Associate Clinical Project Developer (temporary 12 months)

The Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (www.sakk.ch) employs 70 coworkers at the SAKK Competence Center in Bern. We are a non-profit organization, conducting clinical trials in oncology since 1965.

We are looking for a motivated, reliable, and independent personality as

Your tasks would mainly be, but not limited to the responsibility for managing the study applications for Grants from the SAKK research groups and ensure the timely submissions by:

• Maintaining a calendar with all relevant deadlines for grant applications
• Updating a list of the different grants (e.g., translational research, patient-oriented research, clinical research)
• Acting as the liaise between the Project Manager of Patient Advisory Board to collect all required documents such as letters of support, patient management plans, and the Investigators,
• Ensuring the collection of the SAKK support letters and sending to the appropriate person for review
• In charge of Setting up Contracts with Grant providers and organize/write the interim and final reporting to Grant providers with the support/ review of the Clinical Project Developer (CPD)
• Entering the Budget, that was prepared by the CPD in the grant application in the budget tool
• Reviewing the provided budget to ensure it aligns with the project needs and grant requirements
• Submit the application before the deadline or send reminders to the appropriate persons to submit the application (if applicable)
• Confirm receipt of the application by the grant agency.
• You report directly to the Head CPD

• You represent the SAKK coordination center as a contact person in the research groups and manage the study applications for the internal evaluations
• You are the central contact person and point of contact for the study director,

Who you are:

• Medical or scientific degree (e.g. biology, biochemistry, or pharmacy)
• Experience of 1.5 to 2 years in the development of clinical trials in Pharma or CRO as a CRA or similar position.
• Strong organizational awareness and coordination skills
• Excellent software office software knowledge and interest in new technologies
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English plus knowledge of German or French.
• Knowledge of the regulatory environment, including current national and international legislation and guidelines
• Customer-oriented mindset, combined with good networking skills
• Proactive, team oriented and resilient leader with assertiveness, self-motivation and focus on solutions

We offer you:

You will be given the opportunity to positively impact clinical cancer research in Switzerland. We offer a collegial, dynamic working environment near the main station, annual working hours, on request 6 weeks’ vacation, the possibility for home office and the possibility to develop into a CPD role in the future. The position is 12 months but could be converted into an open-ended contract at the end of the 12 months initial contract.

For further information, please contact Bayane Tannir, Head CPD (+41 31 508 42 06).

We look forward to receiving your application in German, English or French online (www.sakk.ch) or by e-mail (in PDF format) with the note "Associate CPD" to Write an email.