SCIENTIFIC MANAGER

We are looking for a self-driven and committed Scientific Manager to join the Palliative Care and Chronic Complex Patients research group of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu to provide daily scientific, technical and managerial support to the group.
 
The Palliative Care and Chronic Complex Patient research group at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu provides ongoing comprehensive care to children with severe diseases who likely will not reach adulthood, as well as to their families. The team's goal is to provide physical, social, emotional and spiritual support to the patients and their families.
 
Amongst other projects, the Palliative Care and Chronic Complex Patient research group is leading the European funded project HOME-C2P2 (THCS - transforming Healthcare system), an interdisciplinary project aiming to optimise coordination between primary and specialist care to improve home care for children with complex chronic conditions using technology that is tailored to their needs.
 
Sant Joan de Déu Research Foundation is hiring a Scientific Manager to join the Palliative Care and Chronic Complex Patient research group. The candidate will be integrated in the research group to provide daily technical and managerial support to the group. He/she shall be responsible for the effective implementation of the assigned projects ranging from Health to Social field, including the HOME-C2P2 project (and other projects of the group’s portfolio).
The person we are looking for must be proactive, responsible, flexible, empathic and service-oriented, and should be comfortable working on long-term strategic plans as well as day-to-day project management tasks.
 
KEY RESPONSABILITIES
Research group management:
Providing daily administrative, technical and scientific support to the group,
Performing bibliographic searches,
Writing scientific papers,
Preparing abstracts, posters and presentations for congresses and conferences,
Preparing documentation for ethical committees and regulatory bodies,
Providing support in the strategic planning of the group’s research lines,
Providing support in the analysis of the group’s scientific results, including data bases, qualitative data, etc,
Providing support in the design of clinical studies, data collection…
Organizing, participating and writing minutes of the group’s meetings.
Providing support in the preparation of proposals for competitive calls, including writing scientific parts of the proposal, communicating with partners, in collaboration with the Pre-Award team at FSJD.
Liaise with pre-award team to identify networks, actions, and initiatives that present strategic opportunities for both the Institution and its researchers and attend conferences, information sessions, networking events to promote the group's interests.
Contribute to enhancing the group's position within Europe. Advocate for the group's interests at lobby and networking events.
 
Project Management:
General coordination of the HOME-C2P2 project,
Interface between the project coordinator and internal team/partners or external stakeholders, traduce coordinator’s decision making toward actions,
Coordination of day to day internal scientific/technical work according to work plan and coordinator’s orientations,
Coordination of Work package where the research group is leader, organization of meetings, collecting documents, writing activity reports and deliverables where the group is responsible,
Preparation of agendas and presentations for project meetings and related committees (advisory board, external experts…) participation in meeting, draft minutes, chair meetings,
Elaboration of a Data Management Plan and DPIA. Data management plan follow up. Monitoring of data protection compliance,
Monitoring of ethical regulatory process and compliance.
Gantt chart follow up, management of timeline and deadlines,
Daily management activities, organization of meetings and events linked to the project, administrative tasks, economic follow-up, looking for providers and quotes.