At a Glance
- Tasks: Support daily lab operations, manage resources, and ensure efficient workflows.
- Company: Join a dynamic research facility focused on innovative biospecimen processing.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days annual leave, pension contributions, and employee wellbeing initiatives.
- Other info: Great opportunity for career growth in a regulated laboratory setting.
- Why this job: Be part of groundbreaking research while developing essential skills in a collaborative environment.
- Qualifications: 5 GCSEs including English and Maths; strong organisational and multitasking skills.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
The Role
The group conducts multiple research projects simultaneously within our facilities, including established workflows for batch processing clinical biospecimens, from biobanking through to downstream analytics such as Next Generation Sequencing (NGS).
Laboratory Operations exists to ensure the effective management of resource, facilities, equipment, and operational processes that are foundational to these activities.
Working closely with the Laboratory Operations Manager, the Laboratory Operations Assistant contributes to the day-to-day running of TOGL's laboratory, helping to ensure resources, inventory, and facilities are organised for efficient workflows.
The role is well-suited to an organised individual that is capable of effectively managing their time between both repetitive and ad hoc tasks, and who wishes to take a key supporting role in upholding the high standards and continued development of a dynamic laboratory.
Main duties
- Contribution to the receipt, organisation, and tracking of consumables.
- Coordination of laboratory cleaning and waste management.
- Assisting and recording laboratory purchasing processes.
- Helping to arrange shipments of goods and samples to and from the laboratory.
- Communicating laboratory monitoring data (stock levels and temperature deviations in controlled environments).
- Upkeep of laboratory documentation and accurate record keeping.
- Work in a regulated laboratory environment e. g., Good Clinical Practice, ISO 13485, or other Gx P.
- Compliance with TOGL's Quality Management System (QMS).
Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- Minimum of 5 GCSE (grade C or above) or equivalent, including English and Maths.
- Enthusiastic and self-motivated individual.
- Proficiency in time management and multitasking.
- Strong data entry and verification skills.
- Familiarity with computing and spreadsheets.
- Excellent attention to detail and record-keeping.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Ability to work both independently and collaborate and communicate effectively as part of a team.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- A-level qualifications or equivalent.
- Previous work in laboratory operations.
- Knowledge of stock/inventory organisation and management.
- Knowledge of purchasing systems.
- Knowledge of, or experience working in a regulated laboratory environment e. g., Good Clinical Practice, ISO 13485, or other Gx P.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
- Pension contribution.
- Competitive Salary.
- Employee wellbeing initiatives.
