ABOUT US

Our mission is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a highly motivated applicant interested in cancer research, with a Biomedical or relevant science degree, and a post-graduate background in public health/epidemiology or related subject area. Experience in project management and scientific writing is required. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are also required.
The post-holder will work closely with Professor Kathy Pritchard-Jones and will supervise a part-time research administrator, based at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and must have the ability to work independently.

The postholder will join an international team of epidemiological and clinical research leaders based at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (London, UK) and working with collaborators at the Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (Milan, Italy).
The post holder will be responsible for day-to-day project management activities, involving communication with different members of the project, clinical and non-clinical stakeholders and over 75 population-based cancer registries within and outside Europe. The goal is to contribute to policy recommendations to improve understanding of reasons for survival variation in childhood cancer and highlight areas of improvement.
This position is to cover maternity leave and is funded for up to 10 months in the first instance or until the post-holder returns. The salary offered is £43,374 - £48,007 per annum pro rata.