Containment Level 3 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 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 the School/Department/Institute/Project

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 360 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 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.

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

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

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.

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