Research & Development Officer

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The closing date is 03 March 2026

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual to join the Research and Development Department. The post holder will support the Assistant Director for R&D and R&D Manager in promoting, facilitating and fulfilling the organisation's Research and Development (R&D) strategy and delivery plan, ensuring the delivery of high quality R&D activity across Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB.

The post holder will be integral to increasing the University Health Board's commercial and non-commercial research activity through the provision of specialist support and assistance to internal and external research active professionals undertaking research across the University Health Board in both primary, secondary care and social care and population health, as directed by the Assistant Director for R&D.

The post holder will liaise and work closely with colleagues both internally and externally to the Health Board to include Welsh Government, the Health and Care Research Wales, academic and industry partners and other NHS organisations and all staff groups within the University Health Board (e.g. radiology, pathology, pharmacy, medical, surgical, nursing, therapists and managerial professionals), to facilitate the development and undertaking of research studies across community, primary, secondary and social care and population health.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs:
Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short‑listing and selecting candidates. This isn't fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

For more information, see Welsh Language Guidance in the documents right at the bottom.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Main duties will include coordination and administration of the Health Boards Research and Development registration, review and approval process, in line with the requirements of the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care and National regulatory bodies.

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent demonstrable level of experience, skills and knowledge.
• Knowledge of Research legislation, GCP and UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research and related legislation e.g. HTA, mental capacity act etc.
• Knowledge of clinical and research terminology.
• Knowledge of Ethical and HRA approval process.
• Certificate in ICH Good Clinical Practice.
• Knowledge of research design and methods.
• Database management.
• Attendance of short courses and/or study days on Research.
• Knowledge of the basic legal aspect of clinical trials.

• Significant experience of working in a health service and/or R&D related environment.
• Experience of working on multiple projects simultaneously, managing and prioritising workload to meet deadlines.
• A proven track‑record of delivering against targets.
• Management of information stored electronically.
• Research related experience.
• Experience of working in an R&D set up or governance environment
• Experience of NHS R&D permissions/Capacity and capability processes and pathways.
• Experience of reviewing and assessing…