Job Description

Job Details
Section
Southampton Clinical Trials Unit
Location:
Southampton General Hospital
Salary
31,236 to 35,608 Per annum
Full Time Fixed Term for 12 months
Closing Date:
Monday 26 January 2026
Interview Date
To be confirmed
Reference
3310326CM

Are you a great communicator (verbally and digitally) with fantastic organisational skills and a proactive approach to office administration?

The Southampton Clinical Trials Unit (SCTU) is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Administrator to provide comprehensive operational assistance, to support the transition over to the new (R3) Clinical Trial regulations, as well as supporting the Senior Administrator and Executive Assistant to provide administrative and secretarial support to the Director and Senior Leadership Team at SCTU.


We work at the forefront of innovative clinical research, taking discoveries from the laboratory into the clinic to provide the treatments and medical interventions of the future. Our team has expertise in the design, conduct and analysis of multi-centre, interventional clinical trials and other well-designed studies. We work in partnership with investigators to deliver high-quality trials that will directly influence clinical practice. We are a UK Clinical Research Collaboration registered CTU that receives core funding from Cancer Research UK with additional funding from the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and is part of the South Central NIHR Research Support Service (RSS).


Working from our SCTU offices, based at Southampton General Hospital, you will be responsible for providing administrative support to the Associate Directors including diary management, meeting organisation and travel arrangements. You will be proactive and computer literate, able to produce digital documents for internal and external presentation. You will need to be able to work well as part of a team, with excellent communication skills and the ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining close attention to detail along with an interest in supporting the development of health research and professionals in the UK.


Acting as the first point of contact for all visitors to the SCTU, you will provide a full range of confidential administrative support, offering advice in more complex matters, as well as reporting progress of sponsorship requests and regulatory transitions to the Head of Quality Assurance (QA) and the SCTU Director.


You will have relevant qualification and substantial experience in similar roles in complex organisations. With high level IT skills, excellent accuracy, communication and organisational skills, you will be able to independently organise activities and refine processes according to strategic and management plans, accompanied by the ability to prioritise workload. The ability to use your initiative is essential. You must have experience of handling highly confidential and sensitive information and dealing effectively with a range of external stakeholders including students, patients, and members of the public. As a University, we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work.


As part of our commitment to your wellbeing, we offer an occupational pension scheme and generous holiday.


The Faculty of Medicine holds and Athena SWAN Silver Award demonstrating commitment to equal opportunities and gender balance in the workplace. The faculty recognises that applicants may seek flexible working patterns, which will be considered as part of the recruitment process. For further information, including key benefits designed to help maintain and support employees' wellbeing and work-life balance, please see our working with us (need to insert this working with us weblink - https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/display.aspx?id=1091&pid=0) website pages.



As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work. With a generous holiday allowance as well as additional university closure days we are committed to supporting our staff and students and open to a flexible working approach.


This role does not qualify for Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship. To explore alternative UK visa options, see gov.uk.


Apply by 11.59 pm GMT on the closing date. For assistance contact Recruitment on +44(0)2380 592750 or recruitment@soton.ac.uk quoting the job number.