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Job summary

The UCL AI Centre is seeking a Research Technician in London to join the Biomarker Factory team. This role involves handling and measuring samples for biomarker projects, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting of results. Candidates should possess a BSc in a Biomedical subject and experience with immunoassays. The position offers a competitive salary and generous benefits, including extensive holiday leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

41 Days holiday

Defined benefit pension scheme

On-site nursery

On-site gym

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

BSc in a Biomedical subject or equivalent experience required.
Experience with immunoassays is essential.
General laboratory competence with basic lab equipment.

Responsibilities

Ensure samples for biomarker projects are handled correctly.
Measure samples accurately and report results to leadership.
Support biomarker projects within the Biomarker Factory team.

Skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

BSc in Biomedical subject or equivalent experience

Tools

Basic lab equipment (centrifuge, pipette)

Ref Number B02-08692 Professional Expertise Laboratory Technical and Lab Support Department School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £35,930-£41,255 Contract Type Fixed-term Working Type On site Available for Secondment No Closing Date 15-Jun-2025

About Us

The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) is the biggest UK initiative supporting research to fill the major knowledge gap in our basic understanding of the diseases that cause dementia.

We are a globally leading multidisciplinary research institute of 700 staff investigating the spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders causing dementia, driving a step change in our understanding of neurodegeneration and accelerating the discovery, development and delivery of interventions that will help diagnose, treat and ultimately prevent dementia.

Based within the DRI at UCL, the Fluid Biomarker Lab was set up in 2021 with a vision to create a biomarker platform for the DRI and the wider neurodegenerative disease research community, that can undertake the larger studies to inform dementia research, clinical trial set-up and treatments for all neurodegenerative diseases.

About The Role

We are seeking a Research Technician to join the Biomarker Factory team to ensure that samples for biomarker projects are handled correctly, measured in an accurate and timely manner, and their results reported to the Biomarker Factory leadership team with enough detail for sign off.

The role is available immediately and is funded by the UK DRI until 31 March 2028 in the first instance.

If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online, or have any queries regarding the application process, please contact the Institute of Neurology HR Team (ion.hradmin@ucl.ac.uk).

Informal enquiries regarding the role can be addressed to Dr Amanda Heslegrave (a.heslegrave@ucl.ac.uk).

A full job description and person specification for this role can be accessed below.

About You

You will have a BSc in a Biomedical subject (or equivalent experience), and experience with immunoassays. General laboratory competence and the ability to use basic lab equipment such as centrifuge/pipette is essential, as are excellent organisational, interpersonal, and communication skills. An understanding of the UK DRI, an interest in its research work, and a commitment to supporting high quality research is also a requirement.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer 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
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.

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible, and job share basis wherever possible.

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Institute prides itself on operating in an all-inclusive environment irrespective of personal, physical, or social characteristics. Teamwork is highly valued, individual strengths are recognised and celebrated, and we are committed to advancing the careers of everyone. 12% of Institute staff are actively working on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives; visitour EDI websitefor more information about our initiatives and priorities. The Institute also holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.

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+ and gender diverse people in all roles, and women in Grade 9 and 10 roles.

Available documents

Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.

download: UCL Guidance for Candidates.pdf
download: 2025-04-Research Technician (Heslegrave, DRI)-Job Description & Person Specification.pdf

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