The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine as a Quality Assurance Manager, playing a pivotal role in shaping and embedding quality assurance strategy for clinical trials and high-risk interventional research. Working within the Research Governance and Integrity Office, you will lead the development of robust quality systems, support regulatory compliance, and help ensure that LSHTM-sponsored research meets the highest standards of scientific integrity, participant safety and governance. 

The post holder will hold a relevant degree (or equivalent experience) and bring substantial experience in clinical trial quality assurance, audit and regulatory compliance, with expert knowledge of ICH-GCP, UK clinical trials legislation, research governance frameworks and the development and implementation of quality management systems within a regulated research environment. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and available on a fixed term contract for 3 years.  

The salary will be on the LSHTM  salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £45,728 - £51,872 per annum pro-rata (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.  Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM. 

Applications should be made on-line via our jobs website. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk. 

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable.  

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.