Non Clinical Study Monitor

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 298211**Salary**:

- £35,970 - £41,848- DOE- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer- Dstl Level 5**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DSTL - Chemical, Biological & Radiological Division**Type of role**:

- Science**Working pattern**:

- Annualised hours, Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Term time working, Compressed Hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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- Dstl, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JQAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The work of the **Toxicology, Trauma and Medicine Group** within the** Chemical, Biological and Radiological (CBR) Division **aims to prevent or mitigate the lethal and incapacitating effects of chemicals and physical (traumatic) injury. This is achieved by exploring pre
- and/or post-exposure pharmaceutical therapies as well as novel concepts for passive protective measures. The work covers early stage innovative research through to clinical development and drug licensure. The research and development outcomes inform a range of strategic and policy decisions across MOD and wider government.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

**Job description**:
**In this role you will**:

- Work collaboratively across inter-disciplinary teams across the non-clinical/clinical interface to ensure robust studies are planned, carried out to the required non-clinical and regulatory standards and reported appropriately.
- Have responsibility for coordinating the activities for non-clinical toxicology studies for regulatory submission, in compliance with the appropriate standards.
- Provide scientific and administrative support to the project team for assigned studies from award, through the in-life phase and reporting.
- Proactively liaise with external contractors and internal project teams to ensure accurate and timely conduct of the agreed studies.
- Manage and conduct interactions with external partners to ensure positive and trusted relationships are developed.
- Provide proactive support to suggest and implement action plans for solving study problems should they occur
- Contribute to regulatory documentation and submissions to MHRA.
- Provide robust and reliable toxicology advice to MOD stakeholders to enable informed decision making.
- Write literature reviews pulling together data from a variety of studies to inform project outcomes.

**Person specification**:
**We are looking for someone with the following;**

**Essential Qualifications**
- Degree in Biomedical, Biochemical, Biological or Pharmaceutical Sciences (or equivalent)

**Desirable Qualifications**
- Post-graduate certifications in toxicology, regulatory affairs or product safety

**Essential Experience**
- Previous or current experience as a GLP Study monitor/Study director
- Non-clinical study experience in pharmaceutical development.
- Demonstrable experience of writing and reviewing study protocols and reports
- An effective team player
- Good IT Skills - proficient in MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

**Desirable Experience**
- Experience of toxicology and/or pharmacology in pharmaceutical development
- Experience of managing internal and subcontracted non-clinical studies.
- Experience in a client facing role
- Excellent communication and time management skills
- Excellent attention to detail and consistent accuracy whilst managing multiple changing priorities
- Knowledge of regulatory agency guidelines and Home Office requirements
- Experience of ADME/DMPK principles

**Important Information***

This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
- Developing Self and Others

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Please tell us how you would approach study design

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £35,970, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory contributes £9,711 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.**Benefits**

Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

- ** Financial**: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and tha