Student Placement - Portfolio Analyst
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Student Portfolio Analyst (undergraduate placement scheme)
£23,000 plus benefits
Reports to: Portfolio Manager
Directorate: Research & Innovation
Contract: 54 Weeks 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)
Closing date: 03 November 2024 23:55
This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment.
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 + an exercise related to the placement
About the placement
The Centre for Drug Development (CDD) at Cancer Research UK consists of a diverse and experienced office-based team who sponsor and manage high quality early phase clinical trials. We work in collaboration with leading scientists and clinicians around the UK to develop effective new anti-cancer treatments.
Here at the CDD, we’re offering a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience and training within a world-class clinical research environment. Our placements will provide you with an exciting opportunity to develop key skills, which will help to open doors to future careers within this industry.
We have 1 placement to offer, it will last for 54 weeks, with negotiable start dates between July and August 2025.
What will I be doing?
* Assist with gathering, analysing, and presenting project information at the portfolio level to support the effective review and management of the CDD portfolio e.g., project goal tracking and reporting.
* Support routine and targeted reviews of the CDD portfolio, creating/updating tools to gather and present information, coordinating provision and internal review of information and organising logistics for the review as needed.
* Assist with user account management for Portfolio Management/Dashboard tools.
* Ensure project information held in Portfolio Management/Dashboard tools are up to date, by reviewing data and prompting Project Leaders to update their project information.
* Update and maintain resource planning models to capture functional group resource forecasting across CDD and to coordinate information gathering across functional groups and project teams.
* Assist with developing data visualisation methods and tools for CDD portfolio information and maintain up to date information.
* Create, update and maintain models and trackers for the effective delivery of Portfolio activities and analyses.
* Support change initiatives both within Portfolio Management and across CDD including external benchmarking, stakeholder management and development and delivery of relevant training.
What are you looking for?
If you’re a motivated life sciences student, with an interest in drug development, data analysis and visualisation, and oncology clinical trials, then this is your opportunity to gain invaluable experience working within the pharmaceutical sector.
We expect you to have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, good teamwork skills, a meticulous eye for detail, good time management skills and a sound knowledge of Microsoft packages.
Minimum Requirements:
* You must be in your 2nd year of undergraduate study at university. Applications from graduates and PhD students will NOT be considered for this scheme.
* You should expect to receive a 2:1 or grade B in your second-year results in a science related degree.
* You should have 3 A levels (or equivalent) grade B and above (preferably one in a biological science).
* You should be able to commence work between July and August 2025 (the start date is negotiable).
* You should have the right to live and work in the UK without restriction. We cannot consider applications from candidates who require a work permit to work in the UK.
If you meet these requirements, we look forward to receiving your application. Please note that this role is flexible (office-based with an option to partly work from home), not laboratory-based.
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form and answer some screening questions for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.
Our organisation values:
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.
What will I gain?
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.
Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, particularly 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.
About Us
As the world’s largest independent cancer research charity, we conduct research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Our aim is to see 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034 and our staff are integral to achieving that ambition. Cancer Research UK offers you excellent prospects to expand your career as well as the ability to make a real difference to the lives of others.
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