Technician / Senior Technician

About the role

We are looking for a motivated Technician / Senior Technician role, dependent on experience, to work in the laboratory of Professor Brian Stramer within the Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics at King’s College London. This is a Wellcome Trust funded project in collaboration with The University of Manchester Centre for Cell Matrix Research. The goal of this project is to exploit Drosophila genetics to understand the role and regulation of the extracellular matrix during development and disease. The postholder will be responsible for overseeing the Drosophila laboratory, coordinating fly stocks, and helping perform day-to-day experiments. They will also need to collaborate with several scientists working on this project who are based at King’s College London and The University of Manchester in order to coordinate experiments and analyse results. They will gain experience with Drosophila genetics, molecular biology and advanced imaging techniques.

This is a full time post, and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 24 months.

This is a laboratory-based role that will require the post holder to work on site 5 days per week.

Earliest start date is 3rd of February 2025.

About You

Essential criteria

• Minimum level 3 qualification plus work experience in relevant technical/scientific posts OR considerable knowledge and skills gained through work experience in relevant technical or scientific posts
• Good communication skills and strong interpersonal and influencing/behavioural skills
• Good project planning, organisational skills and ability to learn and implement new techniques fast
• Evidence of an active commitment to career development including professional registration, such as RSciTech or RSci and clear progression in increasingly demanding jobs
• Previous basic experience working in a biological laboratory, including a capacity to analyse and interpret data
• Being able to work independently and as part of a team
• Working knowledge of regulations and best practice governing area of work, including Health & Safety and environmental sustainability

Grade: 5

Essential criteria

• Minimum level 4 qualification plus work experience in relevant technical/scientific posts OR considerable knowledge and skills gained through work experience in relevant technical or scientific posts.
• Strong communication skills
• Strong project planning, organisational skills and ability to learn and implement new techniques fast.
• Evidence of an active commitment to career development including professional registration, such as RSci, or working towards CSci and clear progression in increasingly demanding jobs.
• Previous experience working in a biological laboratory.
• Previous in-depth knowledge of technical or scientific practices, methods and procedures gained through experience and/or formal qualification working in a biological laboratory, including a capacity to analyse and interpret complex data.
• Being confident to work independently and as part of a team
• Working knowledge of regulations and best practice governing area of work, including Health & Safety and environmental sustainability.

Desirable criteria for both roles

• Experience working with microscopy.
• Experience with fine dissections under a stereomicroscope.
• Experience working with Drosophila or knowledge of Drosophila as a model organism.
• BSc degree in a biological discipline or other degree in cell, developmental biology or genetics.
• Knowledge of computer programming

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