About NIHR BioResource:

Our mission is to facilitate human health research and its transformation into medical practice.

NIHR BioResource is a unique and powerful resource for studying disease mechanisms and for investigating the links between genes, the environment, health and disease, enabling scientific discoveries as well as facilitating translational medicine for the benefit of patients.

About the job:

The role holder will coordinate and project manage the multiple cohorts of research samples that need to be moved into or out of or processed at the service labs contracted or directly managed by the BioResource. The role holder will be located at the NIHR BioResource Headquarters in Cambridge, but some travel to U Biocentre (UKBC) Milton Keynes, and other BioResource centres or service laboratories may be required.

The role is predominately working with the Sample Management team but also liaising with the NIHR BioResource Recruitment and Informatics teams and will involve significant interaction with staff at UKBC and other laboratories. The main aim is to biobank the various sample cohorts from all the BioResource themes (Common and Rare Disease and Healthy Controls) which involves the oversight of sample collection and transportation from over 50 NHS Trusts to UKBC.

The role holder will fulfil study requests involving sample processing of banked samples to match the requirements of researchers of approved stage 2 studies, and commission, pilot and manage projects to deliver specific biological assays utilising the samples such as genotyping, sequencing or metabolomics.

About you:

Ideally you will have:

• Previous project management experience
• Experience of working in or managing a laboratory
• Experience of biobanking and/or implementing large scale molecular biology projects
• Experience of data management and report generation
• Experience of writing research protocols and SOPs
• Excellent communication skills across a variety of disciplines