Research Assistant - CLUSTER Laboratory London, England
Job description
About us
The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health is to improve the health and well-being of children, and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.
About the role
This very exciting opportunity for a laboratory scientist has arisen within the UCL team of the CLUSTER Consortium www.clusterconsortium.org.uk . Working with Post-Doctoral Research Associates, bioinformaticians and leading stratified medicine experts across the UK, this post holder will help to identify and test markers predictive of response to therapy in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), and its associated eye-inflammation, JIA uveitis. This will enable the stratification of children and young people according to the therapies that are most likely to be effective. The salary range for this post is £36,832 - £37,482 pa and this post is funded until 3rd July 2024 in the first instance.
About you
The post holder should hold an honours degree in a biomedical or related subject. The post holder will have experience in laboratory methods, such as processing and storage of immunological samples, multi-colour flow cytometric analysis and/or cell culture and immunological functional assays. Knowledge of analysis of RNAseq data would be an advantage. The individual will be highly motivated to succeed in research, have good organizational and communication skills, be prepared to work to deadlines and in an independent manner, and the ability to work well in a multi-disciplinary team both at UCL and in the partner laboratories and teams of CLUSTER
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) • Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme • Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan • Immigration loan • Relocation scheme for certain posts • On-Site nursery • On-site gym • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay • Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service • Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/ If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Madhur Sharma on [email protected] quoting job reference
