Do you want to make a difference? Are you a confident communicator who enjoys meeting people, building relationships and helping others? Are you motivated by achieving goals and looking for a role where every conversation could help advance research into Alzheimer’s disease and brain health? Keep reading!
Scottish Brain Sciences is a Life Sciences Company with Headquarters in Edinburgh, Scotland. We deliver clinical trials of new tests and treatments for a range of neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease. We foster the rapid translation of research into practice to bring scientific progress out of the lab and into the community.
We’re looking for a proactive and compassionate Engagement Officer to help recruit participants onto our clinical trials and brain health studies. Based in Edinburgh or Aberdeen, you’ll play a pivotal role in finding, engaging and supporting people who may be eligible to take part in our research. You’ll be regularly speaking to people with Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or a family history of dementia and their families to give them clear, supportive pathways to join our early detection and intervention studies.
You’ll be responsible for recruiting and onboarding people to our research through calling potential participants, explaining our trials and services, setting up appointments and supporting people during visits. You’ll also be part of our community engagement activities including meeting with community groups and organisations to tell the Scottish Brain Sciences story and encourage people to participate in research.
We're looking for someone who is confident speaking to people, comfortable having sensitive conversations, motivated by achieving recruitment targets, and creative in finding new ways to engage potential participants and communities.
Some of what you’ll be doing:
Recruitment and Participant Onboarding:
- Identify appropriate study opportunities for people on our registry.
- Make initial calls to potential participants to explain research opportunities, eligibility, and next steps.
- Provide clear, empathetic, and accurate information about trials and the benefits of early detection.
- Schedule appointments for assessments, follow-up calls, or clinic visits.
- Welcome participants, ensuring they feel comfortable during site visits.
- Support participants and families throughout the onboarding journey, signposting to wider resources where appropriate.
- Help achieve participant recruitment targets by proactively following up enquiries and identifying opportunities to improve recruitment.
- Maintain accurate records in participant databases and ensure compliance with internal procedures, trial protocols, and MHRA, GDPR and other relevant regulation.
Outreach and Promotion
- Plan and deliver engagement events such as community talks, information sessions, health fairs.
- Build relationships with community organisations, health professionals, and charities (e.g. dementia cafes, carer groups) to increase awareness of research opportunities.
- Represent Scottish Brain Sciences at local and national events to raise awareness of brain health research and encourage participation.
- Support development of recruitment campaigns and new ideas to reach potential participants.
Internal Collaboration:
- Work closely with the wider engagement and clinical research teams, and also the study sponsor to align outreach and recruitment activities with trial needs.
- Provide feedback on participant experiences to improve processes.
- Contribute to team meetings and share learning from community interactions.
- Follow established recruitment processes and systems, raising any issues and suggesting improvements to help optimise participant recruitment.
The skills, experience, and qualifications you’ll bring:
- Experience in community engagement, outreach, or participant recruitment (ideally within healthcare, charity, or research).
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to build rapport with people from diverse backgrounds and confidence and compassion to have sensitive conversations with people who may be concerned about their health.
- Results oriented mindset and motivation to work towards recruitment targets.
- Great organisational skills to manage recruitment to multiple studies and follow up enquiries effectively.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- A creative, proactive and collaborative attitude that thrives in a busy environment with a varied workload.
- Competence in Microsoft Office and with various electronic data-capture platforms.
- Familiarity with data collection, storage, and analysis tools (e.g., Excel).
Even better if you have:
- Knowledge of or interest in dementia, brain health, or clinical research.
- A degree in the field of life science or marketing and communication.
- Experience using a CRM or customer management systems.
- Experience in event management
Does this sound like you? We would love to hear from you.
Apply with your CV and cover letter to [email protected]
Scottish Brain Sciences is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Job Type: Full time - permanent
Pay: £24,000 - £28,000 per year (depending on experience)
Location:
Benefits:
- 35-hour week
- 37 days’ holiday (includes public)
- Company pension
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Free, on-site parking
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £24,000.00-£28,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
