Are you an enthusiastic project coordinator with strong organizational and communication skills?We offer an exciting position for a project coordinator who is keen to contribute to academic drug development for rare diseases. Will you join our team?

We are looking for a temporary project coordinator because of pregnancy leave. As a project coordinator you will par;cipate in the set-up of therapy development projects and you will coordinate, maintain oversight and keep track of ;melines in the projects and develop working procedures.

The Radboud university medical center (Radboudumc) aims to accelerate the development of therapies for rare diseases by means of a bench-to-bedside-and-back approach. The interdisciplinary team’s goal is to create a productive, effective and sustainable ecosystem for academic drug development for indications that currently lack satisfactory treatments.

The ‘Therapy accelerator for rare diseases’ team consists of 16 persons with various areas of expertise and has been operational since March this year. The team is currently selecting 2-3 therapy development projects that they will intensively support in kind for a year. In addition, the team will start an advice desk to answer questions from researchers about drug development in rare diseases and set up an expert network in the Radboudumc.

You will function as the project coordinator for the 2-3 selected projects, which means that you will be the primary point of contact for the researcher. Together with the colleagues involved, you will make project proposals and guard the projects’ timelines and milestones.

You will play an active role in the therapy development advice desk, where you will keep track of questions asked, find the appropriate experts, and archive both the questions and answering approaches. You will be proactive in network building within the Radboudumc together with the community manager.

In addition, you may develop ‘Working Instructions’ (WIs) for common processes during these support trajectories. Furthermore, this function entails a range of other tasks, such as operating the team’s general email inbox, supporting the rollout of the communication plan, and organizing and structuring information in databases and processes.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Organize and lead meetings with researchers, team members, and other experts to discuss the drug development projects.
• Set up project plans and keep track of goals, timelines, and milestones in consultation with the involved team members.
• Support the project lead of the Therapy Accelerator team.
• Set up an expert network at Radboudumc, together with the community manager.
• Operate the general team inbox.
• Organize and structure the output of the team in a database.
• Develop procedures and author WIs when needed.

We are looking for a project coordinator with good communication and organizational skills. You enjoy keeping an overview in multiple long-term projects with various stakeholders involved. You work accurately and in a structured manner. You are also comfortable with a combination of working independently and in a team.

Moreover, you have:

• At least hbo education with a medical or related degree.
• A goal-oriented, practical approach.
• 1-2 years of experience in a similar role as project coordinator.
• Good skills with the MS Office package (Access) and Teams.
• Good command of the Dutch and English languages, both verbally and in writing.
• Pre: general knowledge of drug development.

Fixed-term contract: 9-12 months.

At Radboud university medical center, you build on your future. We are committed to providing the best care, education, and research. And we are true to our word, because we help you develop and seize opportunities and give you the room to grow. As an employer, we believe that employees should feel vital and happy at work in all stages of life. We are also committed to creating a healthy and safe working environment. Our employment conditions contribute to that. What we offer:

• A gross monthly salary between € 3.655 and € 5.010 (scale 9) for full-time employment (36 hours per week). You will also receive an 8% holiday allowance, an 8.3% end-of-year bonus, and, depending on the position, an allowance of 47% to 72% for working irregular hours.
• 172 vacation hours per year based on a 36-hour working week. (As of 1 January 2025, you will receive 176 vacation hours).

Radboudumc

Radboudumc. Radboud university medical center is a university medical center for patient care, scientific research, and education in Nijmegen. Radboud university medical center strives to be at the forefront of shaping the healthcare of the future. We do this in a person-centered and innovative way, and in close collaboration with our network. We want to have a significant impact on health and healthcare. We want to improve with each passing day, continuously working towards better healthcare, research, and education. And gaining a better understanding of how diseases arise and how we can prevent, treat, and cure them, day in and day out. This way, every patient always receives the best healthcare, now and in the future. Because that is why we do what we do.