Containment Level 3 Facility Manager

About the Role
The Containment Level 3 (CL3) Facility Manager will be responsible for assuring the continuous, efficient and safe operation of the Institute’s three CL3 suites. The successful candidate will be part of the Institute Laboratory Management team and will work closely with the Biological Safety Adviser within Queen Mary University of London, Health & Safety Directorate.

About the Faculty/Institute
The Blizard Institute was established in 2003 and is one of six Institutes within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL. The Institute comprises approximately 370 staff based in four academic Centres and one Public Engagement Centre, and supports a combined total of c700 postgraduate research and taught students. The Institute aims to deliver excellence in all aspects of research, teaching and clinical service.

About You
The candidate must have a degree or equivalent in Biochemistry/Immunobiology/Biomedical or Life Sciences or a related subject, or have equivalent working experience. Experience of managing CL2 and CL3 laboratories. and dealing with Genetically Modified Micro-Organisms is required. The candidate needs to have an up-to-date understanding of Health and Safety legislation.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
In return, we offer 30 days’ leave per annum, access to a pension scheme, a season ticket loan scheme and competitive salaries. We also offer enhanced family friendly leave, and an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus. You will also work with a friendly team, with personal development opportunities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

The post is based at the Whitechapel Campus in London. It is a full time (35 hours per week) permanent appointment, with an expected start date of July 2024. The starting salary will be Grade 5, in the range of £42,405-£49,785 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Claire Cox claire.cox@qmul.ac.uk or on +44 (0) 020 7882 2289.

The closing date for applications is 19th May 2024.

Interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter.

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