Job Description

Expression of Interest – Administration and Management of Clinical Trials

We understand that sometimes jobs are not always available at the time of looking for your next employment chance. This general expression of interest open advertisement allows individuals to directly express their interest at working with our purposeful organisation and safely sharing your resume.

Please continue reading to learn more about our growing organisation and how you may be able to contribute to our future and bring hope to people affected by cancer.

Our Purpose and Values

Our Vision: To improve patient care by enabling the world’s best clinical trials.

Our Mission: To deliver excellence in Clinical Trial Management and advance the Australian trial sector.

Cancer Trials Australia (CTA) is a not-for- profit member-based organisation consisting of 33 clinical sites and 3 medical research institutes across Australia and New Zealand.

We support the administration and management of clinical trials, predominately oncology, across both metropolitan and regional hospitals. Our work helps to build clinical and industry knowledge, contributing to the development of novel therapies and the advancement of patient care, and most importantly improve outcomes for people effected by cancer.

Our dedicated staff have supported the administration of more than 2,300 clinical trials, that have recruited in excess of 14,000 Australian patients. We continue to advocate for positive change in clinical trial regulation, working to ensure Australia remains an attractive destination for international clinical trial sponsors.

Employee Benefits

• 5 weeks annual leave





• Competitive remuneration package

• Salary packaging available of up to $15,900 + $2,650 meals/entertainment to maximise your take home pay

• Hybrid work model with minimum 1 day in office (alternating Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

• Access to a robust Learning Management System, including support towards a personal learning and development budget

• Access to exclusive discounted products

• Paid parental leave benefits

• Free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support

About our work and functions

We improve patient care and deliver excellence in clinical trial management by disseminating trial specific information and providing administrative services for our clinical members. These services include the:

1. Coordination of Ethics and Governance documentation;

2. Negotiation of clinical trial budgets and agreements;

3. Provision of information systems to enhance efficiency and govern trial participant activities; and

4. Financial management of clinical trial activity on behalf of our clinical member sites

These functions help to form CTA’s business model and enhance our commitment as a team working toward our vision and mission.





Knowing that our work contributes toward improving patient outcomes and advancing our national clinical trial ecosystem keeps us strongly connected and motivated as a team.

CTA is committed to equal employment opportunity and ethical practices and recognises the rich diversity of peoples and the value that brings to the workplace.

Positions and Experience:

Operations Team:

The Operations team is responsible for managing Clinical Trial Start-Up activity on behalf of our sites. CTA splits these Start-Up responsibilities into two different roles we typically recruit for, with oversight from Ethics and Governance Managers, Team Leaders and Site Ethics Lead roles.

- (Senior) Ethics Submission Specialist: This position is responsible for the coordination of ethics and governance submissions of clinical trials to ensure their effective and timely approval and implementation, the role requires providing high levels of administrative and customer service support.

- (Senior) Budget and Contracts Specialist: This position takes ownership of the budget and contract review process, which involves the preparation of clinical trial budgets and clinical trial agreements according to site requirements and negotiates these with CROs and biotech/pharmaceutical companies.

Both Operations roles require excellent attention to detail, highly developed organisational and time management skills and tertiary qualification in Health, Life Sciences, or other related qualifications, with a sound working knowledge of medical terminology/scientific language (preferred but not essential).

Information Systems Team:

The IS team works across a number of different system applications to

📌 Expression of Interest (Melbourne)
🏢 Cancer Trials Australia
📍 Melbourne