Head of Colony Management Services

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London

Short summary

The Head of CMS will be responsible for overseeing and the delivery of high-quality colony management services. This role will provide leadership, management and development of the colony management team and service. The post holder will lead on collaboration and horizon scan to allow rapid uptake and implementation of policies and technologies relevant to the Crick’s science. As member of the BRF Senior Management Team, the post holder will work in collaboration with external and internal stakeholders to provide a comprehensive and adaptable service to the Crick.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading and training a team of colony managers to efficiently, and effectively, manage the BRF’s & its users’ rodent & aquatic colonies. A multi-levelled approach will be required dependent on the user, and a good working relationship with the institute’s colony managers embedded within labs will be essential.
• Management & direction of the BRFs mouse database, maximising the benefits of the system to the science and increasing efficiencies for the BRF and the science users. Reporting on the BRFs productivity as well as developing tools to assist in management of the colonies & other BRF operations by the science users and BRF.
• Knowledge of and proven competence with other commonly used databases by the BRF.
• In close collaboration with the Head of BRF Education & Training, lead on the training of BRF staff and colony managers embedded within labs in colony management best practices, creating a culture of collaboration between the BRF & science users, encouraging engagement and joint working.
• Management of the BRF’s service Project Licence under A(SP)A, working with the NTCO and BRF teams to ensure supervision of personal licensees, compliance and that best practice is developed 

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), Imperial College London and King’s College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy. 

• If you are interested in applying for this role, please apply via our website.
• The closing date for applications is 12.04.2023
• All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

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