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About the Role

Cancer Research UK is seeking a motivated and ambitious undergraduate student to join the Centre for Drug Development (CDD) as a Student Medical Writing and Pharmacovigilance Assistant. This role will provide administrative support to the Medical Writing (MW) and Pharmacovigilance (PV) teams, ensuring adherence to relevant guidelines and facilitating clinical trial activities. The placement offers valuable experience and training in a clinical research environment, with opportunities for skill development and exposure to key roles in drug development.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the MW and PV teams.
• Support the MW and PV teams in maintaining relevant sections of the Trial Master File (TMF), ensuring appropriate filing and review of MW/PV documentation.
• Build good working relationships with key functions in the CDD for timely document delivery.
• Organize and participate in meetings, taking minutes as requested.
• Develop and maintain awareness of main clinical development activities, particularly those related to QRPV and BMW departments.
• Develop and maintain awareness of CDD clinical trials and key projects.
• Support other CDD functions with administrative tasks.
• Assist with processing serious adverse event (SAE) reports in the pharmacovigilance database according to CDD standard operating procedures, including obtaining follow-up information.
• Support the preparation of Development Safety Update Reports (DSURs).
• Contribute to the ongoing safety evaluation process for identifying safety risks.
• Oversee the tracking of activities performed by PV.
• Manage and track documents required for Clinical Study Report (CSR) and Investigator Brochure (IB) preparation.
• Provide support for the preparation, authoring, review, and quality control of CSRs, safety narratives, report appendices, IBs, lay summaries of results, and other documentation.

Requirements

• Currently studying for an undergraduate degree at university.
• Degree course must support a placement year in industry.
• Expect to receive a 2:1 or grade B in year-end results in a science-related degree.
• Have 3 A levels (or equivalent) grade B and above (preferably one in a biological science).
• Able to commence work in July 2027 (start date is negotiable).
• Have the right to live and work in the UK without restriction.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to confidently communicate with an array of internal and external contacts.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently in an enthusiastic, proactive fashion.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft based packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Strong problem-solving skills.

Skills

• Medical Writing
• Pharmacovigilance
• Administrative Support
• Trial Master File (TMF) maintenance
• Meeting organization and minute-taking
• Clinical trial awareness
• Serious Adverse Event (SAE) processing
• Development Safety Update Reports (DSURs) preparation
• Safety evaluation
• Clinical Study Report (CSR) preparation
• Investigator Brochure (IB) preparation
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Location

• Stratford, London
• Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

Work Type

• Full-time
• 54 Week, Fixed Term Contract
• Office-based with an option to partly work from home

Experience Level

• Undergraduate placement

Education Level

• Undergraduate degree
• 3 A levels (or equivalent) grade B and above (preferably one in a biological science)

Salary/Compensations

• £24,000

Benefits

• Generous benefits package
• Wide range of career and personal development opportunities
• High-quality tools
• Work-life balance support

About the Company

• Cancer Research UK exists to beat cancer.
• The Centre for Drug Development (CDD) at Cancer Research UK sponsors and manages high-quality early phase clinical trials.
• The CDD works in collaboration with leading scientists and clinicians around the UK to develop effective new anti-cancer treatments.
• The organisation values are: Act with ambition, courage and determination; Act with rigour and professionalism; Act to have a positive impact on people; Act inclusively and collaboratively.

Equal Opportunity

• We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
• We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.
• 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.