Senior Trial Manager (Global & Maternal Health)

Job Description Grade UE08: £50,253 - £61,759 per annum School of Population Health Sciences / Usher Institute / Centre for Medical Informatics Full-time: 35 hours per week Fixed-term: available from July 2026 for 12 months Where discovery never stops. Be part of something bigger.

The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We are a large University covering a wide range of activities. In Professional Services, we support the University’s research and teaching, offering many career and role specialisms.

The Opportunity The post holder will have a leading role in managing an international team of research staff embedded within the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery (the GSU) to deliver international cluster-randomised clinical trials in low resource settings. They will be an excellent communicator (including in group settings where English is not the majority language) with the ability to drive projects forward within budget and timelines, motivate others, and demonstrate enthusiasm, innovation, flexibility and leadership when faced with challenges. They will provide strategic and operational management skills in the planning and execution of projects, with a particular emphasis on maternal and neonatal health trials in low resource settings

This post offers the opportunity to work on an exciting new global collaborative initiative using wearable sensors and data driven research approaches to improve maternal and foetal outcomes during labour. You will join a collaborative research project entitled, ‘Intelligent Pregnancy Products Platform; I3P’ to deliver a large scale, international, cluster-randomised trial. You will work in a vibrant research environment collaborating with international stakeholders and industry partners to deliver a trial of 13,400 women across 30 hospitals in 4 countries (India, Rwanda, Nigeria &​ Pakistan). The IMPALA 2 trial (https://www.globalsurgeryunit.org/impala/) will use novel techniques and wearable technologies to test whether collecting continuous vital signs from both the mother and baby during labour can better predict the onset of maternal and neonatal complications compared to intermittent observations collected manually. This body of work has the potential to reduce maternal and foetal complications on a global scale.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Rosemary Townsend, Senior Research Fellow (rtownse2@exseed.ed.ac.uk) or Catherine Shaw, Senior Lecturer &​ Programme Manager ( catherine.shaw@ed.ac.uk )

Your Skills And Attributes For Success

• A degree in a relevant area
• Substantial experience in the delivery of complex clinical trials in maternal health, including compliance with all relevant governance processes.
• Extensive experience of delivering clinical trials in low resource settings.
• Experience in monitoring, analysing and dissemination complex information.
• Ability to work well within a multi-disciplinary team, including international and industry partners.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week). We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

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How To Apply Please include the following documents in your application:

• CV
• Cover letter

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, including generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, a wide range of staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page and use our reward calculator to discover the value of your pay and benefits.

Championing equality, diversity, and inclusion The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter, and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University, you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages . On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note The closing date for applications is 20 th July 2026. Unless stated otherwise, the closing time for applications is 11:59 pm (UK time). If you are applying from outside the UK, the closing time shown on our adverts will automatically adjust to your browser’s local time zone.

About Us As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

About The Team The Usher Institute sits within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh. We are also the Health and Social Care Data-Driven Innovation Hub, part of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal.

The Usher Institute is a key applied and translational arm of the Edinburgh Medical School, within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh; offering significant expertise in health services research, health informatics, data science and social science.

We strive for and work towards the data-enabled transformation of health.

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School of Population Health Sciences Transforming health in society by working with people, populations and data.

The School of Population Health Sciences sits within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh.

The School of Population Health Sciences is a key applied and translational arm of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh; offering significant expertise in health services research, health informatics, data science and social science. We are also the Health and Social Care Data-Driven Innovation Hub, part of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal.

We strive for and work towards the data-enabled transformation of health.

About The College Of Medicine And Veterinary Medicine The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (CMVM) is home to six Schools which in turn host five world-leading research institutes; the Institute of Genetics and Cancer, the Usher Institute, the Institute for Regeneration and Repair, the Roslin Institute and the new Institute for Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences. The teams in the six CMVM Schools work together to build outstanding discovery and translational research programmes designed to answer the major challenges facing humanity, animal and planetary health, now and in the future. Our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching is delivered through Edinburgh Medical School and the Royal (Dick) School of Medical Studies with contributions from all six schools.