Ref: 80946
Salary range £27,316 to £37,690 pa dependent on experience.
Closing date 04 August 2011
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is a world leader in genomic research, with an expanding scientific programme dedicated to understanding gene function in health & disease.
We are looking to appoint an experienced Research Administrator to provide high level administrative and research support to the Malaria Programme's broad portfolio of research activities. The postholder will provide administrative, organisational, logistics and communications assistance to group leaders, senior team members, and partners in the UK and abroad. He/she will also act as the main point of contact between Malaria teams and the Institute's central administrative structures. Further details of the post are provided in the attached role profile.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is motivated by the opportunity to work in a supporting role in a cutting-edge area of science making impact on one of the world's most serious health problems. He/she will work under the supervision of the Programme Manager and liaise widely with members of the Malaria teams and other Programme stakeholders. A positive and flexible attitude is important, and the postholder should have the confidence to work through problems with the support of the rest of the team.
The Malaria Programme is comprised of three core faculty-lead teams and works closely with the teams of the Pathogen Genetics Programme and several other groups at Sanger. Areas of scientific interest include developing tools based on next generation sequencing to identify and control malaria drug resistance, understanding the human genetics of malaria susceptibility, and using cutting-edge experimental approaches to understand malaria biology and pathogenesis. Several projects are undertaken in the context of major UK, EU, and international collaborations, including working closely with partners throughout the malaria-endemic world.
Essential Skills
- Qualified as minimum to degree level in a relevant discipline
- Strong understanding of the modus operandi of academic and/or scientific research institutes
- Demonstrable science writing experience
- Experience in handling budgets and contracts
- Proven ability to influence and persuade senior personnel to take appropriate actions
- Demonstrable ability to identify issues, problems or opportunities and develop action plans and solutions
- Demonstrable ability to build strong responsive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
- Confident and accomplished communicator, oral and written
- Strong interpersonal skills coupled with the ability to adapt style to wide cross-section of people and situation
- Demonstrable strong organizational skills with the ability to organise and prioritise their own workload
- Self-starter with high levels of personal drive and energy
- Able to juggle priorities and to respond to changes in workload at short notice and work to tight deadlines
- Proficient IT user
Ideal Skills
- Previous work experience/good working knowledge of molecular biology or genetics
Other information
For further information please contact Bronwyn MacInnis (bm2@sanger.ac.uk)
Benefits
The Institute has excellent purpose built facilities on the Genome Campus, Hinxton on the outskirts of Cambridge. We offer a comprehensive range of benefits including a final salary pension scheme and excellent on-site facilities. Further details can be found on our website https://jobs.sanger.ac.uk,
To submit your CV and apply for this job please go to https://jobs.sanger.ac.uk, to register and apply on line.
The closing date for applications is 04 August 2011
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