Senior Scientist
The Medicines And Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
| Location: | Potters Bar, South Mimms |
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| Salary: | £46,160 |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
| Placed On: | 6th January 2026 |
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| Closes: | 25th January 2026 |
| Job Ref: | 443502 |
Contract: Full Time/fixed term contract until 31st October 2027
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research.
The Engineering Biology Sandbox is a cross-agency programme of work to look at the suitability of existing regulations for phage products across One Health, identify where gaps exist, and provide the clarity that is needed to seek market approval.
The Diagnostics Division houses the GAMRIF-funded MHRA AMR Innovation & Support Team, which provides regulatory science support for AMR innovation across One Health.
Within a week of working here, your day could look like this: supporting the delivery of a programme of prioritised regulatory scientific research pertaining to engineered and synthetic phages, working with team members and innovators to investigate the persistence, spread, and duration of phage products in the environment and their potential to drive AMR, and actively engage with research partners, including academia, industry, other regulatory Agencies, and non-profit public health organisations, to deliver project objectives.
The successful candidate will have:
- Experience in one or more of the following: molecular biology, microbiology, and bioinformatics commensurate with biological assay data analysis.
- Experience in laboratory techniques related to microbiological analysis, ideally of environmental samples.
- Examples of multi-disciplinary and collaborative working and communicating complex scientific analyses with clarity to a wide audience.
- Strong analytical and data management skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets.
- Broad knowledge of engineering biology (engineering microorganisms using modern biotechnology) and the regulation, standardisation, and analytical methods used for their control would be desirable.
- PhD in biochemistry, biology, molecular microbiology, or similar is desirable.
Closing date: 25th January 2026
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