BioResource Sample Team Project Manager

Do you have great scientific and project management skills?  Interested in a role which is contributing to changing lives for the better? Looking for your next challenge?

We are recruiting a Sample Team Project Manager. You will need excellent organisational and communication skills as well as Biology based laboratory experience, preferably within a clinical or research environment, to succeed in this role.

About NIHR BioResource:

Our mission is to facilitate human health research and its transformation into medical practice.

NIHR BioResource is a unique and powerful resource for studying disease mechanisms and for investigating the links between genes, the environment, health and disease, enabling scientific discoveries as well as facilitating translational medicine for the benefit of patients.

Further details are available on the NIHR BioResource website: https://bioresource.nihr.ac.uk.

About the job:

The role holder will coordinate and project manage the multiple cohorts of research samples that need to be moved into or out of or processed at the service labs contracted or directly managed by the BioResource. The role holder will be located at the NIHR BioResource Headquarters in Cambridge, but some travel to U Biocentre (UKBC) Milton Keynes, and other BioResource centres or service laboratories may be required.

The role is predominately working with the Sample Management team but also liaising with the NIHR BioResource Recruitment and Informatics teams and will involve significant interaction with staff at UKBC and other laboratories. The main aim is to biobank the various sample cohorts from all the BioResource themes (Common and Rare Disease and Healthy Controls) which involves the oversight of sample collection and transportation from over 50 NHS Trusts to UKBC.

The role holder will fulfil study requests involving sample processing of banked samples to match the requirements of researchers of approved stage 2 studies, and commission, pilot and manage projects to deliver specific biological assays utilising the samples such as genotyping, sequencing or metabolomics. 

What we offer:

The University offers a wide range of benefits including an attractive pension scheme (employer’s contribution is 14.5%). and 41 days’ annual holiday (inclusive of public holidays).

This appointment is full-time, 37 hours per week; part-time to 80% will be considered.

The post is available on a fixed-term basis until 31 March 2028 in the first instance.

Our offices are on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus CB2 0QQ.

See the Further Information link below for full details.

This appointment requires a Research Passport application.

We encourage informal queries, please contact Kathy Stirrups, Head of Samples, Kathy.Stirrups@bioresource.nihr.ac.uk.

How to apply:

Click the 'Apply' button above to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 22 July 2026.

The interview date for the role will be in the first week of August.

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter and CV in the Upload section of the online application.

Please include details of your referees, including email address and phone number, one of which must be your most recent line manager.

Please quote reference RW50146 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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