Job Reference 83487 Technical Assistant
Salary range: £20,453 to £24,748 per annum plus benefits
We are looking for a Technical Assistant to join our Support team within the Research support facility (RSF)
What you'll be doing:
On a day-to-day basis you will be providing support to the RSF. This includes portering, moving of equipment in addition to maintaining high standards of hygiene through cleaning and monitoring biological status as well as using automated processes to provide consumables for our animals. You will troubleshoot problems and communicate solutions.
Working as a Technical Assistant you will be operating machinery and there will be some lifting involved. A significant amount of your day will be spent standing and for this you should be physically fit.
You could be required to participate in some outside normal hours working and at weekends/public holidays to ensure the RSF is satisfactorily maintained at all times which would be paid at an enhanced rate.
About us:
We have an animal facility providing a controlled environment for the mice, rats, hamsters and fish.
Our animal facility provides
- a dedicated animal barrier,
- germ free and containment giving provision for the housing and utilisation of model organisms in research, breeding colonies and experimental groups.
Essential Skills
- Ability to plan/organise and critically review operational flows and processes
- Being at ease around animals
- Experience of working in a manual/physical environment
- Not afraid of getting “hands dirty”
- Knowledge and understanding of housekeeping requirements needed to maintain the integrity of the facility
- Practised at operating machinery with an understanding of how machines work so that faults are recognised
- Can follow set procedures
- Ability to multi-task
- Neat and accurate record keeping
- Comfortable at communicating at all levels
- Familiar with robotic/automated systems
- Experience/knowledge of “barriered” facilities
- Understanding of disinfection and sterilisation principles
- Basic computer literacy
- Good basic numeracy/literacy skills
Other information
The Wellcome Sanger Institute is a charitably funded research centre and committed to training the next generation of genome scientists. Focused on understanding the role of genetics in health and disease and a world leader in the genomic revolution, our mission is to use genome sequences to advance understanding of human and pathogen biology in order to improve human health. We aim to provide results that can be translated into diagnostics, treatments or therapies that reduce global health burdens. Our science is large-scale and organised into Programmes, led by our Faculty who conceive and deliver our science, and supported by our Scientific Operations teams responsible for all data production pipelines at the Institute.
Our Campus: Set over 125 acres, the stunning and dynamic Wellcome Genome Campus is the biggest aggregate concentration of people in the world working on the common theme of Genomes and BioData. It brings together a diverse and exceptional scientific community, committed to delivering life-changing science with the reach, scale and imagination to pursue some of humanity’s greatest challenges.
Our Benefits: Our employees have access to a comprehensive range of benefits and facilities including:
- Group Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
- Group Income Protection
- Private Health Insurance
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by one day a year to a maximum of 30
- Family friendly environment including options for flexible and part-time working, a childcare voucher scheme, Campus Nursery and Summer holiday club
- Two days paid Employee Volunteering Leave a year
- Employee Discount Scheme
- Campus Gym, tennis courts, and sports hall plus a range of dining facilities
- Active Campus Sports and Social Club
- Free Campus Bus Service
Genome Research Limited hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award and will consider all individuals without discrimination and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, where everyone can thrive.