Animal Technician

1000scholars; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

30 days leave per annum (pro-rata)

Season ticket loan

Personal and professional development

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Queen Mary University of London is recruiting for a role within the Barts Cancer Institute to provide technical support for in vivo mouse experimentation and preclinical imaging for Project Licence Holders. You will assist QMUL researchers, students, and external core service users with regulated in vivo techniques.

The ideal candidate holds a BSc in a biological discipline, a Home Office Personal Licence (PIL A & B), and can reinforce procedures with guidance and support.

Qualifications

• BSc or equivalent experience in a biological discipline.
• Home Office Personal Licence with PIL A and PIL B.
• Ability to reinforce established procedures through guidance, supervision, and support in in vivo techniques.
• PIL C and in vivo imaging experience would be advantageous.
• Professional and cooperative approach with strong customer service focus.

Responsibilities

• Provide exemplary practical technical support to QMUL research scientists and students and external core service users.
• Support in vivo mouse experimentation and cancer models.
• Contribute to maintaining and improving regulated procedures and compliance.

Skills

In vivo mouse experimentation

Education

BSc or equivalent in a biological discipline

Job description

About the Role

This post is to join a core service within Barts Cancer Institute (BCI) whose purpose is to provide technical support for Project Licence Holders, specifically for in vivo animal-based research and preclinical imaging. The post-holder will be expected to provide exemplary practical technical support to QMUL research scientists and students and to our external core service users.

About You

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with extensive experience in in vivo mouse experimentation, particularly in cancer models, and demonstrable competence in performing a wide range of regulated procedures. You will possess a BSc or equivalent experience in a biological discipline, a Home Office Personal Licence with modules PIL A&B and the ability to reinforce established procedures through guidance, supervision, and support in in vivo techniques. PIL C and experience of in vivo imaging would be advantageous. A professional and cooperative approach to work, with a strong focus on customer service and satisfaction are also essential.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Barts Cancer Institute (BCI) is a Cancer Research UK Centre of Excellence whose work aims to transform the lives of those with and at risk of cancer through innovative research in the laboratory, in patients and in populations. BCI is internationally renowned in many areas of cancer research, and it combines ground-breaking basic research with the expertise of clinicians and clinician scientists from the Centre for Experimental Cancer Medicine and the Barts NHS Trust to achieve improvements in cancer patient care. BCI is also a partner in the CRUK City of London Major Centre (together with UCL, Kings and the Francis Crick Institute) which is a Centre of Excellence in Biotherapeutics. BCI is committed in supporting and developing future cancer researchers through its extensive postgraduate training. It is one of six institutes within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (FMD).

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

£40,015 to £46,618 per annum.