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Laboratory Technician
Salary: £24,000 - £27,000 pa depending on experience
Location: Francis Crick Institute, London (Lab based)
Working pattern: Permanent - Full time 35 hours
Closing date: Thursday 22nd June at 23.59. This vacancy may close earlier if a high number of applications are received or once a suitable candidate is found, so please do not delay submitting your application to avoid any disappointment.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we we’re looking for someone talented, someone innovative and ambitious, someone like you.
About Cancer Research Horizons
At Cancer Research UK, our focus is on beating cancer. As the world’s biggest medical research charity, we’ve helped bring eleven new cancer drugs to market. However, there is still an urgent need to bring more effective treatments to patients faster.
We have recently developed a new approach to driving therapeutic innovation through the creation of Cancer Research Horizons. We have brought together Cancer Research UK’s established drug discovery teams under one organisation and leadership team, combining our unique pipeline of world class biology, cutting edge technology platforms and clinical expertise to 1) bring new treatments to patients faster and 2) tackle the biggest challenges in discovering cancer drugs by seeking out more radical ideas and embracing risk in our bid to achieve success.
With locations at the Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, the Milner Institute in Cambridge, Granta Park in Cambridge, the Beatson Institute in Glasgow, the Francis Crick Institute in London, and Newcastle University, Cancer Research Horizons employs ~200 staff from both industrial and academic backgrounds.
What will I be doing?
We’re looking for a motivated Laboratory Technician for our Francis Crick Institute site, which is a unique, state of the art facility within walking distance of Kings Cross Station. You will work alongside the scientific team to provide an efficient, proactive support function in the labs.
Key duties include: -
Act as main point of contact for laboratory equipment maintenance contracts and work collaboratively with Unity Lab Services (ULS) to manage and maintain equipment and asset database.
Communicate with laboratory users for equipment repairs and routine maintenance including scheduling engineer visits with servicing agents and via contract management company (ULS) as required. Liaise with laboratory staff and end users to ensure disruption and down time is kept to a minimum.
Assist with the monitoring and maintenance of agreed lists of laboratory consumables including ordering and restocking as needed.
Monitor and maintain stocks of standard media, water, and IPA in tissue culture and bioscience laboratories.
In collaboration with Head of Facilities, act as point of contact for lab staff for general building maintenance, facilities, and laboratory issues.
Maintenance and decontamination of tissue culture hoods, incubators, water baths, and laboratory freezers.
Monitor and action CRH facilities helpdesk tickets where appropriate.
Act as main point of contact and host for visiting engineers including organising their building access, work permits, and any COVID-19 requirements.
What skills are we looking for?
Educated to A-level (or equivalent) in a science discipline
Relevant experience in a laboratory would be acceptable in lieu of formal science qualifications.
Knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety requirements in a laboratory setting
High attention to detail with effective planning and organisational skills.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Teams.
Experience with purchasing system is desirable
Knowledge and understanding of Good Laboratory Practice, Lean Six Sigma, and Kanban stock management system is desirable
What will I gain?
Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive.
In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.
Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.
We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.
We don’t forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.
Our work – from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy – will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.
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There’s a place for everyone at Cancer Research UK. Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented, and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.
If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you. We don’t expect everyone to meet all of the criteria listed.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen by emailing us at
recruitment@cancer.org.uk
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Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.