Medical Writing Associate

Medical Writing Associate

£30,000 - £36,000 plus benefits.

Reports to:

Principal Medical Writer.

Directorate:
Research & Innovation.

Contract:

2-year fixed-term contract.

Hours:

Full-time 35 hours per week.

Location:

Stratford, London - office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office). We’re happy to offer home-based contracts through our flexible working policy. While this role does involve occasional travel to our Stratford Office — typically 4 to 6 times a year, please note that travel expenses are not covered. We aim to keep travel minimal and purposeful, ensuring it adds real value to your work and team collaboration.

Closing date: 28 June 2026 23:55pm.

Visa sponsorship:
You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

Recruitment process:
Competency based interview and Medical Writing task.

Interview date: approximately w/c 6th July 2026.

Cancer Research UK has an opportunity for a meticulous and diligent individual, with experience and knowledge of clinical trials, to join us as a Medical Writing Associate within our Centre for Drug Development (CDD). The CDD is the world’s only charity‑funded drug development facility. Our pioneering research is driven purely by the goal to see scientific breakthroughs bring benefits to patients sooner.

CDD is the sponsor of early‑phase and precision medicine clinical trials in oncology agents. Our broad portfolio rivals that of a medium‑sized pharmaceutical company, spanning antibodies, cell therapies, vaccines, drug conjugates and small molecules, making this an interesting and dynamic area to work in.

As part of the Medical Writing team, the Medical Writing Associate will provide support to produce Clinical Study Reports (CSRs), Investigator Brochures (IBs) and clinical trial results reporting on public registries, including quality control (QC), compilation of documents and filing. You will provide support to the Medical Writing team for priority and complex projects, such as platform trials and trials conducted in both the UK and the EU.

This role will predominantly support our DETERMINE platform trial. It is an exciting time for CDD as we’re expanding our teams to move forward with an ambitious new strategy to maximise the impact of our research to benefit patients. Several teams are hiring new roles to make this new strategy a reality, expanding the size of our project portfolio and bringing in new skills as we work more internationally.

• Review and QC of CSRs, IBs and other regulatory documents.
• Write assigned sections of CSRs and IBs under supervision.
• Support registration of clinical trials and results reporting on public registries, including populating templates and QC.
• Support the Medical Writing team with maintaining and reviewing Trial Master Files (TMFs).
• Compile and format regulatory documents and support the maintenance of document templates.

• Educated to a minimum of Bachelor’s degree level (or equivalent) in a scientific discipline.
• Excellent proofreading skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to review and QC documents to ensure they meet the project brief/specification and are scientifically and technically accurate.
• Excellent communication (both written and verbal) skills.
• Excellent organisational skills, able to prioritise and manage own time.
• A good team player, but also self‑motivated and able to work independently.
• Experience in scientific/medical writing, early‑phase clinical trials and/or oncology would be advantageous.

Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination

Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism

Human: Act to have a positive impact on people

Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively

We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.

We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high‑quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work‑life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.

We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under‑represented.

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.