Laboratory Manager

About us

Our mission is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teachin g and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.

About the role

We would expect the candidate to work as a lab manager within the Leukaemia Biology Group, which sits across the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health (ICH) and UCL Cancer Institute. The post will be administered through ICH. The Leukaemia Biology group works predominantly on childhood leukaemia, utilising a wide array of techniques including molecular biology, cell culture, CRISPR-Cas9, antibody engineering, CAR T development and in vivo work in mice. The laboratory manager role will involve, but not be limited to:

• The supervision of undergraduate and post graduate students
• Stock-keeping and logging of inventory
• Ordering of reagents
• Maintaining research equipment
• Development of research protocols
• Maintaining a detailed lab note book
• Oversight of research budgets
• Organisation of internal and external meetings
• Coordinating the day-to-day running of the lab
• Creating a harmonized, healthy and environmentally friendly lab environment
• Assisting in wet lab work across different projects within the lab, including those involving molecular biology, protein studies, CRISPR-Cas9, and cell culture. Working with animals is optional
• Reporting frequently to the supervisor
• Communicating clearly with the team
• Ensure research resources are used in an effective and efficient manner.
• Prepare material for publication in academic journals and conferences.
• Contribute to the preparation of funding proposals when necessary.

The salary offered in this post is £43,124 - £46,546 per annum and is funded for 17 months in the first instance.

About you

The successful candidate will have an MSc or equivalent in a relevant scientific area, a strong academic track record and be highly enthusiastic about science. The candidate will be expected to have extensive experience in a high-quality research lab, have excellent skills in molecular biology and cloning, be proficient in cell culture and FACS. Experience with lentiviral and retroviral work is expected, and extensive experience in CRISPR-Cas9 is also necessary. An ability to work constructively within a team, including supervising research technicians and students, is essential. The candidate will have exceptional communication skills and be highly organised.

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