Working in a Registered CTU
Working in an an academic or non-commercial CTU can offer you exciting opportunities that may not be available to you elsewhere. These range from publishing your research, presenting at national or international conferences, or teaching the next generation of researchers, as well as making a positive difference to patient and public health.
You can download some information on the different types of roles in CTUs here.
Below you can find some of the vacancies currently available across our 50 registered CTUs. You can also find vacancies on www.jobs.ac.uk.
If you are looking to work with a specific unit or in a particular area of the country then you might also like to visit the websites of individual CTUs. These can be identified via our CTU Finder.
We also occasionally share details of committee roles that may be of interest to colleagues across our Network. You can find details here.
Clinical Trial & Data Administrator – Imperial CTU
Job title: Clinical Trial & Data Administrator
Salary: £41,005 – £45,616 per annum
Contract type: Fixed term for 12 months in the first instance
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 6 October 2025
About the role:
We are looking for a well organised, proactive Clinical Trial and Data Administrator to join our team.
The successful candidate will:
~ Undertake trial administration tasks for assigned trials on the ICTU-Ca portfolio, to help ensure that trial paperwork is adequately maintained and to support Clinical Trial Managers / Monitors with their roles.
~ Undertake data management tasks for assigned trials on the ICTU-Ca portfolio to help ensure adequate data capture, completeness, accuracy and cleanliness.
~ Provide general administrative support to ICTU-Ca including organising meetings, preparing meeting minutes, preparing biological sample collection kits and labels, maintaining stationery and consumables, purchasing and other duties.
About us:
The Imperial Clinical Trials Unit-Cancer (ICTU-Ca), led by Professor Michael Seckl through its close association with the Imperial Clinical Trials Unit and Imperial Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, provides a core accredited environment to develop and conduct world-class cancer clinical trials led by Imperial College. With a major focus on precision medicine and proof of concept clinical trials, the ICTU-Ca currently undertakes studies in the phase Ib to phase III space across multiple sites of disease, at both National and International levels. The cancer trial portfolio exploits the research expertise in our department to enable trials that include new and exciting imaging modalities, translational research initiatives and innovative study designs as they evolve.
ICTU-Ca forms part of the Imperial Clinical Trials Unit (ICTU). Cancer is just one of several therapeutic areas including cardiovascular and metabolic disease, respiratory, HIV / infectious diseases, surgery and emergency and critical care. These disciplines all come together under the overarching, UKCRC registered ICTU.
Further details:
Should you require any further details on the role please contact Mr Philip Badman – p.badman@imperial.ac.uk
For a full role description, and to apply, please click here.
Assistant Data Manager – Edinburgh CTU
Job title: Assistant Data Manager
Salary: £34,610 – £39,906 per annum
Contract type: Fixed term from 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2027
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 14 October 2025 (23:59)
About the role:
The Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit (ECTU) at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for an Assistant Data Manager to support its function as a UKCRC registered clinical trials unit by providing their expertise to deliver successful clinical research projects within the Data Management team.
Under the guidance of the Data Manager, you will work alongside ECTU Trial Managers and the Data Management team to ensure the smooth and effective development and delivery of data management plans and data management activities for the ECTU clinical trial portfolio.
Further details:
We will also consider requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular (weekly) on-campus working. The Usher Institute expects a minimum of 40% on campus working.
Informal enquiries may be directed to Joyce Thomson, Chief Operating Officer (joyce.thomson@ed.ac.uk).
For further details, and to apply, please click here.
REDCap Database Officer – OCTRU
REDCap Database Officer – OCTRU
Job title: REDCap Database Officer
Salary: £35,681-£41,636 per annum
Contract type: Fixed term for 2 years in the first instance
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 14 October (12 noon)
We have an exciting opportunity for an OCTRU REDCap Database Officer, to join the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit, within NDORMS. This position is part of the expanding OCTRU programming team, that ensures trial programming provision enables and proactively supports excellent research with high quality fully validated systems. On receipt of database specification documents (case report forms) that have been developed by the wider trial team, the primary role of the post holder is to use these to create data collection systems for trials primarily using the REDCap system and other systems.
