment. Develop and maintain robust office systems and procedures, e.g. central filing systems, locking up procedures, fire instructions.
• To arrange and provide administrative support via apprentices or self for meetings, including minute taking, preparing agendas and following up actions, compiling and distributing papers, booking meeting rooms and arranging catering, providing travel directions and acting as the first point of contact for members regarding meeting arrangements and attendance. This may require travel to and attendance at meetings at different locations within KCH, and other Trusts.

Working for our organisation

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King’s Strategy – 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions: delivering high-quality patient care; being a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.  Achieving these ambitions will require all of us to work as one Team King’s, united by a shared commitment to our values of being caring, collaborative, inclusive and innovative. By living these values every day, we will transform healthcare for our patients, our communities and each other

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.