The School of Life Course & Population Sciences is one of six Schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London. The School unites over 400 experts in women and children’s health, diabetes, nutritional sciences, population health and the molecular genetics of human disease. Our research links the causes of common health problems to life’s landmark stages, treating life, disease, and healthcare as a continuum. We are interdisciplinary by nature and this innovative approach works: 91 per cent of our research submitted to the Subjects Allied to Medicine (Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women’s Health cluster) for REF 2014 was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. We use this expertise to teach the next generation of health professionals and research scientists. Based across King’s Denmark Hill, Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Waterloo campuses, our academic programme of teaching, research and clinical practice is embedded across six Departments.

The Paediatric Allergy Group at King’s College London is one of the most innovative research centres for children’s allergies in the world, headed by Professor Gideon Lack. The group hosts a portfolio of non-commercial and commercial studies with a focus in food allergy diagnosis, prevention and treatment. We are now seeking a Senior Operations Officer to join our friendly multidisciplinary research team based at the Evelina Children’s Hospital, St. Thomas’.

 

This role will primarily be involved in the handling and entry of data across multiple studies, including maintaining, entering and transferring clinical study data between patient records, case report forms and the study’s Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems, as well as collating, cleaning and analysing data on an ad-hoc basis.

 

The post-holder will take on overall responsibility for data quality, i.e. ensure that all studies’ data are complete, consistently presented and accurate as well as use their initiative to develop and implement relevant evaluation/surveillance strategies, while maintaining team members’ full co-operation. This also includes the pro-active resolution of often complex data issues as they arise. Additional responsibilities will include supporting study-specific administrative tasks with the Research Manager, such as processing participant expenses and maintaining site files.

 

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an a fixed term contract until 13/04/2026.