Title: Senior Administrative Officer (BGESC)
Specifications: 6 month Fixed term contract – Full Time
Salary: £35, 000 per annum
Location: (Remote) based in the UK, Germany or Denmark.
Directorate: Evidence Production and Methods Directorate
Closing date: 5 January, 2025

Cochrane is an international charity. For 30 years we have responded to the challenge of making vast amounts of research evidence useful for informing decisions about health. We do this by synthesising research findings and our work has been recognised as the international gold standard for high quality, trusted information.
As the BGESC Senior Administrative Officer, you will be key in providing high-level administrative, organizational, and logistical support to BGESC Project Manager, BGESC leadership team (four people) and to the Co-chairs of six international working/planning groups (approximately 20 people per group including Co-chairs).

This role is essential for ensuring the smooth execution of the ‘Building a Global Evidence Synthesis Community’ initiative, within a tight timeframe. By efficiently managing administrative tasks and optimizing processes, you will enable the Project Manager and leadership team to concentrate on strategic priorities and delivering key project milestones. The BGESC Administrative Officer will also provide support to BGESC Planning Clerks and Planning Analysts (nine people), who in turn work closely with the working/planning groups Co-chairs.

The BGESC project is part of the Wellcome Trust’s wider ‘Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative’ initiative, but the successful candidate will be a Cochrane employee.

Don’t have every single qualification? We know that some people are less likely to apply for a job unless they are a perfect match. At Cochrane, we’re not looking for “perfect matches.” We’re looking to welcome people to our diverse, inclusive, and passionate workplace. So, if you’re excited about this role but don’t have every single qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. Whether it’s this role or another one, you may be just the right candidate.

Our organization is built on four core values: Collaboration: Underpins everything we do, locally and globally. Relevant: The right evidence at the right time in the right format. Integrity: Independent and transparent. Quality: Reviewing and improving what we do, maintaining rigour and trust.

You can expect:

• An opportunity to truly impact health globally
• A flexible work environment
• A comprehensive onboarding experiences
• An environment where people feel welcome, heard, and included, regardless of their differences

Cochrane welcomes applications from a wide range of perspectives, experiences, locations and backgrounds; diversity, equity and inclusion are key to our values. Cochrane has offices with payroll in the UK, Germany and Denmark.

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