Data Manager - Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit Grade 4

Position: Data Manager - Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit - 56887 - Grade 4
Location: Kingston upon Hull

Position Details Cancer Clinical Trials Unit, School of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health

Location:

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UKFull time starting salary is normally in the range 27,546 to 29,171, with potential progression once in post to 32,595

Grade: 4

Full Time or Part Time 0.6 FTE (21 hours per week)
Fixed Term contract up to October 2027

Closing date: 19th October 2026

There is 1 part time and 1 full time position available

Our offer to you People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham Background Data  Managers are responsible for the clinical research data set for one or more cancer clinical trial(s) protocols which are designed to improve the treatment and care of patients with cancer. Principal duties include obtaining, entering and cleaning data from participating sites. In addition Data Managers provide administrative support to the multi-disciplinary collaborative research group(s) engaged in conducting trials.

Role Summary Data Managers will provide proactive and important support for the effective delivery of research in the University.  You will be involved in all aspects of data collection, management and verification, and accurate input and reporting, including undertaking regular checks to validate and verify information.  You will have the opportunity to contribute to the development and improvement of procedures and protocols.

Main Duties Acting as a key communications point for research teams and other associated members, you will receive and resolve queries through to resolution. Proactively managing communications with, for example, clinical investigators, research support staff and others in external centres for data collection, ensuring everyone is kept up to date as appropriate.

Ensuring confidentiality on all work at all times.

Ensuring the smooth day-to day running of the study protocol and the data collection, flagging up any issues to your manager.

Abstracting or verifying data from records, possibly involving visits to data collection centres.  Checking for any inconsistencies, identifying and resolving any missing, incomplete or contradictory data.  You may be asked to visit centres in order to obtain data.

Assisting with general data management and record keeping, which may include anonymising data/samples, maintaining and applying coding lists etc. Responsibility for accurately entering data into a variety of research and administrative databases, including…