Senior Clinical Research Associate / CRA II

Job Overview:

COVANCE BELGIUM SCRA and CRA II JOBS

Covance Belgium offers unique job opportunities for experienced Senior CRAs and CRA II within the Global Clinical Trial Operations team.

These jobs would suit CRAs who already have: Min 2 years independent monitoring experience in Belgium with international ph I-III clinical trials, within pharma or CRO environment. Trilingual: French, Dutch and English are needed

These jobs offer excellent exposure to a range of disease areas and a real chance of career progression and promotion opportunities in time .

Covance is committed to the well-being and development of its CRAs and one of the values of the Belgium Clinops group is its strong Management Team and great supportive team spirit between all the colleagues.

Time and again staff comment on their amazing colleagues in Covance Clinops Belgium and the camaraderie of the department, with many people starting their careers or joining us, developing and remaining with us for many years.

The Management team constantly review study/site allocations and workload to actively balance with wellbeing of staff, and take actions to address where needed working closely with project teams, unlike a lot of other CROs.

Our people are our cornerstone and we believe strongly in looking after them and their ambitions and act to do so accordingly.

WHAT MAKE THESE JOBS SPECIAL?

Afraid of working on the same molecule or Therapeutic Area for years? You will not find that in the Clinical Operations team in Covance . Join us to benefit from:

  Working on all phases I-IV, including the most innovative Early Clinical studies

  Therapeutic Areas: Oncology, CardioVascular, Diabetes, NASH, Neuroscience, Infectious Diseases

  Unlike other CROs, there are not fixed boundaries between our teams : we offer flexibility with great opportunity to grow into a sponsor dedicated career, or Project Management, Clinical Team Leadership or Line Management.

  Client facing tasks/opportunities are also available in the Clinops environment for those with an interest in this

DEVELOPMENT & GROWTH: WHERE WILL YOUR CURIOSITY TAKE YOU?

Do you want to become an expert in one indication of your interest?

Or do you prefer to diversify your scientific knowledge working in different areas?

We can accommodate your career advancement desires: you will have exposure across the broadest clinical trial portfolio and we are flexible so you can rotate among protocols and study types to build the career you want.

Cross-development into other departments across the organization is a key factor in our retention!

Joining Covance Belgium allows you to have a faster tracked pathway for Team Leadership or Project Management thanks to our structured European CTL Mentoring/Training or our Project Management Academy, both Covance initiatives committed to retaining and developing our talented staff

Within Covance Clinops there is also the opportunity to mentor junior CRAs and help to develop our home grown talent – In-house CRAs (IHCRAs) who have aspirations to become CRAs – by becoming involved as a trainer in the well regarded Covance Monitoring Excellence Academy and performing onsite training visits.

  Education/Qualifications:

Life Science/ BioMedical Sciences degree is a must

Extensive knowledge of: Drug development process and client needs. ICH Guidelines and GCP including international regulatory requirements for the conduct of clinical development programs.

  Experience:

Trilingual Clinical Trial Monitoring in French, Dutch and English

Clinical Trial Monitoring experience in Belgium is needed: minimum 2 years monitoring studies in ph I-III, with proven track record of pre-study, initiation, routine monitoring and closeout visits.

Oncology monitoring background is desirable.

Ability to monitor study sites independently according to protocol monitoring guidelines, SOPs, GCP and ICH Guidelines

Excellent understanding of Serious Adverse Event (SAE) reporting

Ability to resolve project-related problems and prioritize workload for self and team