Senior Scientist II – Bioinformatician,Translational Medicine

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Possess a deep understanding of bioinformatic techniques and apply knowledge to complex problems.
• Demonstrate entrepreneurship in identifying new data sources and analytical solutions.
• Develop apps and other tools which will provide scientists with the ability to easily view and integrate data from multiple sources.
• Evaluate solutions and exercise judgement to improve data management and workflow/tool development.
• Develop understanding of the scientific context and underlying strategy across a diverse range of Research projects across autoimmune, infectious diseases and oncology. Be proactive in contributing on a scientific level.
• Demonstrate project leadership qualities through proactive team participation and collaboration with other senior representatives within Research groups.
• Maintain and increase technical knowledge in relevant fields through self-study, observation, attending relevant conferences and training courses.
• Maintain accurate records of all work by completing documentation on time, following Company procedures.
• Operate in accordance with the Company’s Health and Safety policies.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Will be proficient in R/BioConductor, Linux OS and shell scripting bash. Proven programming ability
• Understanding of molecular biology, cell biology, immunology or related discipline.
• Significant experience of independent research in academic or industrial setting, or transferable skills gained from professional experience.
• Proposed and driven changes in working practices that have improved efficiency, supported teams through adoption and change.
• Presented detailed scientific findings and papers to internal and external audiences.
• Experience of building NGS pipelines.
• Contributed towards the development of database systems, using SQL or similar.

Desirable
• Familiarity with machine learning and AI applications in bioinformatics.
• Previously worked or studied in the infectious disease field.
• Demonstrated experience in bioinformatics related to TCR and/or antibody research.
• Proficiency in bioinformatics tools and databases for immune receptor analysis (e.g. IMGT, VDJtools).
• Knowledge of analysing single cell RNAseq data.
• Experience with cloud computing and HPC environments.
• Mentored and coached less experienced colleagues in scientific practices and theory.

KEY BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES – ALL STAFF

• Openness and honesty
Readily offering information pertaining to work in hand whether positive or negative.
• Taking responsibility
Being prepared to accept full responsibility for tasks entrusted to them; seeing tasks through to completion and dealing with the consequences of failure or success.
• Flexibility
Being flexible to new ideas and approaches; changes of plans, objectives and/or priorities. Handling disjointed tasks effectively.
• Team spirit
Being able to work productively with others to achieve tasks. Showing consideration for the needs and feelings of others.

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

• Normally requires a PhD in a scientific discipline and a minimum of 5-8 years related experience; may include post-doctoral experience.
• MSc degree with extensive role specific equivalent research or industrial experience.