As an OCTRU REDCap Database Officer you will be part of a team that provides the day-to-day operation of the Unit’s data management systems; including the monitoring and maintenance of databases and user administration. You will be responsible for adding new trials to OCTRU IT systems, including the creation of electronic case report forms and randomisation instances as required in Commercial Off the Shelf systems – the main system used being REDCap. You will also investigate and implement suitable alternative training delivery methods, at the top level this includes reviewing the existing OCTRU IT training provision to end users. You will have management responsibility of the digital data pathway from trial completion into a state of digital archive readiness, then moving the datasets into DigiSafe. You will also be responsible for the development of documentation in the area of data management systems and computer system validation documentation.
For a full role description, and to apply, please click here.
Data Manager – Hull HTU
Job title: Data Manager
Salary: £32,546 – £38,249 per annum
Contract type: Fixed term for 12 months in the first instance
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 19 October 2025
The Data Manager will support the delivery of clinical trials by designing, validating, and maintaining data collection tools, ensuring compliance with data protection and regulatory standards, and developing data management plans and reports. They will take ownership of projects, contribute to process improvements, and support monitoring activities while working closely with the Senior Data Manager, wider project teams, and external stakeholders such as clinicians, trial managers, and sponsors.
HHTU is committed to the ongoing growth and development of the department. In this role, the Data Manager is recognised as a key specialist and will take ownership of their projects, with guidance and support from the Senior Data Manager. You’ll also play a part in helping to improve the systems and processes we use, contributing to how we work and grow as a team.
Strong communication skills are essential to build and maintain effective professional relationships, as the postholder will work closely with both internal colleagues and external stakeholders including clinicians, trial managers, academic collaborators, sponsor and funder organisations.
For further details, and to apply, please click here.
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Biostatistician – CRUK CTU
Job title: Biostatistician
Salary: £36,636 to £46,049 per annum (pro rata)
Contract type: Fixed term up to January 2028
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 22 September 2025
Background
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) registered clinical trials units in the country. The Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit (CRCTU) is a Department within the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Birmingham. The CRCTU employs a multidisciplinary team of around 200 staff including statisticians, trial management staff, research nurses, monitors, programmers, administrators and IT staff. It specialises in running early and late phase clinical trials in adults and children. Alongside trials portfolios in a broad range of adult solid cancers and haemato-oncology, CRCTU is the national lead for prestigious programmes of children’s cancer and leukaemia trials. The unit also includes two trials teams dedicated to non-cancer trials: the Diagnostics, Drugs, Devices and Biomarkers team (D3B), running mainly early-phase trials, and the Inflammation, Advanced and Cellular Therapy (I-ACT)team, specialising in trials in rheumatology and advanced therapies.
The post holder will work within the CRCTU Biostatistics Group, which currently include 28 biostatisticians, who are working on trials and methodological projects, mainly in adult and paediatric oncology. This post provides an excellent opportunity for a biostatistician to apply their experience and expertise within a leading academic trials unit undertaking methodologically challenging research.
Role Summary
This post is for a Biostatistician to be the main statistical scientist for a methodological project on improving statistical methods for the design and analysis of clinical trials in paediatric cancer, funded by the UKRI Better Methods, Better Research Programme. This project will focus on the use of ordinal longitudinal outcomes and appropriate statistical modelling, investigating whether use of these methods will improve statistical efficiency, and exploring specification of outcomes and presentation of the results.
The post holder will co-ordinate the project, in collaboration with the investigators, ensuring that its aims are achieved on time and on budget. The project will involve liaison with the project investigators (in Birmingham and other institutions), as well as clinicians and patient representatives. The post holder will also take the lead in presentation and publication of the project’s outputs.
The Biostatistician will have opportunities to collaborate with other members of the Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit (CRCTU) Biostatistics Group on various projects, and to contribute to teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Simon Gates, email: S.Gates@bham.ac.uk.
For a full role description, and to apply online, please click here.
Medical Statistician – OCTRU
Job title: Medical Statistician
Salary: £34,982-£38,674 per annum
Contract type: Fixed term for two years
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 26 September 2025 (12 noon)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medical Statistician to join the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU) Statistics Team and the Centre for Statistics in Medicine (CSM). The post is based within the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), and located at the Botnar Research Centre, Oxford.
About the role
You will contribute to the design, conduct, analysis and presentation of results of collaborative clinical research projects, mostly randomised clinical trials as part of the OCTRU statistics team. As a Medical Statistician working in the team, you will assist in the design and set up of clinical research projects within a multidisciplinary team, prepare statistical analysis plans (SAP) and provide written statistical input into protocols and ethics committee submissions. You will attend and occasionally contribute to OCTRU/CSM activities such as seminars, conferences, workshops and other events.
