Ref Number
B
Professional Expertise
Laboratory Technical and Lab Support
Department
School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02)
Location
London
Working Pattern
Full time
Salary
£36,433-£41,833
Contract Type
Fixed-term
Working Type
On site
Available for Secondment
No
Closing Date
14-Oct-2025
About us
The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health 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 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 teaching 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
Applicants are invited for an Applications Specialist position to work in the microarray stream at UCL Genomics, the main genomics facility at UCL which is based in the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children. This post has arisen due to the large increase in projects to this important stream.
We are seeking ahighly motivated individual with experience or interest in pharmacogenomics microarray profiling to join our collaborative genomics facility. This is a varied, lab-based role and the successful applicant will join a very busy facility working closely with our other microarray applications specialists and other members of the facility to provide genomics service provision to both internal and external users such as scientists, clinicians and industry professionals.
This post is available initially until December 2026 with the possibility of extension.
About you
We are seeking to appoint a creative and highly motivated application specialist with prime interest in performing pharmacogenomics microarrays. The position will be integrated into the busy microarray stream at UCL Genomics. This is a large stream currently consisting of eight application specialists and the post holder will be a key member of the team.
The postholder will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of pharmacogenomics microarray processing and other microarray experiments and may be required to assist with extraction and quality control streams. The position contains a strong element of collaboration and service provision, and a large proportion of the work will involve provision of genomics services for both internal and external users. The postholder will be expected to work closely with a range of collaborators including scientists, clinicians, industry professionals, service facility providers and PIs as well as other facility staff to ensure projects are delivered in a timely manner.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
* 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
* Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
* Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
* Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
* Immigration loan
* Relocation scheme for certain posts
* On-Site nursery
* On-site gym
* Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
* Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
* Discounted medical insurance
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Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here :
If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Madhur Sharma on quoting job reference