Job Ref: 214758346

Date: 2021-09-28 09:48:58

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What’s on offer:

* Permanent role

* Salary £60-65k DOE

* 35 hour week. Mon to Fri 9-5 however flexibility required to work to meet needs of business as it’s a 24/7 operation

* 26 days holiday, 18% pension contribution, subsidised canteen on site, free parking & access to Perkbox membership discounts

Purpose of the role:

Responsible for the development, validation, verification, quality assurance and other scientific support for both all laboratories. Managing the process for validation of all reagents, consumables, instruments and processes used across all Labs. Working with the Operations Managers of Core and Covid Laboratories, Heads of Biomedical Scientists and Technical Services ensure the efficient operation and development of their outputs.

Oversight of the development and maintenance of all ISO standards in conjunction with the quality management team. The Head of SSD will also work with the business development team in whatever capacity needed to win and develop new business for the business. The postholder will assess and horizon-scan new technologies in the marketplace to make suitable recommendations to the Executive Management Team for the investment in new capabilities.

Principal duties and responsibilities:

Leading a team of experience scientists and technicians to deliver validation & verification, troubleshooting, writing scientific reports and scientific support to other parts of the organisation.

Liaising with the informatics team to develop data monitoring and statistical models for trend analysis, data monitoring of current process.

Managing SSD and personal workloads and/ outputs across multiple projects with competing priorities and resources.

Develop, implement, and monitor new process and assays that are in line with company’s business activities. Including working with Informatics, Quality, Technical Services, Biomedical Scientists and Lab Operations to develop end to end process and deploy it to live operations, ensuring that all training materials, methods and validations are in place.

Building a team of scientist to align with the validation & verification, quality assurance, troubleshooting, new development and growth of the company.

Develop and perform pilot studies as required by collaborator.

Liaising with the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Laboratory Director to establish and agree on scientific development – specifically through assessing opportunities from, and the impact of, new scientific developments in areas important to the company’s business activities

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

1. A PhD in Biomedical Science, Molecular Biology, Virology, Bioinformatics or relevant area

2. Considerable (>5 years) experience of high throughput Molecular Biology automation.

3. Considerable (>5 years) experience in designing, optimising and troubleshooting DNA/RNA extraction & Quantification, PCR, qPCR and other molecular biology process.

4. Extensive experience in leadership and people management roles

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