BSc Industrial Placement Student

Anthony Nolan; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization in Greater London is offering a BSc Industrial Placement Student position within their Immunogenetics team. The role entails contributing to research on stem cell transplant outcomes, assisting in lab tasks, and maintaining clinical data. The candidate should possess laboratory skills and a related degree. This is a 13-month fixed term role with a competitive salary and benefits including generous annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

27 days annual leave (pro rata)

Pension scheme

Childcare vouchers

Access to counselling via Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance of four times annual salary

Travel season ticket loan

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Contribute to UK-wide research project investigating genetic and clinical factors affecting stem cell transplant outcomes.
• Assist with preparation and distribution of sample collection packs.
• Enter and maintain accurate clinical data on our database.

Responsibilities

• Collect, separate, and store lymphocyte samples.
• Ensure all materials are processed according to ethical and laboratory guidelines.
• Extract DNA from samples and prepare for future use.

Skills

Laboratory skills

Data entry and maintenance

DNA extraction

Quality assessment

Education

BSc or equivalent

Job description

We’re Anthony Nolan. We’re here to uncover the answers inside us. Answers for people with blood cancer and blood disorders. Answers that will not only improve lives today but save them tomorrow.

By uniting people and science, we’re growing our world-leading stem cell register, so everyone who needs a transplant, can find their lifesaving match. We’re currently giving four people a day another chance to live.

Driven by patients, backed by stem cell donors, and powered by science, we won’t stop until we’ve unlocked the cures, treatments and transplants that will transform the future for more patients. And together, we can reach the remarkable day where every patient who needs us can not only survive, but thrive.

If you're inspired by this vision, and feel you have the skills and experience we need to help achieve it, we'd love you to join our lifesaving team.

We are looking for a BSc Industrial Placement Student to join our Immunogenetics team.

Title:BSc Industrial Placement Student

Salary: £25,963 per annum

Contract: 13-month fixed term, fromJuly 2026

Hours: 35 per week (standard Anthony Nolan working hours)

Location:Fully site-based -Anthony Nolan Research Institute,Hampstead, London

• Contribution to a long running, UK-wide research project investigating genetic and clinical factors affecting stem cell transplant outcomes.

• Assist with preparation, distribution and receipt of blood and cheek swab sample collection packs.

• Responsibility for the daily collection, sterile separation of lymphocytes and the appropriate storage of these samples.

• Enter and maintain accurate clinical data on our database. Ensuring that all material (biological, clinical and data) is collected, processed, stored and maintained according to current ethical and laboratory guidelines.

• Extract DNA from samples, perform quality assessments, and prepare them for future use.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive salary

• 27 days annual leave (pro rata), pension scheme, childcare vouchers, access to counselling via a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme

• A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop

• Life Assurance of four times annual salary

• Travel season ticket loan, Cycle to work Scheme

• And more! (further details on our Life at Anthony Nolan page)

Please check out the full job description here, and you can read more about what to expect on the Our recruitment process page.

Please note: We encourage you to apply as soon as possible – this advert may close early if we receive a high volume of strong applications.

Release your remarkable, join our team and givesomeone another chance to live.

Anthony Nolan is a Disability Confident Committed and Living Wage accredited employer.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.