About you
You will have a postgraduate degree in statistics (or closely related subject), a substantial part of which relates to medical statistics, or equivalent experience. You will be fluent with key aspects of study design and analysis and aware of the latest statistical techniques. You will have good project management skills including the ability to manage and prioritise short- and long-term projects. Proficient knowledge of statistical software (i.e. Stata, SAS or R) as well as good verbal and written communications skills are essential. Proficiency in statistical programming and experience of producing statistical reports and contributing to peer-review publications are desirable.
Further information
For informal queries please contact Jonathan Cook jonathan.cook@ndorms.ox.ac.uk or octru-stats@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
For a full role description, and to apply, please click here.
Senior Research Fellow/Research Fellow – PenCTU
Job title: Senior Research Fellow/Research Fellow
Salary: £39,906 – £56,535
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 12 October 2025
This role will be based in the Medical Statistics Group which is part of Peninsula Medical School at the University of Plymouth.
The Medical Statistics Group provides a methodological platform and support for large-scale and wide-ranging research projects and has collaborations with researchers across the University of Plymouth, the NHS and national and international research groups. We are particularly keen to develop capacity in our areas of strength, including clinical trials, longitudinal studies and risk assessment and screening, as well as developing the methodological work of the group.
For more information on Peninsula Medical School please visit our dedicated webpage at
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools.
For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Victoria Allgar: by email at victoria.allgar@plymouth.ac.uk.
For a full role description, and to apply, please click here.
Clinical Trial Manager – Nottingham CTU
Job title: Clinical Trial Manager
Salary: £35,116 to £46,735 per annum pro-rata
Contract type: Fixed term for 24 months
Working pattern: Full time or part time (minimum 29 hours per week)
Closing date: 1 October 2025
About the role:
The unit is seeking to recruit an experienced Clinical Trial Manager to work within our multidisciplinary team to ensure successful delivery of trials. You will work closely with the Chief Investigator, other researchers and clinicians to ensure efficient and successful completion of the trial. The post holder will also be responsible for supervising the activities of other members of the research team.
Candidates should have a degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject, and/or significant experience as a clinical trial manager/coordinator, along with a track record of successful project management of clinical research. They should have experience of working within multidisciplinary teams with significant skills in understanding and applying knowledge to address complex problems and challenges.
About us:
This post is an exciting opportunity to join the Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit (NCTU) based in the beautiful University of Nottingham’s University Park campus.
NCTU is a rapidly growing UK Clinical Research Collaboration registered Clinical Trials Unit (www.ukcrc-ctu.org.uk) based in the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham. Our mission is to conduct top quality, high impact multicentre clinical trials across a range of health areas which will improve health outcomes. We have a broad and expanding portfolio of trials. In addition, we conduct methodological work to improve the efficiency and quality of trial design, conduct, analysis and reporting. NCTU has close links with NHS Trusts, universities and industry partners.
Please visit www.nctu.ac.uk for more information about us.
Further details:
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Beki Haydock, email rebecca.haydock@nottingham.ac.uk.
For a full role description, and to apply, please click here.
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Research Associate in Trials Methodology – University of Liverpool / TMRP
Job title: Research Associate in Trials Methodology
Salary: Grade 6 or 7 £33,951 – £46,049 pa (depending on experience)
Contract type: Fixed term for 24 months
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 25 September 2025 (23:30)
Are you interested in how we plan and run clinical trials? And identifying and promoting responsible research practices to reduce their environmental impact? Then read on.
About the role
Working together with teams from the Institute of Cancer Research, University of Aberdeen and the South African Medical Research Council, we have been awarded funding from the Wellcome Trust to reduce the environmental impact whilst ensuring the success of clinical trials. The Liverpool team will identify research gaps surrounding carbon footprinting and appraise evidence-based mitigation strategies to reduce known hotspots. Areas of interest that may be investigated include but are not limited to: outcome assessment (including core outcome sets), use of digital technology, digital exclusion, use of healthcare systems data, decentralised trials. The postholder will join the TMRP Greener Trials Group, http://methodologyhubs.mrc.ac.uk/about/working-groups/trial-conductwg/tcwg-subgroup-greener-trials/, collaborating with international groups to achieve this common goal.
About you
You should have: a first degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline and a postgraduate degree in a relevant area; relevant experience in conducting qualitative or quantitative research including data collection and data analysis; work experience in some aspect of clinical trials, be it design, conduct or analysis.
For a full role description, and to apply, please click here.
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