Assistant Research Project Manager

Salary: £32,080 per annum

Closing Date: 3 September 2026

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

We are growing our team and have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Project Manager (APM) to join a vibrant group of research project managers (the FMS Project Management Team) in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. You will have the opportunity to connect with the wider Project Manager Community across the Faculty of Medical Sciences, as well as have access to training and relevant peer support.

The team provide professional project management support to the Faculty of Medical Sciences’ research portfolio, including complex milestone driven, multi-site and cross-disciplinary research projects. They manage ~58 projects with a value in excess of £140m and include but not limited to observational studies, experimental medicine research, trials and research involving the development of devices, gene and other therapies.

You will be allocated research projects from the team’s portfolio and will provide assistance to the team, whilst working closely with investigators, collaborators, the research team, University Research Institutes and professional services staff to deliver the projects. This includes ensuring progress against milestone and financial targets, highlighting and managing risks as appropriate, and in doing so becoming an integral part of the project team.

We are looking for self-starters with excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate clearly and concisely in writing and verbally as well as excellent organisational and time management skills, together with a positive ‘can-do’ attitude. You will have a good level of education up to ‘A’ level or equivalent with an excellent level of literacy and numeracy, and will have experience of project management.

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits, extensive learning opportunities, and a stimulating and attractive environment. We are committed to:

• Providing a healthy working environment and improving the quality of working lives for all colleagues
• Investing in our people
• Improving our systems and operations
• Promoting a culture of innovation and aspiration

To support the delivery of the University’s People Strategy by attracting and retaining the best people, we offer a fantastic range rewards and benefits to our staff:

• 30 days annual leave, plus 4 closure days and 8 bank holidays (pro-rata for part time) and the option to purchase additional leave
• Automatic enrolment into a pension scheme
• Corporate and local discounts
• Wellbeing resources and number of exclusive discounts on a selection of North East leisure attractions
• A range of exclusive health, fitness and wellbeing discounts based across the City to colleagues
• Reward and Recognition Schemes
• Opportunities to work in a blended way

This position is fixed term until 31 March 2028.

Interviews will be held in person on 15 September 2026.

For more information and an informal discussion, Emma Burton # or Phil Mawson #

• Act as the main point of contact for all parties involved in allocated projects on a day-to- day basis, communicating clearly with investigators, project teams, collaborators and stakeholders and University professional services staff
• Collate information to assist with monitoring project progress associated with the research; support research and clinical teams to achieve milestones within set timescales. This may involve interaction with other organisations e.g. Universities or NHS Trusts
• Support the preparations of detailed study/research timelines and milestones, monitoring progress on a continuous basis, with a clear understanding of any impact on the critical path
• Develop an understanding of clinical governance (ethics) and good clinical practice (GCP) to facilitate the management of observational studies and trials
• Assist the project manager by monitoring the potential risks to meeting required objectives and support the coordination…