Programme Manager - Chemical Safety Assessment

Contract type: Permanent (full and part-time hours available)

Introduction

Science-led and evidence-based, the NC3Rs is the UK’s national organisation for the 3Rs, established to accelerate the development and uptake of new models and tools that replace, reduce or refine the use of animals in research and testing. Fostering academic/industry interactions to accelerate the development and validation of relevant and predictive models for drug safety and human disease is critical to delivery of the 3Rs. Our scientific staff play a key role in horizon scanning for research opportunities which benefit the 3Rs, identifying potential partnerships to deliver these benefits effectively and acting as an honest broker to facilitate data sharing between companies and sectors to create evidence-bases to support change in practice, policy or regulations.

The NC3Rs has an annual budget of approximately £10.5M and is primarily funded by Government through the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), which in turn are part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Our activities are divided between our role as the UK’s major 3Rs research and innovation funder and programmes led by our own team of scientists. Further information can be found at www.nc3rs.org.uk.

Role of the Programme Manager – Chemical Safety Assessment

The Programme Manager for Chemical Safety Assessment works with scientists from the chemicals industries (including from agrochemicals and industrial chemicals, cosmetics and consumer products, pharmaceutical and contract research industries), academia and regulatory agencies to initiate, lead, support and deliver programmes of work that accelerate the 3Rs in the safety assessment of chemicals for the protection of human health and the environment. Examples of previous and ongoing projects include those within our toxicology and regulatory sciences programme,  (e.g ecotoxicology programme, projects to refine animal use for acute toxicity testing and the development and application of new approach methodologies (NAMs). The role also involves horizon scanning to identify new projects in areas of 3Rs strategic importance.

The post holder will work collaboratively within the Toxicology Team to maximise the programme’s strategies and outputs to best deliver the NC3Rs mission, and will also work with the Innovation Team responsible for delivering our CRACK IT Challenges.

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Application deadline: 2^nd June 2024

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