Laboratory Manager
Applications Close: 26 August 2024
Salary: £44,500 to £49,300 per annum depending on qualifications and experience.
Contract Length: Full time, permanent contract
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Laboratory Manger to provide a high standard of technical support to academic and research staff in the Quadram Institute.
Laboratory Operation team is a small but highly dedicated team which maintain the labs and offices and support scientists at QIB. The team includes Laboratory Managers, four Laboratory Technicians, and a CL3 Biologist supervised by the Head of Laboratory Operation.
The role
The post holder will maintain working areas following protocols and good laboratory practice and support our busy and diverse research laboratories.
They will be the primary point of contact for all aspects of laboratory and office operation: space allocation, cleaning, equipment maintenance, refurbishment and repair, waste management, and stores. The Laboratory Manager will develop and manage the laboratory budget, hire, train, and supervise laboratory staff, and ensure the laboratory complies with all relevant safety regulations and standards.
The successful candidate will develop and maintain an emergency response plan for the laboratories, implement quality control measures to ensure the reliability and accuracy of experimental results and conduct regular audits and reviews of laboratory practices.
The ideal candidate
Candidates should have a degree or HNC in Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry or related discipline with previous experience of working in a multiuser biological research laboratory and experience with quality control and health and safety.
The ideal candidate will be organised, show attention to detail and be able to work independently but with excellent team working and communication skills.
Additional information
Salary on appointment will be within the range £44,500 to £49,300 per annum depending on qualifications and experience. This is a full-time post offered on an indefinite basis.
Further information and details of how to apply can be found here, or contact the Human Resources team on 01603 450814 or nbi.recruitment@nbi.ac.uk quoting reference 1004725.
Please note, this post does not meet UKVI requirements to provide visa sponsorship.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sectors of society. The Institute supports equality of opportunity within the workplace and expects all employees to share and display these values. To support our commitment, we have a range of family, faith and diversity friendly working arrangements to help all staff achieve excellence in their area of work.
As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee to offer an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for this vacancy.
About the Quadram Institute
The Quadram Institute is a new interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to understanding how food and microbes interact to promote health and prevent disease. Its mission is to deliver healthier lives through innovation in gut health, microbiology and food. A partnership between Quadram Institute Bioscience, the University of East Anglia, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and BBSRC, it brings together scientists and clinicians in a state-of-the-art building on the Norwich Research Park. This is one of Europe’s largest centres of life sciences and home of the John Innes Centre and The Earlham Institute.
The closing date for applications will be 26 August 2024
The Quadram Institute Bioscience is a registered charity (No. 1058499) and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.