Expression of Interest – Administration and Management of Clinical Trials
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Please continue reading to learn more about our growing organisation and how you may be able to contribute to our future and bring hope to people affected by cancer.
Our Purpose and Values
Our Vision: To improve patient care by enabling the world’s best clinical trials.
Our Mission: To deliver excellence in Clinical Trial Management and advance the Australian trial sector.
Cancer Trials Australia (CTA) is a not-for- profit member-based organisation consisting of 33 clinical sites and 3 medical research institutes across Australia and New Zealand.
We support the administration and management of clinical trials, predominately oncology, across both metropolitan and regional hospitals. Our work helps to build clinical and industry knowledge, contributing to the development of novel therapies and the advancement of patient care, and most importantly improve outcomes for people effected by cancer.
Our dedicated staff have supported the administration of more than 2,300 clinical trials, that have recruited in excess of 14,000 Australian patients. We continue to advocate for positive change in clinical trial regulation, working to ensure Australia remains an attractive destination for international clinical trial sponsors.
Employee Benefits
• 5 weeks annual leave
• Competitive remuneration package
• Salary packaging available of up to $15,900 + $2,650 meals/entertainment to maximise your take home pay
• Hybrid work model with minimum 1 day in office (alternating Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
• Access to a robust Learning Management System, including support towards a personal learning and development budget
• Access to exclusive discounted products
• Paid parental leave benefits
• Free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support
About our work and functions
We improve patient care and deliver excellence in clinical trial management by disseminating trial specific information and providing administrative services for our clinical members. These services include the:
1. Coordination of Ethics and Governance documentation;
2. Negotiation of clinical trial budgets and agreements;
3. Provision of information systems to enhance efficiency and govern trial participant activities; and
4. Financial management of clinical trial activity on behalf of our clinical member sites
These functions help to form CTA’s business model and enhance our commitment as a team working toward our vision and mission.
Knowing that our work contributes toward improving patient outcomes and advancing our national clinical trial ecosystem keeps us strongly connected and motivated as a team.
CTA is committed to equal employment opportunity and ethical practices and recognises the rich diversity of peoples and the value that brings to the workplace.
Positions and Experience:
Operations Team:
The Operations team is responsible for managing Clinical Trial Start-Up activity on behalf of our sites. CTA splits these Start-Up responsibilities into two different roles we typically recruit for, with oversight from Ethics and Governance Managers, Team Leaders and Site Ethics Lead roles.
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(Senior) Ethics Submission Specialist: This position is responsible for the coordination of ethics and governance submissions of clinical trials to ensure their effective and timely approval and implementation, the role requires providing high levels of administrative and customer service support.
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(Senior) Budget and Contracts Specialist: This position takes ownership of the budget and contract review process, which involves the preparation of clinical trial budgets and clinical trial agreements according to site requirements and negotiates these with CROs and biotech/pharmaceutical companies.
Both Operations roles require excellent attention to detail, highly developed organisational and time management skills and tertiary qualification in Health, Life Sciences, or other related qualifications, with a sound working knowledge of medical terminology/scientific language (preferred but not essential).
Information Systems Team:
The IS team works across a number of different system applications to ensure staff within CTA and our clinical member sites are able to provide meaningful clinical trial data for analysis, billing and reporting. The IS team also manages CTA’s internal technical infrastructure and cyber security frameworks. The positions that make up the IS team include:
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(Senior) Clinical Trial Data Support Officer: This position is responsible for maintaining our participant scheduling and billing application, Clinibase, to ensure accurate and complete records are created for each study. The role requires broad knowledge of study coordination and participant workflows to translate diverse budgets and protocols into structured and detailed database records.
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Information Systems Analyst/Data Analyst: These roles are responsible for facilitating and generating deep insights into clinical trials data, as well as maintaining our project management application, Jira. The roles require investigative and analytical skills to determine trends and outliers, organise information into meaningful reports, and drive data quality and integrity.
Finance Team:
The Finance team are responsible for the financial management of clinical trial activity on behalf of our clinical member sites ensuring the accurate and timely processing of invoicing and debtor collection. The Finance team also work on aspects of CTA’s corporate accounts including accounts payable, bank and credit card reconciliations. The positions that make up the Finance team include:
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(Senior) Management Accountant: These roles require diligence and high attention to detail, working closely with both sponsors and clinical sites to ensure that sites are fully reimbursed for clinical trial work undertaken across the life of a study. This requires critical analysis skills, high levels of accuracy and reliability.
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Finance Assistant/Accounts Receivable Officer: These roles involve raising detailed invoices to sponsors, debt collection, and managing initial queries from sponsors under the direction of (Senior)/Management Accountants. These roles require high levels of accuracy and reliability.
If you envisage yourself in a meaningful role, working alongside a supportive team with a shared purpose and would like the opportunity to contribute to further growth and success at CTA, we encourage you to share your resume with us.
