Research assistant

Location: Contracted to our Peterborough office with the flexibility for hybrid working
Salary: £26,000- £29,000 depending on experience
Hours: Full time (37.50 Hours)
Contract: Fixed Term Contract to cover maternity leave (likely 12 months)
Benefits: We want all our employees to feel valued and engaged and are committed to offering a positive working culture along with a good work-life balance. As well as ensuring they pay their employees fairly, they offer the following benefits: Flexible working, Generous annual leave, Private Medical Insurance, including dental and optical, Pension Scheme, Sick Pay, Death in Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Bike Loan Scheme, Cycle2Work Scheme, Eyecare, Discount Portal.

Closing date: 11 November 2024
 
Telephone Interviews will be held on 13 - 15 November 2024 
Virtual Interviews will be held week commencing 18 November 2024
 
No agencies please
 
Be a part of an energetic and vibrant team who are driven by the desire to improve the lives of people living with kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease. 
 
We are looking for an organised and passionate individual to join us as the NURTuRE officer to support us with the delivery and growth of our NURTuRE (National Unified Renal Translational Research Enterprise)  biobank.
 
This role in our dynamic and friendly research team, reporting to the director of research operations, will require you to have excellent time management skills and the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities to support the delivery of all aspects of the NURTuRE biobank. You will be confident, highly organised, with excellent administration and communication skills and enjoy working in a busy, fast-paced environment.
 
The role will involve working closely with external scientists, clinicians and biobanking experts together with patients and other external stakeholders, as well as cross-team working with other charity teams.
 
If you are interested in the position, please complete the online application form and submit together with your CV.
 
We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone and encourage applications from all sections of the community.

About Kidney Research UK:

Kidney Research UK is the leading charity in the UK focused on funding research into the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease and for more than 60 years the research, we fund has been making an impact. But kidney disease is increasing as are the factors contributing to it, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity, making our work more essential than ever.

At Kidney Research UK we work with clinicians and scientists across the UK, funding and facilitating research into all areas of kidney disease. We collaborate with partners across the public, private and third sectors to prevent kidney disease and drive innovation to transform treatments.

Over the last ten years we have invested more than £65 million into research. We lobby governments and decision makers to change policy and practice to ensure that the estimated 7.2 million people living with all stages of kidney disease in the UK have access to the most effective care and treatment, and to make kidney disease a priority.

Most importantly, we also work closely with patients, ensuring their voice is heard and is at the centre of everything we do, from deciding which research to invest in to how we plan our priorities and our work across the charity.

Those patient contributions are vital, always helping us and our partners to understand what life is like with kidney disease, always ensuring we see the patient behind the treatment and always reminding us that behind every statistic and every number is a person – the patients and the carers who inspire our mission and push us forward to make a difference and change the future of kidney disease.

You may have experience in the following: Research Officer, Project Coordinator, Biobank Coordinator, Clinical Trials Administrator, Research Assistant, Charity Officer, Programme Manager, Scientific Officer, Research Project Manager, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Not for Profit, NFP, etc.

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