Apprentice, Costing

About Team

The Clinical Costing Team is part of the “Enterprise Client Solutions” function and is responsible for developing the clinical, monitoring, and resourcing strategy for all late-stage requests for proposals from our clients. This team is responsible for ensuring that the budget solutions provided to clients are competitive, operationally sound, and feasible.

Apprenticeship Summary

The Apprentice participates in and executes entry-level department functions (Designation of Apprentice) in accordance with Fortrea and/or sponsor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

• Attend training sessions to learn about the drug development process and how clinical research is planned, conducted, and reported.
• Familiarize yourself with the various tools and processes that the clinical costing team utilizes to develop budgets for clinical studies.
• Support the team with special projects and analytics, which offers an opportunity to present to senior management for more informed decision-making.
• Engage and learn with senior team members by shadowing them in their daily activities and learn the strategy behind the operations of clinical research to enhance knowledge and skills in this domain.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in life sciences, bio-medical, pharmacy, nursing, medicine, clinical research or equivalent.
• Preferably certified in clinical research/ICH GCP.
• Informatics technology background with interest in clinical research are also welcome.
• Has experience delivering projects in an academic setting.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate well with various stakeholders and internal/external colleagues.
• Embraces diverse and innovative ways of thinking through various forms of collaboration and partnership.
• Good analytical and informatics technology/computing skills.
• Open to flexible work timings.