Job Description

Salary

The starting salary will be from 43,482 to 46,049 per annum Grade F, pro rata depending on qualifications and experience.

Contractual hours

36.5

Package

Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable).

Job category/type

Research

Date posted

21/11/2025

Job reference

Q11281

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Summary of the post

The Exeter Clinical Trials Unit (ExeCTU) wishes to recruit an experienced Trial Manager to join its growing and forward-thinking unit. This full-time post is available immediately and is open ended subject to continued funding. The post may be based on hybrid working patterns; applicants interested in working part-time (minimum 80% FTE), or in remote working are encouraged to make contact to discuss options.

Suitable candidates must demonstrate that they have extensive recent experience of managing clinical trials or other types of health research projects in a GCP environment, throughout the full lifecycle from set-up through to archiving. Experience of both regulated and non-regulated trials is desirable.

For full details of the role, please ensure you read the and Person Specification and describe in your application how you meet the specific requirements for this role.

Exeter Clinical Trials Unit (ExeCTU)

Homed in the University of Exeter's Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Exeter Clinical Trials Unit (ExeCTU) is a forward-thinking, rapidly growing and innovative fully-registered UKCRC clinical trials unit. Our inclusive culture supports and nurtures an ethos to grow and develop talent. ExeCTU works in collaboration with researchers and clinicians in the design and delivery of high quality and efficient multi-centre trials and other well-designed studies addressing important health questions to improve health and well-being. Our study portfolio includes trials in dementia, mental health, orthopaedics, emergency medicine, medicinal drugs, surgical techniques and complex interventions. Our talented multi-disciplinary team of experts includes statisticians, trial managers, information systems and data management professionals and quality assurance specialists, working together to deliver our ambitious strategy and develop innovative ways to design and conduct clinical trials.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Further information

For an informal discussion, please contact Dr Heather Cook (ExeCTU Head of Trial Management) (email: h.cook3@exeter.ac.uk).

Interviews will take place remotely over Microsoft Teams.