Business Analyst to the Clinical Trial Bioinformatics Group

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Duration: fixed term until till 31 December 2020

Two posts available

The Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, an Institute of The University of Manchester , is a world-leading centre for excellence in cancer research. The Institute is core funded by Cancer Research UK, the largest independent cancer research organisation in the world. We are adjacent to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe. These factors combine to provide an exceptional environment in which to pursue basic, translational and clinical research programmes.

Our aim is to understand the fundamental basis of cancer and apply that knowledge to developing new treatment strategies for cancer patients. Our advanced research programmes span a spectrum of cancer research, from the molecular and cellular basis of cancer through to drug discovery, translational research and clinical trials.

The Institute has outstanding laboratory facilities and exceptional core services, including next generation sequencing, microarrays, confocal microscopy, bioinformatics, histology and mass-spectrometry.

We are situated in Manchester, England, a vibrant and dynamic city that is surrounded by beautiful countryside and has excellent transport links both nationally and internationally.

We are currently looking for two business analysts for the Clinical Trial Bioinformatics Group within the Centre for cancer biomarkers The aim of these posts is to provide business analyst support to the Clinical Trial Bioinformatics leadership team within CRUK Manchester Institute in order to ensure delivery of the defined collaboration goals.

Key responsibilities include:

- Eliciting, gathering and documenting requirements from key stakeholders - patients, healthcare professionals and clinical study teams, involving:

- Requirements analysis

- Translating and simplifying requirements

- Organisation of requirements

- Management of requirements and communicating project progress

- Developing business cases to support the development of key iDecide applications

- Working with suppliers to communicate requirements and business cases

- Planning and monitoring progress of systems, application and process development

- Developing new clinical/clinical trial ‘as-is’ and ‘to-be’ processes to support clinical process reengineering

- Contributing to the development of new capabilities, algorithms, tools and services that support Clinical teams

- Contributing to the development of the Information architecture and strategic direction of iDECIDE Platforms

- Shaping research activities to drive innovative informatics solutions within the iDECIDE scope

- Earning the trust and respect of teams across The Christie NHS Foundation, The University of Manchester and CRUK.

The successful applicant should have a degree in biological science or health-related subject (or equivalent relevant experience) including significant relevant experience of working with clinical data. They should have significant experience of capturing, summarising and documenting requirements for presentation, decision making or use with third parties. Experience of developing informatics methods in a clinical environment along with experience working with stakeholders including patients, clinicians, research scientists and other relevant functions such as statistics and IT and experience analysing clinical data. They will be able to manage expectations of stakeholders, reporting back progress and obtaining input as required. They will be open and responsive to change and innovation and can navigate ambiguity and apply sound judgment at all times. They will be self-motivated and willing to collaborate and learn new experimental techniques whilst working to strict deadlines with an ability to work well within a team framework as well as on an individual project.

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The deadline for receipt of applications is: 10 June 2016.