Help establish a new clinical research site and shape its success from day one.

Momentum Clinical Research is looking for an experienced Senior Study Coordinator to join us as the first employee at our Canberra site.

This is an exciting opportunity to bring your clinical research expertise to a role where you can make a meaningful contribution from the outset, helping establish site processes, build relationships and lay the foundations for a growing team.

About Momentum Clinical Research

At Momentum Clinical Research, we are committed to advancing healthcare through high-quality clinical research. We work collaboratively with participants, investigators, sponsors, contract research organisations (CROs) and healthcare providers to support the development of innovative medicines and treatments that improve health outcomes locally and globally.

About the opportunity

Reporting to the Research Area Manager, you will play a key role in establishing the new site while coordinating clinical trials from start-up through to close-out.

As the first employee at the site, you will need to be comfortable working independently, taking initiative and adapting as the site develops. You will bring a practical, hands-on approach and enjoy the opportunity to help shape how the site operates.

As the team grows, you will also support the onboarding, training and mentoring of new colleagues, helping build a cooperative team with a strong focus on participant safety and study quality.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Supporting the establishment of site processes, workflows and ways of working.

- Independently coordinating complex clinical trials in accordance with study protocols, ICH-GCP guidelines and regulatory requirements.

- Managing participant recruitment, screening, enrolment and retention.

- Maintaining accurate study data and documentation,



with a strong focus on quality and participant safety.

- Managing adverse event reporting, protocol deviations and amendments.

- Monitoring study timelines, budgets and site performance.

- Building strong relationships with investigators, sponsors, CROs and other study stakeholders.

- Coordinating monitoring visits and supporting audits and inspections.

- Onboarding, training and mentoring new team members as the site grows.

- Proactively resolving operational challenges and identifying opportunities to improve processes.

About you

You are an experienced clinical research skilled who is excited by the opportunity to help build something new. You are confident taking ownership, comfortable with a developing environment and able to balance day-to-day study delivery with the practical work of helping to establishing a site.

You will bring:

- A bachelor’s degree in Health Science, Nursing, Biomedical Science or a related discipline.

- At least four years’ clinical research experience.

- Experience independently managing complex clinical studies.

- Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP and clinical research regulations.

- Initiative, sound judgement and a practical approach to problem solving.

- The ability to work independently and recognise when to seek support or escalate issues.

- Strong communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills.

- The ability to train, coach and mentor others.

Experience helping introduce current site processes would be an advantage.

Why join us?

This role offers the opportunity to influence a new site's foundations, contribute your ideas and see the impact of your work as the site develops. You will help shape its processes and team culture while contributing to research that advances healthcare.

If you enjoy taking initiative, building relationships and helping a new team succeed, we would love to hear from you.

📌 Senior Study Coordinator (Canberra)
🏢 Momentum Clinical Research
📍 Canberra