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Client: SRG
Location: chester, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
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Posted: 06.06.2025
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Job Description: Job Title: Junior Scientific Advisor Graduate
Job Type: 12 Months Fixed Term Contract
Employment Start Date: May 2024
Hours of work: Mon – Fri (35 hours a week)
Onsite requirement: This will be a hybrid role, with 3 days per week on site.
Location: West London, England
An excellent opportunity for a talented graduate to start a career in medical affairs with a global healthcare leader, Novartis has one of the most exciting product pipelines in the industry today. Our mission is to improve patients' lives by providing customers with innovative science and differentiated healthcare solutions delivered by diverse and engaged talent with integrity, passion and focus on performance. At Novartis, creativity and diversity are encouraged, impact is recognised, success is celebrated, and people feel valued and listened to.
Job Purpose
Is to support the medical team in managing all relevant medical affairs activities and becomes a ‘data expert’ for the Therapeutic Area (TA). This support ultimately helps to ensure that the information we give to health care professionals enables them to understand the benefits and risks of our drugs and make evidence-based decisions for the good of their patients.
Builds a good knowledge of the TA related disease area, Medical Affairs, drug development, the healthcare system and ABPI code.
Supports activities and logistics as part of the Medical Affairs Plan such as advisory boards.
Medical education meetings and projects
Working with broader team (field & Head Office) to ensure congress excellence.
Supports the Medical Affairs team to leverage clinical/scientific data to support the
TA franchise by reviewing promotional and non-promotional materials, to check the scientific integrity of content.
delivery of medical plans by uploading and referencing medical educational materials in the internal approval system.
development of high quality and timely briefing materials/training on relevant appropriate data and may deliver internal training as required.
Provides administrative support as required for example:
Budget management for projects and logistics
Co-ordination of team meetings
Organisation of itineraries and logistics for ongoing activities
Compilation of materials and information to support any complaints process.
The successful candidate will benefit from:
Team oriented atmosphere
Cutting edge science
Working with diverse people and teams
Making a difference to patient's lives
We are looking for an individual who can meet the following criteria:
Educated to degree level in Life Sciences, Medicine, or Pharmacy (completed pre-registration pharmacy exams)
Experience within UK healthcare and /or pharmaceuticals environment is an advantage, but not necessary.
Clear motivation and ambition to gain experience in a medical affair environment.
Ability to evidence skills which are transferrable to the business environment (e.g., good time management, teamwork) experience of successfully working with teams through work, academic and/or extracurricular activities.
You will be able to demonstrate.
Proactivity – ability to work independently and proactively under own initiative, taking responsibility and driving projects and activities to a successful conclusion.
Analytical thinking – can understand and use complex data and can communicate complex data to a wide range of professional and lay audiences, adapting their wording and style to suit.
Prioritisation - manages multiple priorities well, demonstrating good attention to detail under tight deadlines and the ability to prioritise effectively.
Collaboration & teamwork - can develop effective relationships with team and customers, gaining trust and credibility quickly. Has the confidence to work with all levels and types of people, as an effective member of a cross-functional team.
Customer focused mindset - delivering high quality projects and activities to internal and external groups with awareness and responsiveness to their needs.
Fluency in English - verbal and written – is required.
You will be IT savvy and highly proficient with Microsoft office (Outlook, Excel, PPT skills and Word at Advanced Level)
Additional Information
Please ensure that you are willing and able to live within commutable distance of the company site before applying. This placement is based in White City in London, and we would like you to be in the office 2-3 days per week, to aid your development in working with and learning from your team. You will need to be eligible to work in the UK.

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