Graduate Scheme Phenotyping Technician Mlc 2539

View Vacancy -- Graduate Scheme Phenotyping Technician MLC 2539 Open Date 06/01/2025, 11:00 Close Date 09/02/2025, 23:55 Research Institute MRC Mary Lyon Centre Research Institute / Unit Information About Us: The Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell (MLC) is an internationally renowned centre at the forefront of the generation and use of mouse models for the study of human disease.
The MLC offers a range of mouse services to support researchers with generation and characterisation of mouse models of disease and archiving/distribution of existing models.
The Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell (MLC) https://www.har.mrc.ac.uk/ is located in an expanding science and innovation campus in Oxfordshire and is an internationally renowned centre at the forefront of genetics research.
As the hub of the new National Mouse Genetics Network, the specialist facilities and capabilities of the MLC support a number of research groups across the UK to accelerate our understanding of human diseases, such as cancer, developmental disorders and neurodegeneration.
The Medical Research Council (MRC) is a great place to work and progress your career.
The MRC encourages the integration of clinical and discovery research to elucidate both disease processes and potential new therapies.
The MLC provides vital scientific support for the UK biomedical community and focuses on preclinical research using mouse models, which supports clinical research and therapy discovery.
The MRC is an excellent place to develop yourself further and a range of training & development opportunities will be available to you, including professional registration with the Science Council.
UK Research and Innovation is a new entity that brings together nine partners to create an independent organisation with a strong voice for research and innovation, more information can be found at www.ukri.org Band MRC - 5 Location Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire Salary £30,911 Contract Type Fixed Term Job Type Science Full Time / Part Time Full Time Contract Length 23 Months Job Description The Phenotyping Core Team is responsible for performing all the phenotyping services within the Mary Lyon Centre, from behavioural studies to surgical procedures and imaging.
The main projects for the Graduate trainee would be: Under the supervision of the Head of Phenotyping Core, help with the development of new phenotyping procedures or the improvement of a current one to the latest standards.
This will involve a combination of literature reading and liaising with companies and collaborators.
Improve the Quality Control process of the data generated within the phenotyping team.
This will require a good knowledge of all procedures we perform and constant collaboration with the project managers to refine the current system in place.
Main Duties/Key Responsibilities: The graduate trainee will be trained by our skilled and experienced technicians in different phenotyping techniques that are carried out by the team.
They will be expected to become confident in working with mice to high welfare standards and to help the team in carrying out routine phenotyping techniques according to a tight experimental schedule.
Working Relationships: The graduate trainee is expected to be able to work individually and as part of the team.
They will need to interact on a daily basis with the other team members, project managers and with other teams across the Mary Lyon Centre.
Person Specification Education/Qualifications/Training Required: Essential: Graduate in a scientific subject.
Desirable: Statistics training.
Previous Work Experience Required: Essential: Individual and team work experience.
Desirable: in vivo experience or some lab internship.
Knowledge and Experience: Essential: Knowledge of IT and familiarity with Microsoft Office.
Desirable: Data quality check and Statistics experience.
Personal skills/Behaviours/Qualities: Essential: Positive, enthusiastic and flexible attitude.
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing to staff at all levels.
Attention to detail and patient attitude.
The ability to adapt to daily changes and to make quick decisions.
Desirable: Further Information Equality & Diversity The MRC values the diverse skills and experience of its employees and is committed to achieving equality of treatment for all.
Our objectives are that all individuals shall have equal opportunities for employment and advancement on the basis of their skills, aptitudes and abilities.
The MRC is committed to the engagement and retention of the best possible talent and to creating an environment that encourages excellence in scientific research through good equality and diversity leadership and management.
Corporate/Local Responsibilities & Requirements The post-holder must at all times carry out their responsibilities with due regard to the MRC's: Code of Conduct Equality and Diversity policy Health and Safety policy Data Protection and Security policy Job descriptions should be reviewed on a regular basis and at the annual appraisal.
Any changes should be made and agreed between the post-holder and their manager.
The above lists are not exhaustive and the post-holder is required to undertake such duties as may reasonably be requested within the scope of the post.
All employees are required to act professionally, cooperatively and flexibly in line with the requirements of the post and the MRC.
The MRC is a unique working environment where scientific researchers and professional support staff can actively partake in world class innovation and collaboration opportunities and their skills and knowledge through accessing a wide catalogue of training & development, including professional registration with the Science Council.
In addition, MRC (part of UKRI) provides its community of employees access to a whole host of useful benefits, including a defined benefit pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement (30 days plus 2.5 privilege days & 8 bank holidays), family friendly policies (6 months full pay maternity & adoption leave), a range of shopping/travel discounts, access to our Employee Assistant Programme Scheme, Health and Wellbeing Support and a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.
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We warmly invite people from diverse backgrounds and heritage, including people who identify as having a disability, to apply for a role that excites them.
As "Disability Confident" employers, we guarantee to interview all applicants who have disclosed they have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
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Whilst you may not have direct involvement in this type of research, you should consider whether this conflicts with your personal values or beliefs.
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