Clinical Site Associate

Clinical Site Associate

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.

As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.

We are currently seeking a Clinical Site Associate (CSA) to join our diverse and dynamic team. As a CSA at ICON, you will play a pivotal role in supporting clinical trial operations by ensuring site compliance, documentation accuracy, and readiness for audits and inspections.

This role is initially office-based in Reading (Green Park), UK and will develop into a travelling CRA role upon promotion. In this position, you will gain hands-on experience and build your skills toward a CRA role, working closely with experienced CRAs and clinical trial teams.

What you will be doing

• Provide clinical site support & oversight
• Manage site-level communications
• Coordinate site trainings and systems access
• Support site readiness activities including pre/post site visit tasks
• Follow-up on action items
• Document management, maintaining the Trial Master File (TMF)

Your profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field, such as life sciences or healthcare
• Previous hands-on experience in clinical research (e.g. 6–18 months), ideally within a CRO, sponsor, or hospital setting, with exposure to clinical trial activities such as site coordination, documentation management, or study support
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of ICH-GCP and clinical trial regulations
• Based in the Reading area or commutable
• Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor visas for this role.

What ICON can offer you: Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.