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Our core values are excellence, balance, and growth.\nWe strive to:\nDeliver excellence for our clients and patients, whilst\nPreserving a good work-life balance and supporting employee well-being, and\nProviding opportunities for growth for our employees.\nWe recruit some of the brightest minds, invest in your professional development, and have many opportunities for personal development.\nWhy work with us?\nSource is a fun, personable company, where our technical teams work closely with each other, enabling us all to learn from some of the best minds in the business. We value our employees, and all employees are encouraged to voice their ideas and contribute to business initiatives, regardless of seniority. Source prides itself on its commitment to employee welfare, as evidenced by our high employee retention.\nWe have open-plan offices in Oxford and central London, with hybrid working. Our contractual working hours are 37.5 hours per week, with flexible start and finish times around our core company hours of 10 am to 4 pm.\nAlongside an opportunity to actively contribute to a growing company, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays, option to buy additional annual leave, discretionary bonus scheme, opt-in employee health insurance, employee life insurance, cycle to work scheme, and above-average employer pension contributions.\nOur market access and value communication team\nOur close-knit writing team comprises 11 writers and two health technology assessment (HTA) writing leads, all of whom work on different disease areas and project types to keep the working day interesting. Our team has experience of projects in oncology, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, meningitis, overactive bladder, haematology, nutrition, wound care, inflammatory diseases, degenerative disorders, and rare diseases. 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