Research Governance Officer

3 weeks ago

Cambridge, United Kingdom Wellcome Sanger Institute Full time

Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity's greatest challenges.

We have a new opportunity for a Research Governance Officer to join our Legal and Governance (LeGo) team.

Would you like to work with a team of Legal and Governance professionals supporting world-leading science? If so this could be the role for you.

**About the Role**:
You will enable research teams at the Institute to comply with the regulation, approvals and internal policy and governance processes relating to the use of human materials in research.

**You will be responsible for**:

- You will be responsible for training, providing specialist advice and communicating requirements to our staff, carrying out unsupervised monitoring and risk mitigation site visits, leading on remote monitoring at organisations recruiting participants for GRL (Sanger) sponsored studies. You will be managing and having accountability for the effective tracking and monitoring of all applicable studies.
- You will be expected to understands and identify potential ethical or process issues, and work to reduce risks to the organisation. Pro-actively assisting with and leading on the development of Institute internal research governance policies and processes as they relate to the use of human materials in research.
- Your responsibilities will be Institute-wide, proactively assisting with and, as appropriate, leading on activities in supporting the Research Governance Manager, and reporting into the Associate Head of Research Governance.

**About You**:
You will be a strong team player with proven communication, administration and organisational skills. You should demonstrate flexibility and possess excellent organisational and administrative skills in order to work on multiple, complex tasks with competing deadlines. You possess the skills to effectively negotiate changes in or influence behaviour with regard to processes in order to improve compliance with regulations and internal policies and procedures. You will have the ability to build effective relationships with members of the Institute and external partners at all levels.

**Essential Skills**:

- Graduate qualification
- Deep knowledge of and several years' experience of NHS REC / HRA / NHS R&D and, particularly, NIHR CRN processes
- Understanding of the complexity of multi-site research studies
- Excellent knowledge of legal and ethical issues raised by the use of human tissue in biological, genetic and clinical research
- Proven strong organisational skills and ability to work effectively and efficiently on multiple, complex administrative tasks without managerial supervision and with sole accountability
- Ability to work to competing deadlines and changing priorities
- Excellent written and oral communication and reporting skills
- Strong team player
- Fluency in essential IT skills, such as MSOffice and databases
- Confidence, experience and knowledge to appropriately challenge and work with others to change behaviours

**About Us**:
The Research Governance team is responsible for ensuring that governance processes are in place to enable research undertaken at the Sanger Institute to comply with all relevant national/international legislation and global accords, including the Human Tissue Act and Access and Benefit Sharing regulations (including the Nagoya Protocol).

To enable research using human materials the team drives projects through the Health Research Authority (HRA) and NHS Research Ethics Committee (REC) approval pathway, liaises with NHS R&D departments on behalf of the research teams at the Institute, and acts as the sponsor's contact for GRL sponsored studies, enabling GRL to fulfil its responsibilities as a sponsor of research studies.

**Application Process**:
Please include a cover letter along with your CV. In your cover letter include detail on how your knowledge, skills and experience match the requirements of the role described.

Interviews are expected to take place 25th, 26th July, 1st and 2nd August.

**Other Information**:
Salary per annum: £39,000 to £47,000 dependent upon skills and experience

**Working at Wellcome Sanger**:
Our flexible-hybrid working environment is designed to support a healthy work-life balance. This means you can work flexibly with a combination of working from home, and working from our Campus to allow you to focus on being productive and part of the team while enjoying the benefits of working flexibly.

We aim to attract, recruit, retain and develop talent from the widest possible talent pool, thereby gaining insight and access to different markets to generate a greater impact on the world. We have a supportive culture with the following staff networks, LGBTQ+, Parents and Carers and Race Equity to bring people together to share experiences, offer specific support and development opportunities and raise awareness. The networks are also a place for allies to provide support to others.

We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work. That's why we're committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at Sanger Institute. We will consider all individuals without discrimination and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, where everyone can thrive.

**Our Benefits**:
We are proud to deliver an awarding campus-wide employee wellbeing strategy and programme. The importance of good health and adopting a healthier lifestyle and the commitment to reduce work-related stress is strongly acknowledged and recognised at Sanger Institute.

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