Research Assistant - Real World Evidence

This is an opportunity to join the TOUR team and support the coordination and delivery of the Guy's Cancer Real World Evidence (RWE) Programme. The programme brings together researchers, clinicians, data specialists and other collaborators to enable high-quality research using real-world cancer data. The post holder will play a central role in coordinating the RWE research portfolio, supporting projects from initial enquiry and research application through data access, approvals, delivery and reporting. You will help maintain oversight of multiple projects and data requests, coordinate meetings and actions, support research applications and data-sharing processes, and ensure effective communication between the different stakeholders involved. You will work closely with academic and clinical colleagues, research and data teams, and internal and external collaborators. An important part of the role will be acting as a point of coordination for researchers wishing to work with the RWE programme, ensuring that requests are progressed efficiently and that project documentation, decisions, timelines and outstanding actions are appropriately tracked. The role will also contribute to the management and development of RWE databases and research resources and to the wider operational organisation of the TOUR RWE programme. This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: Essential criteria

• Bachelor's degree in a health, biomedical, population health, data science or other relevant discipline.
• Knowledge of clinical and/or health research processes, including research governance, data protection and GDPR requirements.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple research projects, maintain accurate records, monitor timelines and follow up actions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including researchers, clinicians, data teams and external collaborators.
• Experience of supporting the preparation and coordination of research applications, project documentation, approvals or related research administration.
• Ability to coordinate data access and data-sharing activities, including managing data requests, tracking approvals and liaising with relevant stakeholders to support timely progression of requests.
• Ability to prioritise competing demands, work independently, use initiative and proactively identify and resolve operational issues.
• Strong IT and information-management skills, including confidence using Microsoft Office applications and maintaining project trackers, databases and shared documentation.
Desirable criteria
• Experience of coordinating research projects within a university, NHS, healthcare or cancer research environment.
• Experience of working with real-world health data, clinical datasets, research databases or data-access processes.
• Experience of supporting research collaborations involving multiple organisations and/or multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Experience of research governance processes, including ethics, R&D approvals, data-sharing agreements, data-access requests or related documentation.
  
  About Us
The TOUR (Transforming cancer OUtcomes through Research) team at King's College London brings together researchers, clinicians and other healthcare professionals to improve cancer outcomes through patient-centred research and the effective use of clinical and real-world data. The multidisciplinary team, led by Mieke Van Hemelrijck, works closely with colleagues across Guy's Cancer and the wider cancer research community. A major focus of our work is the Guy's Cancer Real World Evidence (RWE) Programme, jointly led by Mieke Van Hemelrijck and Anne Rigg. The programme aims to strengthen real-world evidence and data science capability within Guy's Cancer, enabling high-quality, patient-centred research that addresses important questions about cancer care and outcomes. The RWE programme brings together researchers, clinicians and other collaborators around a growing portfolio of research projects and data initiatives. The successful applicant will join this collaborative environment and help ensure that projects, research applications, data requests and data-sharing activities are coordinated effectively across the programme. TOUR is based within the Centre for Cancer Society and Public Health at King's College London, providing a wider multidisciplinary research environment spanning cancer prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and care, patient experience, inequalities and cancer outcomes., We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.