Senior Scientist-Sample Management
£41,700-£51,300 (dependenton experience) plusbenefits
Reports to: Principal Scientist, Mechanistic Pharmacology
Directorate: Research and Innovation
Contract: Permanent
Hours:Full time35 hours per week (flexible working requests considered if they meet business needs)
Location: Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge. Lab Based with Low-Flex(minimumof 3 daysper week on-site)
Closing date:Tuesday 21stJuly 23:55pm
Interview Process:2 stage interviewprocess:Initialscreening call via MS Teams,followed by a competency-based interview on-site, with a presentation task.
Visa sponsorship: Cancer Research UK can consider visa sponsorship for this vacancy. If this applies to you, please ensure that this is clearly marked on your application.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and dedicatedSenior Scientistto join Cancer Research Horizons (CRH). In this pivotal role, you willmanagethe delivery of high-quality sample management to support our discovery research activities, ensuring the effective storage, handling, tracking, and dispensing of compounds and biological samples. You will drive best practice and continuous improvement across our sample management processes, with a particular focus on small molecules and antibodies, helping to ensure our research teams have access to the high-quality materials they need to advance the development of new cancer treatments.
You will embedbest‑practiceapproaches to their management and use, supporting structure-activity studies andhigh‑throughputscreening across multiple sites. This is ahands‑onrole, combining technicalexpertisewith ownership of workflows, systems, and standards, and close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and external partners.
You will be a key contributor to theCancer Research HorizonDrug Discovery team, driving practical and innovative ways of working, including the adoption ofnew technologiesand automation. Working across internal functions and with industry and academic collaborators, you will help advance novel cancer targets towards patient benefit. With access to a broad range of development opportunities, a proactive approach to learning and continuous improvement will be essential.
About Cancer Research Horizons
As the world’s biggest medical research charity, we’ve helped bring eleven new cancer drugs to market. However, there is still an urgent need to bring more effective treatments to patients faster.
We have recently developed a new approach to driving therapeutic innovation through the creation of Cancer Research Horizons (CRH). We have brought together Cancer Research UK’s established drug discovery teams under one organisation and leadership team, combining our unique pipeline of cancer biology expertise and access to CRUK’s world-class academic network, cutting edge technology platforms and clinical expertise to 1) Bring new treatments to patients faster and 2) Tackle the biggest challenges in discovering cancer drugs by seeking out more radical ideas and embracing risk in our bid to achieve success.
Based at sites in Cambridge, the CRUK Scotland Institute in Glasgow, and Newcastle University, you’ll be joining over 200 staff from bothindustrial and academic backgrounds, all dedicated to bringing forward the day we cure cancer.
What skillsare we looking for?
We are seeking an accomplished scientific expert with the following skills and experience:
An HNC, HND or degree in chemistry, biochemistry, life sciences; relevant experience may be substituted for education.
A detailed understanding of storage processes for compounds and biologicals (storage issues, freeze-thaw cycles, degradation, solvent usage).
Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do.
Bold: Act with ambition,courageand determination
Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism
We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies andprocesses enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.
Weoperatean anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality,diversityand inclusion. CVs arefor all applications; but wewon’tbe able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.
