Location: | London |
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Salary: | £35,605 to £38,966 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 3rd May 2024 |
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Closes: | 16th May 2024 |
Job Ref: | B02-06907 |
About us
The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health is to improve the health and well-being of children, and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learni ng programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for an motivated individual to develop innovative diagnostic tests to clinical application using targeted proteomic technology. The post is for a Research assistant who will work in the UCL Biological Mass Spectrometry Centre in the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health https://www.ucl.ac.uk/child-health/research/genetics-and-genomic-medicine/biological-mass-spectrometry-centre. The post commences from May/June 2024 under the supervision of Dr Kevin Mills, Dr Wendy Heywood & Dr Tom Baldwin The successful applicant will be responsible for providing assistance with research projects, developing targeted proteomic assays to clinical standard for industry collaborations, implementing Good clinical laboratory practise and an alysing large cohorts of samples using tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) methods. This post is funded for 12 months in the first instance.
About you
Applicants must have been awarded a BSc or equivalent in a relevant subject. Experience in performing routine laboratory analysis is essential. Candidate must have the ability to efficiently organise their work and communicate effectively.
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Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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 w orkforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/ If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Madhur Sharma on quoting job reference
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