BRF Junior Database Analyst

The Biological Research Facility (BRF) supports all animal research at the Crick through its comprehensive animal care and use programme. The Biological Research Facility provides the Crick's laboratory animal resource and technical services. High quality multidisciplinary in-vivo and ex-vivo research support is at the heart of the BRF's philosophy and operations. The BRF is committed to improving animal welfare, scientific quality, care of staff and transparency for stakeholders. The BRF teams integrate husbandry of multiple species within a range of facilities, using state of the art technologies, via a talented and skilled team.

The BRF Junior Database Analyst will be part of the BRF’s Business Support team and will support and report to the BRF Data Analyst. The role will help the BRF Data Analyst in support of the BRF helpdesk functions, deliver training in the use of the chosen animal registration systems to promote standardisation of working practices across the institute.

Key Responsibilities

• To provide technical support for all stakeholders via the Service Now ticketing system
• Be available for ad-hoc visits from users and BRF staff
• Liaise with the IT helpdesk team, and provide in person support within the BRF units
• Contribute to the management and use of reporting platforms such as Power BI (including scheduling of data refresh, publishing of reports into designated workspaces, Apps, dashboards))
• Demonstrate and promote the use of available reporting tools to others
• Be able to develop and implement data pipelines and workflows to facilitate Extract Transform and Load processes as a precursor to generating reports and dashboards, primarily using SQL and Python
• Develop and maintain reports for stakeholders to assist with routine operation of the business
• Be involved with the delivery & development of the training programs for different user groups

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL, Imperial College London and King’s College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy.

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• The closing date is 31/01/2025
• All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

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