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Senior Vaccine Production Scientist

University of Oxford - Pandemic Sciences Institute

Location: Oxford
Salary: £33,832 to £39,705 per annum. Grade 6
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 2nd October 2024
Closes: 29th October 2024
Job Ref: 175524

Location: Pandemic Sciences Institute, New Richard Building, Old Road Campus, Headington, OX3 7JT

Salary: Grade 6: Salary in range £33,832 - £39,705 per annum. This is inclusive of a pensionable Oxford University Weighting of £1,500 per year (pro rata).

We are seeking to appoint a Senior Vaccine Production Scientist who will be based at the Clinical BioManufacturing Facility (CBF) within the Pandemic Science Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine. 

The Clinical BioManufacturing Facility (CBF) at the University of Oxford produces high-quality Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) according to the requirements of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) to support early-phase clinical trials in the UK and worldwide. The CBF manufactured the first doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 for the UK trials and vaccines for Malaria, TB, Zika, Rabies, Plague, Ebola and other diseases that have a global impact. 

As a Senior Vaccine Production Scientist, you will be part of the Production team, manufacturing IMPs in our suite of GMP cleanrooms which includes buffer/media preparation and upstream, downstream and fill and finish processes. You will oversee and supervise the work of the Production Assistants in the cleanrooms and ensure all cleanroom ancillary activities are completed correctly and in a timely manner. You will assist the Process Development team with technical transfer and process optimisation from pre-GMP into clinical manufacture. Additionally, you will liaise and communicate efficiently with other teams in the CBF and with collaborators and colleagues in other units and departments of the University. 

It is essential that you are educated to degree level or equivalent, in a relevant subject together with the capability to work in a cleanroom environment. You will have experience working in a regulated environment (e.g. GMP or GLP) and experience in mammalian cell culture, with good aseptic technique. You will have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and a critical eye for ensuring full compliance to approved processes. 

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application. Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience. 

This position is offered full time on a fixed term contract for 3 years, with possibility of extension and is funded by the Department.

Only applications received before 12 midday on Tuesday 29 October 2024 will be considered. Please quote 175524 on all correspondence.

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