Clinical Trial Assistant (CTA) & CTA Coordinator

Company Description

At SGS, you can choose. First of all, out of our various vacancies. However, SGS also gives you another choice. Do you choose to expand or to enrich? We are not only looking for colleagues who can go in to depths of their discipline. We are equally as much looking for colleagues who we call ‘connectors’, people who can connect our diversity to our services. To each other. And this way, enrich our business.

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. We’re also the benchmark worldwide for quality and integrity. And that makes us very proud. This can only happen thanks to more than 90 000 colleagues worldwide, with 1650 employees in Belgium only. Our employees give 110% of themselves every day, divided over all expertises, branches and cultures. Our coworkers build their own way inside the company, the services and the expertise.

SGS Life Sciences carries out all type of services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, from coordination and running of clinical trials with new molecules or techniques on human beings, to support and consultancy on post marketing registration activities. SGS Life Sciences has also expertise in the quality control of pharmaceuticals.

In the spirit of continued growth and to help improve our business, we are currently seeking for a Clinical Trial Assistant (CTA) & CTA coordinator.

Job Description

In this dual role you will - on one hand - work as a Clinical Trial Assistant (CTA) and - on the other hand - also coordinate the other CTA’s.

Your responsibilities as a Clinical Trial Assistant are:

General administrative assistance to the Project Team (Project Manager/CRAs)
Preparing, updating, follow-up of electronic filing of clinical trial related documents
Preparing of study binders for site use
Assisting in the preparation/collection/submission of study documents and submission packages to the Ethics Committees/Institutional Review Board
Correspondence with internal and external clients (mainly in English)
Entering, updating and tracking of records in the Clinical Trial Management System
Handling of study supplies (incl. shipments, tracking, ...)

As a coordinator of the other CTA’s, the following are some extra responsibilities:

Being a coach and a mentor to the Clinical Trial Assistants (CTA): providing support, advice, and assistance in the execution of their project duties
Ensuring proper planning and execution of study related activities
Ensuring the quality of the work: evaluate and follow-up on trainings of the team
Evaluating the team’s workload on an ongoing basis and adjusting project assignments if necessary
Participating in the preparation of audits and following up audit findings
Liaise with the CRA Manager to update/implement processes and/or define new tasks for the CTAs to increase efficiency and enforce team collaboration

Qualifications

What do you need to be successful?

You have obtained a bachelor’s degree (a major in admin, languages or science is an asset)
Experience as a CTA or in a supervisory/coordinating position? That’s a plus!
You are fluent in both English and Dutch and have strong but positive and constructive communication skills
You are not afraid to reach out to different parties and take initiative to solve issues
MS Office does not have secrets for you
You are a confidential person with a professional attitude

Additional Information

What we have to offer:

Were you already considering a big switch in your career? Maybe this could be your next step. At SGS you can count on an interesting position where you can take responsibility. Come enjoy our fun team of colleagues and on top of that, we will reward you with an interesting salary package (incl. retirement plan, meal vouchers, …)

Do you want to be part of this?

We are looking forward to hearing from you! Send us your story and your resume via the apply button and maybe you will soon join us for work and coffee breaks. Still have questions? Anneleen Vanbuggenhout can give you more details about the job. Send her an e-mail at [email protected]